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The Shins, Lost in the Trees, Jimmy Ellis RIP, Possums & Penguins   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, March 12, 2012 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE SHINS played “Simple Song” and “It’s Only Life” on Saturday Night Live.  They played old and new songs in an NPR Music Presents show at NYC's Le Poisson Rouge.  Also, James Mercer stopped by OPB for a chat and mini-set.

LOST IN THE TREES is advance streaming A Church That Fits Our Needs.

ESPERANZA SPALDING is advance streaming Radio Music Society.

BAHAMAS stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

GUIDED BY VOICES drop "Keep It In Motion" ahead of the forthcoming new album, Class Clown Spots a UFO.

OF MONTREAL drops "Feminine Effects," part of a split single with Deerhoof.

JIMMY ELLIS, the soulful lead singer of the Trammps, whose 1970s hit "Disco Inferno" was immortalized in the film "Saturday Night Fever," died on Thursday at 74 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

ANDREW BIRD talks to Weekend Edition about Break It Yourself, and to Spinner about his new business model, The Muppets, and more.

CRAIG FINN talks to the Allentown Morning Call about strictly solo gigs, the semi-popularity of The Hold Steady and more...

BILLY BRAGG talks to Billboard about the Mermaid Avenue box set of unreleased Woodie Guthrie material performed with Wilco.

OLDIES RADIO and our disappearing pop-culture past.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  The Lorax repeats atop the chart with 39.1 million -- a 44 percent drop from its debut, but not bad at all for a March release.  The Seussploitation flick now has 122 million domestic against a 70 million budget.  John Carter debuts in second with 30.6 million -- well ahead of projections in the low 20s, but still way short of what's necessary for a 250 million production budget, even with another 70 million in worldwide receipts (especially since much of the audience was over 50).  Project X shows with 11.6 million, its 40 million total proving again its better to make acheap bad movie than an okay budget-buster.  Silent House opened at No.4 with 7 million, but will likely die quickly on bad word of mouth.  Act of Valor rounded out the Top Five with 7 million and a 56 million total against a 12 million budget.  Below the fold, Eddie Murphy's apparently awful A Thousand Words opened sixth with 6.3 million.  I would be tempted to say career-killing, but this Eddie already has Pluto Nash and Meet Dave on his resume.

BRITNEY SPEARS could fill one of the vacant mentor/judge seats next to Simon Cowell on The X Factor, for the low, low price of 10 million -- but one report has her holding out for 20 million.

JESSICA BIEL got a giant engagement ring from Justin Timberlake.

HALLE BERRY & OLIVIER MARTINEZ confirm their engagement.

HEIDI KLUM talks about her split from Seal, sort of.

MICHAEL MADSEN (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill Vol 2) was arrested in L.A. on suspicion of felony child endangerment.

DENNIS QUAID's wife, Kimberly Buffington-Quaid, is ending their marriage.

DICK VAN DYKE, 86, married his makeup artist, 40-year-old Arlene Silver, on Leap Day.

TERROR in the UK:London resident Shabaaz Hussain was sentenced to five years and three months in prison after he admitted to raising funds for Shabaab.

IRAN: A 30000-lb bunker-buster, designed to smash through some 200 feet of concrete before exploding, could be used by US forces in a clash with Iran over its nuclear program, an Air Force general said on Thursday.

IRAQ: At least 14 youths have been stoned to death in Baghdad in the past three weeks in what appears to be a campaign by Shi'ite militants against youths wearing Western-style "emo" clothes and haircuts, security and hospital sources say.

AFGHANISTAN: Kandahar residents are bracing for trouble in the streets after a US soldier went on a shooting rampage and killed 16 people in villages southwest of the Afghan city.

RATATOUILLE the POSSUM snowboards.  ALSO: Possums invade Toronto.

PENGUINS PETE & PENNY roamed Delta Flight 486 from Atlanta to New York, en route to the NYC premiere of Discovery Channel's Frozen Planet. Video at the link.

PYGMY GOAT wreaks havoc in Muskegon County's Ravenna Township.

DOLPHINS strand themselves, but are rescued by a dozen beachgoers in Brazil.

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