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The Lovin' Spoonful, Live REM & Arcade Fire, Cutout Bin, Twirl-A-Squirrel   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, March 23, 2007 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: kbade

Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL!  They played "Do You Believe In Magic?" and "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" live on the Big TNT Show, as evidenced by the fact that they flub their intro.  "Summer In The City" is a lip-sync, but you gotta have it for John Sebastian's quizzical look when the traffic noise comes in.  "Daydream" and "Nashville Cats" bring us into the age of color from a TV show that must remain nameless.  "Fishin' Blues" and "Respoken" rounds out the set.  BONUS:  Interviews with the band from Rock Family Trees, a 1998 doc narrated by legendary British DJ John Peel.  And this being the Pate site, I should mention that years later, Ames music maven Paul Miller was booted out of the Maintenance Shop for heckling John Sebastian.

TED LEO talks about his inclination to protest music and its limited influence with both The A.V. Club and the Georgetown Voice.  You still have the weekend to stream Leo's new album from Spinner.  (Get well soon, Chromewaves!)

THE TANGENTS:  If you're the 14-year-old son of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, Eddie Vedder will jump on stage to jam with you.  Here's seven seconds of "All Along the Watchtower."

GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME:  At PopMatters, Scott Kenemore writes about underrated and overrated rock drummers.  One of the commenters notes that Max Weinberg, Levon Helm, Kenny Aronoff, Charlie Watts, Steve Jordan, and Jim Keltner are all of the opinion that Ringo Starr is not overrated.  Phil Collins is in that camp, too, iirc.  If you are wondering why Ringo might be so highly rated by his peers, this review of Ringo's contributions to The Beatles' catalog is worth a read.  

ART BRUT frontman Eddie Argos gives Pitchfork details on the band's near-completed sophomore album, including that a number of the songs have titles of hits by others, but have nothing to do with those songs. 

THE POOH STICKS used to borrow song titles for their own, too.  The power-poppy "The World Is Turning On" is their own, but you can stream "Sweet Baby James" and "Heroes & Villains" at TheirSpace.  Indeed, their "James" borrows more from Frankie Valli than from James Taylor.

RBALLY has posted an R.E.M. gig from Toronto circa 1983, i.e., the Reckoning tour, and The Arcade Fire in Berlin from August 2005.  You can jukebox 'em via the ol' HM.

PANDA BEAR:  Having overlooked that the Panda Bear album was released this week, I must mention it scored a 9.4 on the Pitchfork.  You can stream a bunch via the ol' HM.

THE DEAD KENNEDYS:  Jello Biafra blasted his ex-bandmates for licensing a DK song to play during a rape scene in the upcoming Grindhouse movie.  They responded by challenging him to donate his share of the money to a women's cause.

FOUNTAINS of WAYNE:  Comedian Demetri Martin will star in the first video from the upcoming Traffic & Weather album.  The Modern Age has some pics.  There is also now an e-card for previewing the album.

THE CUTOUT BIN:  This Friday's fortuitous finds on the ol' HM include: Tom Waits - You Can Never Hold Back Spring; R.E.M. - Begin the Begin (R&R Hall of Fame); The Zippers - He's a Rebel (The Crystals); The Ramones - Judy is a Punk; Pianosaurus - Bubble Gum Music; The Archies - Sugar, Sugar; Nena - 99 Luftbaloons (Deutch); The Pierces - Sticks and Stones; The Be Good Tanyas - When Doves Cry (Prince); Ted Leo - Brass in Pocket (Pretenders); Steve Earle - Goodbye, Guitar Town (live); The Rolling Stones - Dear Doctor; The Jayhawks - Waiting For the Sun; The Standells - Dirty Water; Chris Kenner - Shoo Rah; Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances; The Hold Steady - Your Little Hoodrat Friend; Journey - Any Way You Want It; Hall & Oates - Rich Girl; and Elton John - Tiny Dancer ("The evening is over. We'll see you all again in 1974.")

BRITNEY SPEARS has obtained an emergency injunction in London's High Court to restrain anyone, who has been leaking information about the pop tart's stint in rehab from further disclosures invading her privacy.  She retains the right to sue anyone over false allegations -- but this order did not require they be false.  TMZ exclusively reports that Fed-Ex will only get about a million bucks in the divorce settlement.  Funny how an exclusive lands in your lap after unskepically airing the story about how well-behaved Spears was in rehab.

NOW SHOWING:  This weekend's wide releases include: New Line's family-fantasy The Last Mimzy, which is currently scoring 50 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; The 3-D animated version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is scoring 17 percent; Mark Wahlberg in Shooter, which is scoring 33 percent (a seemingly rare misstep for him); The Hills Have Eyes 2, whch -- shockingly -- was not screened for critics; Reign O'er Me, which boasts Adam Sandler doing drama, Pearl Jam covering The Who and an impressive 80 percent score; and the inspirational-coach movie Pride, which scores 43 percent.

THE McCARTNEYS:  Sir Paul, ever the Cute One, sent a bouquet of flowers with best wishes to Heather Mills backstage at Dancing With The Stars.

CELEBRITY CONSPIRACY THEORISTS:  Page Six reports that Charlie Sheen has agreed to do narration for the loopy video Loose Change, which claims that a corrupt faction within the federal government orchestrated the mass murder at the WTC.  Rosie O'Donnell's latest 9/11 wackiness is also noted.  The video has a blog devoted to debunking it.

LINDSAY LOHAN'S enabling mother Dina was unceremoniously booted from her scheduled guest spot on The View yesterday after cohost Rosie O'Donnell made clear on air this week that she was no fan of Dina Lohan's parenting skills.  O'Donnell has some fairly insane opinions, but that ain't one of them.

ANNA NICOLE SMITH IS STILL DEAD, but the cause of death is expected to be annouced Monday.

CARMEN ELECTRA, fresh from new denials that she is dating Joan Jett, is set to perform with her burlesque troupe The Bombshell Babes at the Dinah Shore Weekend in Palm Springs, California, at the end of the month -- and rumors persist she'll use the four-day lesbian festival to announce her romance with Jett. Could just be wishful thinking.

RYAN SEACREST'S ex-girlfriend Shana Wall says he's been telling the truth when he says he's not gay.  NTTAWWT.

NET VIDEO:  News Corp. and NBC Universal said on Thursday they will jointly launch an online video site this summer, in a move to compete directly with Google Inc.'s popular YouTube.  The media companies are allying with AOL, MSN and Yahoo! to create an as-yet unnamed site that will feature both clips and full-length movies and TV shows including Heroes, 24, My Name is Earl and The Simpsons.

JENNA JAMESON:  The pr0n queen addresses rumors about her sudden weight loss -- which you can see in SFW pics -- on her MySpace blog.  Having blamed her ex-husband, he chose to respond on his MySpace page, which prompted a reply from Jenna.

TV GUIDE'S SEXIEST LISTS, mentioned here the other day, are scanned at Faded Youth.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON did the necessary photoshoot when she was named Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire magazine.  Egotastic has the outtakes.

MISS CONDUCT:  As the Tara Conner and Katie Rees stories prove, we -- as citizens of the USA -- really dropped the ball in terms of properly scrutinizing the candidates for the title of Miss USA.  With Conner handing over the tiara tonight, I urge people to review the photos of this year's nominees (there or here) in the hopes of making a sounder, more informed choice.

CARTOON JIHAD:  A French court cleared a satirical weekly newspaper Thursday in a case brought by Muslims who were angered by its publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

TERROR in the UK:  Three men have been arrested in connection with the 7/7 suicide bombings in London.  A defendant in the failed 7/21 bomb plot trial told the court that the man behind the plot intended it to be "bigger and better" than 7/7, and wanted to blow up a 12-story apartment building.  Jurors were also shown a film of tests carried out by government scientists  showing the power of the explosives involved; the film can be accessed at the link.  Or you can watch British video from Channel 4 via the Tube.

IRAQ:  At ITM, Mohammed posts about witnessing a bombing of the Finance Ministry, while Omar suggests that Diyala province will soon reject Al Qaeda as is happening in Anbar province.  Talks between the Iraqi gov't and insurgent groups reportedly deadlocked over the lack of a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops.  IraqSlogger has more on the splintering of al-Sadr's Mahdi Army.  Coalition forces in Basra and Hillah captured several members of the Khazali network, an organization directly connected to the kidnapping and murder in January of five American soldiers in Karbala, discovering evidence linking the men to Iran and to an arms smuggling operation that included the high impact Explosively Formed Projectiles.  US military also disclosed that leaders and members of the "Rusafa" car bomb network responsible for "some of the horrific bombings in eastern Baghdad in recent weeks" had also been arrested.  A suicide bomber killed three and wounded 20 on Wednesday when he blew his truck up at the headquarters of a Kurdish party in the northern city of Mosul.

TWIRL-A-SQUIRREL:  I now know what to get my Dad for Father's Day.

ROBOT BIRDS are the latest weapon in the battle against pigeon poop.

GIANT SQUID caught in early February in the Ross Sea off Antarctica may be destined for the microwave oven.

LEGAL LOOPHOLES YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT:  A 20-year-old Wisconsin man received probation after he was convicted of having sexual contact with a dead deer; there had been a question as to whether this was illegal.  A teenager in eastern Sweden has been reported to the police for having sex with a dog in his friend's bathroom.  Swedish law does not expressly ban sex with animals , but the police are considering charges of animal cruelty.

COWS no longer stare unamazed, attack octagenerians in Utah and Florida.

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