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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE EAMES ERA plays a kid's birthday party in the amusing video for "When You Were A Millionaire" from the Heroes and Sheroes album.  You can stream more bouncy indie pop from the Baton Rouge combo at TheirSpace.

NEW RELEASES:  VHS or Beta, Liars, Ben Harper, Sly & the Family Stone, Northern State, New Young Pony Club, Aesop Rock and more are streaming in full this week via Spinner.  Angels of Light is Michael Gira's post-Swans band and is ethereal country-folk rock, rather than industrial noise rock.  There's one track from the new We Are Him album at that last link and two more at his label.

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS frontman Gruff Rhys talks to Pitchfork about Venus, psychedelia, Turkish and Greek pop influences, the band's next album and much more.

THE SADIES upcoming album, New Seasons, is streaming in full via YepRoc.

WHITE RABBITS keyboardist and singer Stephen Patterson talks to MIT's The Tech about the band's earliest days and new songs. (Thx, LHB.) I previously blurbed the ska-influenced band about a month ago.

DEATH PROOF:  Quentin Tarantino's half of the Grindhouse double-feature comes to DVD next month, which put me in mind of the video for "Chick Habit" by April March, which was based on the French tune "Laisse Tomber Les Filles," sung by France Gall and written by Serge Gainsbourg.  And that's Twofer Tuesday.

BJORK talks to the Scotsman about her respect for composers like Ravel and Debussy, as well as the impact of the Internet on showbiz: "...we're seeing the revenge of the public against the elitist media, and it will find a balance. Eventually there will be room for everyone: people who like reality TV or whatever, and nerds like me doing what we like."

MICK JAGGER & JOHN LENNON:  Heather Browne is streaming their "lost" cover of Willie Dixon's "Too Many Cooks," which reputedly features Harry Nilsson on backing vocals, Jim Keltner on drums, Stones sax player Bobby Keys, Cream bassist Jack Bruce, and Al Kooper on keys.

THE PHIL SPECTOR TRIAL:  TMZ reports that that famed defense attorney Bruce Cutler has resigned from Phil Spector's defense team.

AMY WINEHOUSE:  The desperate families of Winehouse and her drug using husband are keeping a round-the-clock vigil on the couple - amid fears they are risking their lives with their addictions.

OWEN WILSON:  A spokesman for Cedars-Sinai tells Extra that Owen is "in good condition" at the hospital.  The Buttescotch Stallion asks that the media allow him "to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time,"  which sounds like recovery from more than "dehydration."  The ever-reliable National Enquirer claims that his "brothers Andrew and Luke were with him," though it's unclear when.  Extra has joined the tabs in reporting that Wilson did indeed attempt suicide over the weekend.  The Insider reports he had issues with depression and spent time in rehab almost seven years ago at Hazelden treatment facility in Minnesota.

BRITNEY SPEARS is off the hook on an animal abuse investigation, but TMZ claims that the pop tart is being investigated by DCFS, though the complaint lodged with the agency involves allegations of poor dental hygiene, as well as poor eating and sleeping habits for her kids -- as opposed to child abuse.  The complaint was likely filed by Fed-Ex.  Meanwhile, her former manager, Larry Rudolph, got word out that he wants no part of their legal battle - for fear of what he possibly might have to reveal about Spears.

LINDSAY LOHAN was supposedly spotted out buying beer, and she's said to have been accused by staff at the Cirque Lodge rehab facility of doing drugs and generally being a diva, according to the ever reliable National Enquirer.

JAKE GYLLENHAAL:  Former Hollywood publicist turned blogger Jonathan Jaxon has published some long-standing rumors about Jake's private life.  NTTAWWT.

DENISE & HEATHER & RICHIE & CHARLIE:  Charlie Sheen claims that his weekend with his daughters was "sullied" by one of Denise Richards's "spies" (actually a court-ordered escort).  Meanwhile, after facing rumors that they were a couple, Heather Locklear and David Spade have finally decided to hook up - on his new TV show Rules of Engagement.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON tells USA Today that she took the role in the period drama The Other Boleyn Girl because she was eager to work with Natalie Portman.  The sultry actress talked to the AP about avoiding the personal pitfalls that have tripped up other young Hollywood starlets: "I guess I attribute that to my parents and friends and the way I was raised..."

JESSICA ALBA had the last laugh on her grade-school tormentor at Sunday night's Teen Choice awards.

KATE HUDSON:  TMZ now has last weekend's heavy supermarket canoodling on video.

ELLE MacPHERSON earned her title as "The Body" with a racy appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated two decades ago, butt the mother-of-two has made it clear she has no intention of letting her title slip.  New candid swimsuit pics at the link.

KEANU BARADA NIKTO?  Twentieth Century Fox has set Keanu Reeves to star in its re-imagining of the sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still.  I think it's time to cue up Darth Vader.

MISS CONDUCT:  Miss South Carolina Teen USA, whose mangled response to a pageant question has become an Internet sensation, will have a second chance to answer it on this morning's Today show.  Video at the link, icymi.

JOHNNY ROTTEN was a guest last week on Red Eye, FNC's late-night chat show (as was Alternadad author Neal Pollack).  The intro and a montage from the show have been posted on the Tube.  WARNING:  Red Eye -- if you have never seen it --is not merely NSFW (with the second clip failing to catch an F-bomb).  Words like "irreverent" and "offensive" tend to be a vast understatement of the content, even on a typical night.  But "wickedly funny" may also apply, if your sense of humor is sufficiently degenerate.

CARTOON JIHAD:  Iran summoned a Swedish diplomat to its foreign ministry on Monday to protest against a cartoon in a Swedish newspaper depicting the head of Prophet Muhammad on a dog's body, Sweden's foreign ministry said.

SAUDI ARABIA has begun setting up a 35,000-strong security force to protect its oil infrastructure from potential attacks, underlining the kingdom's growing concern over threats from al-Qaeda and rising tensions between Iran and the US.

IRAQ:  Sunni Arab politicians refused to end their boycott of Iraq's Shiite-led government today despite a broadbrush deal aimed at bridging the country's bitter sectarian divide.  Extremists targeted tens of thousands of faithful Shiite pilgrims making their way to the southern city of Karbala for a major religious commemoration; so far, they have killed two.  IraqSlogger reports on US efforts to educate -- and re-educate -- underage detainees at Camp Cropper.  The No. 2 US commander in Iraq accused Iran of stepping up support for Shiite militants.  McClatchy reports on jihadis extorting reconstruction money from contractors in Anbar, which blogger Bill Ardolino noted back in January.  Michael Yon has the second in a series of dispatches from Anbar; the latest covers how quickly the Marines are adopting counter-insurgency practices.

IRAQ and the MEDIA:  Time magazine reports that "Despite the recent focus on (Prime Minister) Maliki's shortcomings and failures, the job of Iraqi prime minister - at least as outlined by American officials - is probably impossible. There is probably no one who can reconcile with Sunni nationalists while simultaneously disarming militias tied to Shi'ite Iran..."  Of course, earlier this month, Time magazine reported: "Even his severest critics in Washington seem to think Maliki is guilty only of incompetence - that he lacks the political skills to bring together Iraq's warring communities. But it's not that he can't reach out to the Sunnis: he just won't. "

...AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT:  A bunny rabbit with four ears.  Video at the link.

SLUG PLAGUE UPDATE:  yesterday, I joked that at least Britons would have plenty of time to escape.  Apparently not, as a slug dug into a camper's forehead with 27000 teeth.

WHEN SHARKS ATTACK:  Don't stab yourself with the harpoon.

BELGIAN HORSEBACK SHRIMPERS ride their plodding workhorses across the sands into the North Sea at low tide to trawl for shrimps in just the way that their forefathers have done for more than 500 years.

MAN BITE'S GIRLFRIEND'S SNAKE:  Usually, it's the girlfriend doing the biting, which makes this a classic "man bites snake" story.

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