WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Alita: Battle Angel tops the chart with 27.8MM (and 36.5MM since opening), which is both better than some projections and yet not good against a 170MM production budget. It's…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with ARETHA FRANKLIN, Live in Stockholm, 1968! The "Lady Soul" concert was broadcast on Swedish TV, including: "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Come Back To Me," "Satisfaction," "Don't…
Read MoreVALENTINE'S DAY: I've never been a big Valentine's Day guy, but I have always liked The Replacements' "Valentine" and Elvis Costello's cover of "My Funny Valentine." Beyond that, my thoughts typically drift…
Read MorePAUL COLLINS & PETER CASE, formerly of The Nerves, play "Hanging On The Telephone" in-store. CHERRY GLAZERR visits Morning Becomes Eclectic. MAGGIE ROGERS hits WFUV's Studio A. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Amanda Palmer,…
Read MorePEZ BAND play "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "Close Your Eyes." UNEARTHED, VOL. 4: Jerry Garcia & Friends at the Matrix, 1966-71. BONNY DOON covers Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, and B Boys…
Read MoreJOHN HIATT: It's been a "Slow Turning." LCD SOUNDSYSTEM is streaming the Electric Lady Sessions. JULIA JACKLIN stops by World Cafe. GUSTER visits Morning Becomes Eclectic. LAURA STEVENSON shares “Living Room, NY."…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with JAMES BROWN! The Godfather of Soul, y'all, with his star time on the T.A.M.I. Show in 1964; your setlist includes "Out of Sight", "Prisoner of Love", "Please,…
Read MoreA FEW THINGS, because there didn't seem like a ton worth reading when you have a corneal abrasion. TALKING HEADS: A vintage clip of "Psycho Killer" from the OGWT. KURT VILE plays…
Read MoreJENNIFER LAWRENCE is engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney. I should be back tomorrow.
Read MoreTHE BOOMTOWN RATS: Let's roll out "Rat Trap" and "Someone's Looking At You" for Twofer Twofer Tuesday MAGGIE ROGERS plays the House of Strombo, including a downbeat cover of Whitney Houston's "I…
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