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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with HARDROCK, COCO & JOE: If you grew up with this cartoon as a holiday tradition, you'll find it charming; if not, you'll probably find it demented, not least…

YOU THINK WE LOOK PRETTY GOOD TOGETHER? Richard Thompson and his nimble fingers knock down a version of The Who's “Substitute” in Cleveland, circa 1989.THE JACKIN' POP POLL: Idolator is trying to…

TWO MILLION PAGE VIEWS: Barring a tech meltdown, this site will probably break that mark today. Thanks again to Lance for keeping things running, and to y'all for stopping by!TRIP SHAKESPEARE: Long before…

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS is on ABC tonight. Or you can watch it now.CAT POWER sings Cat Stevens to help out the diamond industry in this uncertain holiday shopping season. She previously…

SUFJAN STEVENS got a good review for his Christmas box in the Boston Globe. CDReviews likes it too, while snarkily noting that Pitchfork managed to review it twice. You can watch the…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE…… with BRENDAN BENSON. Before his songs helped propel The Raconteurs up the charts (with an assist from the Jack White brand), Benson was cranking out tunes that are…

EVERYBODY PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER for Sam & Dave o­n “I Thank You.” What were you expecting? Dido? Alanis Morissette?“I'M THANKFUL” by veteran soul singer Spanky Wilson (with British electronica soul producer…

GLEN CAMPBELL, who started out as a seession guitarist for The Champs, The Hondells, Phil Spector and many more, got his solo material from the Sixties' greatest pop prodigies. Brian Wilson gave…

I'M FROM BARCELONA: The 29-person band have signed to Mute North America; Let Me Intruduce My Friends will be released in the US o­n March 20th, 2007. I've linked to their signature…

LET'S ACTIVE, the brainchild of wunderkind producer Mitch Easter, was a band that, between 1983 and 1988, released some of the finest Southern power-pop/jangle-pop of the decade. Here's their best-known, tune, “Every…