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Minutemen, Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo, Cutout Bin, Reading Dog   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, October 09, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...

... with THE MINUTEMEN! San Pedro, California's greatest musical export took apart rock, jazz and funk and put the pieces back together in a jagged collage.  They are caught here in an acoustic session for a cable-access show from Hollywood, circa 1985. Part 1 includes "Corona," "Themselves," "Badges," "I Felt Like A Gringo," and "Time" (Richard Hell). Part 2 includes "Lost" (Meat Puppets), "Ack Ack Ack Ack," "History Lesson Part II," and "Tour Spiel." Part 3 is "Little Man With A Gun In His Hand." Your bonus outtakes from the session are "The Red And The Black" (Blue Öyster Cult) and "Green River" (Creedence Clearwater Revival).

DINOSAUR, JR. and LOU BARLOW played DC's 9:30 Club last night, so you should be able to stream the whole gig on demand today via NPR.

YO LA TENGO returned to The Current for a chat and mini-set streaming via MPR.

THE 50 GREATEST COVER SONGS, according to SPIN, with embedded audio. BONUS: Covers that are better than the originals are discussed at The Current blog.

MOJO NIXON has 13 free albums for download at Amazon

RAY DAVIES and DAVID BOWIE duet on "Waterloo Sunset," live at the Tibet House Benefit, Carnegie Hall, New York in Feb. 2003.

POPCANDY PODCAST: Fanfarlo, Headlights, Rufus Wainwright, Pugwash and more are streaming via USA Today.

DESERT ISLAND DISCS, also from USA Today's Whitney Matheson.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS talks to the Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot about a life on the road.

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO stopped by the World Cafe for a mini-set streaming via NPR.

SKA: The history and future of the genre is essayed at PopMatters.

CUTOUT BIN: From Toni Basil en Espanol to the Chi-Lites, from Grand Funk to Crooked Fingers, from U2 to the Sweet, plus Flock of Seagulls, the Posies, the Beach Boys, Jim Reid, the Kinks, Sam and Dave, the Go! Team and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide release is Couples Retreat, which is currently scoring 7 percent on the ol' Tomatometer.

RUSSELL BRAND and KATY PERRY are heating up.

DAVE LETTERMAN is looking at a 300 million dollar divorce, according the the ever-reliable National Enquirer.  Meanwhile, his former assistant-galpal has been banned from his CBS set.

DR. PHIL is being sued by a woman who claims he held her captive inside his production offices, forced her to stare at a naked man - and then grabbed her left breast.

CHRISTIE BRINKLEY and ex PETER COOK want each other chucked in jail.

JOE FRANCIS GONE WILD, on video, ironically.

ELLEN PAGE is writing and producing an HBO comedy.

EMMY ROSSUM and ADAM DURITZ: Caught canoodling, as the actress ends her secret marriage.

OUR FRIENDS, THE SAUDIS demanding behind closed doors that oil-producing nations get special financial assistance if a new climate pact calls for substantial reductions in the use of fossil fuels.

AFGHANISTAN: Anthony Loyd revisits his old regiment and reports on the daily ordeal of life on Afghanistan's bloodiest battlefront.

IRAQ: The US Marines complete their mission in Anbar province.  What follows is an open question.

WILLOW can read from cards, which has the Today Show staff fearing for their jobs.

BOOMER might be the world's tallest living dog. Pic at the link.

A DEAD DEER IN A CLOWN SUIT. In Sioux City, IA. And we have video.

A FOUR-WEEK-OLD KITTEH was the focus of a two-day rescue effort after she got stuck in the engine block of a car in a mall parking lot.

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Nellie McKay, Colin Hay, Meat Puppets, Cat Butt   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE DEAD WEATHER have a new video for "I Cut Like A Buffalo."

NELLIE McKAY is advance streaming her Doris Day tribute album via NPR. Yes, really.

THE GOSSIP played DC's 9:30 Club last night; you should be able to stream the gig on demand today.

COLIN HAY (yes, formerly of Men At Work) did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

MARTINE, one of the most sought-after producers in the business, guest DJs at All Songs Considered.

THE MEAT PUPPETS play "Up On The Sun" at The Stone in San Francisco, CA. March 1, 1985.

EXENE CERVENKA is profiled by the L.A. Times on her return to Southern California after four years spent living in rural Missouri.  She has a solo LP due next week.

YO LA TENGO bassist James McNew talks to the National Post about the Popular Songs album and playing together for a quarter-century.

WAVVES: Nathan Williams talks to the Phoenix New Times about his next album: "It sounds like a Journey record. It sounds like grated melted cheese on top of nachos. It sounds like fish tacos."

CASTANETS: Roy Raposa talks to PopMatters about his atmospheric new album Texas Rose, The Thaw and The Beasts.

ANNA NICOLE SMITH IS STILL DEAD, but it is only now that we learn the FBI investigated whether she plotted to kill her tycoon husband's son as they battled for his father's fortune.

BRAD PITT and JENNIFER ANISTON reportedly held a secret meeting in a NYC hotel room.

JOHN TRAVOLTA's lawyer channels Jack Nicholson in court.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR informs fans about upcoming heart surgery via Twitter.

PREDATORS: The Robert Rodriguez reboot picks up Adrien Brody... and maybe Topher Grace.

GUY RITCHIE: His marriage to Madonna behind him, and the potential blockbuster Sherlock Holmes coming in December, the director is profiled by Esquire.

OUR FRIENDS, THE SAUDIS convicted a man for publicly talking about sex after he bragged on a TV talk show about his exploits, sentencing him to five years in jail and 1000 lashes.

IRAN's foreign minister accused the US of involvement in the disappearance of an Iranian nuclear scientist in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. We can only hope. Meanwhile, the US may be stepping up preparations for a possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

AFGHANISTAN: Supply convoys are coming under savage attack by the Taliban.

CHICKEN cleaning a cat's butt.

KITTEH trying to get in a dog's mouth.

COWS stare udderly unamazed as protesting Belgian dairy farmers deploy them as weapons against police.

LLONELY LLAMA was traumatized and ran off to Pike's Peak when his mom was killed by a mountain lion.

ALLIGATOR seized after domestic dispute.

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Flaming Lips, Brendan Benson, Vampire Weekend, Raccoon gang   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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GRIZZLY BEAR plays a Cemetery Gates gig at PitchforkTV.

THE FLAMING LIPS are advance streaming the Embyonic album via NPR.

BRENDAN BENSON does the four free songs thing for Daytrotter, one previously unreleased.

TEGAN and SARA debuted a new song, "Hell" at the Finlandia festival.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND have a new song, "Horchata" downloadable and streamable via the 'Gum Mix.

YACHT ROCK: Christopher Cross performed Sailing and Ride Like the Wind with The Roots for Fallon the other night. And yes, that's Michael McDonald sitting in on the second number.

BOB MOULD talks to Spinner about Hüsker Dü, his upcoming biography, and his new LP, Life and Times.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle talks to The Skinny about ambition, God and Santa Claus.

VIC CHESTNUTT answers the infamous 20 Questions from PopMatters, and talks to The A.V. Club.

THE WOODIE AWARDS, chosen by college students and music fans across the country via MTVU, have posted nominations.

2012: The trailer, minus special effects. So we can focus on the awesome acting.

DAVE LETTERMAN: "Late Show" staffer Stephanie Birkitt revealed in her diary that she continued having sex with boss David Letterman even after moving in with her CBS-producer boyfriend -- which sheds some light on the alleged extortion plot, doesn't it.

ROMAN POLANSKI will continue to sit in a Swiss jail: "We continue to be of the opinion that there is a high risk of flight." You think?

NICOLE RICHIE was taken to a Los Angeles hospital on Monday after she was rear-ended by paparazzi.

BROOKE SHIELDS and JIM BELUSHI survived a plane crash at Hearst Castle.

GEORGE MICHAEL denies his relationship with long-term lover Kenny Goss is over.

HEIDI KLUM wants to change her exotic-sounding last name to "Samuel," to match husband Seal.

MAD MEL UPDATE: Gibson got a judge to expunge his infamous DUI arrest from his record.

RUSH LIMABUGH is teaming up with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts in a bid to buy the St. Louis Rams.

MADONNA collects damages for invasion of privacy and copyright infringement over photographs of the popstar's wedding to Guy Ritchie in 2000.

MAGGIE SMITH talks to the Times of London about fighting breast cancer.

IRAN plans to install a more advanced type of centrifuge in its newly revealed uranium enrichment site.

AFGHANISTAN: The US military said that more than 100 Taliban fighters were killed in the Oct. 3 battle in Nuristan.

RACCOON GANG UPDATE: "They're like little bears on crack."

WHEN EMUS ATTACK: A woman had to be flown to the Fort Walton Beach Medical Center after being clawed by an emu shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday.

YES, WE HAVE A MASSIVE SPIDER in our bananas.

BUSTED for Unlawful Possession of a Great White Shark. In Oregon.

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New Releases   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE XX play "Islands" on Later with Jools Holland.

NEW RELEASES: The XX, Mission of Burma, the Raveonettes, Mountain Goats, Rosanne Cash, The Slits, Mike Doughty, Daniel Johnston and more are streaming in full this week from Spinner.

JOHN VANDERSLICE did a Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR.

MOBY stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set streaming on demand via MPR.

THE EXTRAORDINAIRES did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

THE DISCIPLINES, a garagey band from Ken Stringfellow (Posies, REM, Big Star), serve up "Best Mistake" and "Yours For The Taking (Smoking Kills)" for Twofer Tuesday. (Thx, Chromewaves.)

BRIAN ENO was interviewed by Steve Seel for The Current.

HOPE SANDOVAL talks to Interview about falling in love with a voice, and more...

STEVE ALBINI: The A.V. Club points to gateways into his challenging catalog.

FORTY-TWO 10-MIN+ SONGS WORTH YOUR TIME, according to The A.V. Club, with embedded audio.

THE TERMINATOR: How It Should Have Ended.

DAVE LETTERMAN apologized to his wife and co-workers while taping his late-night show Monday. He didn't  realize that people would now speculate he was involved with women on the show with whom he had no sexual relationship.

LINDSAY LOHAN's fashion debut in Paris resulted in a call for the fashion police.

JON & KATE MINUS 200K: The split between Jon and Kate Gosselin has been contentious from the beginning, but Jon could be found in contempt of court for the unauthorized withdrawal of 200 grand from the couple's joint bank account.

CHRIS NOTH and his longtime girlfriend, actress Tara Wilson, are engaged, according to Entertainment Tonight Canada.

MADONNA and LADY GAGA had a staged fight in lingerie on SNL, should you care to watch.

GWEN STEFANI turned 40 over the weekend.

BONES abruptly shut down production due to a possible outbreak of swine flu.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT script in the works.

ISLAMISM at the OLYMPICS. The burqa boxers are coming. Young women are training in Afghanistan to fight in Islamic dress at the 2012 London Olympics.

IRAN: As the focus on sanctions intensifies, a review of the US's experiences in enforcing its own longstanding restrictions on trade with Iran suggests it would be difficult to truly quarantine the Iranian economy. Contrary to other reports, Ahmadinejad has no Jewish roots.

CATS VS. SPIDER: Not a fair fight, really.

A GANG OF RACCOONS attacked a woman in Lakeland, FL.

A POLAR BEAR peeks through the porthole of an Arctic expedition.

A PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN who kept exotic animals as pets was killed after she was attacked by her pet black bear.

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Avett Bros, Mountain Goats, Death Cab, Postmarks, Kakapo mating   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, October 05, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE AVETT BROTHERS played "I and Love and You" at the Ed Sullivan Theater.

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE stopped by the World Cafe for a mini-set streaming on demand via NPR.

WILL HOGE and LANGHORNE SLIM played the World Cafe Friday; the whole show is streaming via NPR.

THE POSTMARKS played a set at KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic

LOS CAMPESINOS have a new single, "There Are Listed Buildings", streaming at their blog.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS dropped a video for "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace" at P-fork.

ROSANNE CASH thalks to the New York Times about The List album, out tomorrow.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS talks to the Village Voice about getting paid 250 bucks for her first record, Mad Men, and her favorite place in NYC.

MEYER HAWTHORNE talks to the Village Voice about cassette players, breaking the rules of soul music, and convincing his boss that his songs weren't covers.

GOGOL BORDELLO: Eugene Hutz talks to the Winnepeg Sun about life in Brazil, his multi-culti approach to music, and how fame has changed his life.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Zombieland took the top slot with 25 million -- slightly more than its production budget. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs drops to second with 16.7 million -- a 33 percent drop that is not bad, considering the Toy Story re-issues taking away about 1000 3-D screens. Cloudy should at least break even on its 100 million budget domestically and make money overseas.  The Toy Story re-release came in third with 12.5 million, serving as a reminder for families with younger kids for when Toy Story 3 arrives next year.  The Invention of Lying debuts in fourth with 7.3 million against a 18.5 million budget.  Surrogates rounded out the Top Five with 7.3 million, but its 51 percent drop seals its fate as a flop.  Below the fold, Whip It opened at No. 6, with a 4.9 million take against a 15 million budget, and Capitalism: A Love Story opened wide at No. 7, with an almost identical take to Whip It, and looks to be one of Michael Moore's weakest performers.

ZOMBIELAND, btw, was quite good, though it is a broad comedy, with little of the satirical touch of Shaun of the Dead (or some of George Romero's work).  I would not be surprised if this got turned into a videogame. Woody Harrelson's career may be undead. Nice surprise cameo that many reviewers are spoiling.  If you go, stay through all the credits.

DAVID LETTERMAN: TMZ identified one of females staffers Dave bedded (strangely enough, based on a tip from someone I know). But there's a second woman yet to be revealed.  Holy Hetsren -- a Letterman intern who went on to become a Hollywood producer -- says Dave keeps a bachelor pad atop the Ed Sullivan Theater. The accused extortionist -- a producer for CBS's 48 Hours -- pleaded not guilty.

ERIN ANDREWS is grateful there was an arrest in her peeping tom video case.

PENELOPE CRUZ and JAVIER BARDEM are engaged, according to the NYDN.

CHRIS EVERT and GREG NORMAN: Dunzo.

KATE BECKINSALE is the Sexiest Woman Alive, according to Esquire magazine.

JAY LENO is having a hard time booking guests from rival networks.

ANGELINA JOLIE met with Iraqi refugees in Syria on Friday and urged the world not to forget the plight of those among them who cannot return home because of the trauma they suffered and the country's instability

IRAN has acquired "sufficient information to be able to design and produce" an atom bomb, according to a confidential analysis by staff of the IAEA.  Iran's promise to admit inspectors to a secret nuclear plant buys time to hide key evidence regarding the nuke program.  Israel's prime minister has handed the Kremlin a list of Russian scientists believed by the Israelis to be helping Iran to develop a nuclear warhead.  Ahmadinejad has Jewish roots.

AFGHANISTAN: US and Afghan forces beat back a brazen assault on two joint outposts in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan. The attack was led by Taliban commander Dost Mohammed and was aided by al Qaeda's Shadow Army. Eight US troops, seven Afghan troops, and an unspecified number of enemy fighters were killed during the fighting, which ended after US air and artillery pounded the fighters in a counterattack.

STEPHEN FRY finds himself privy to an unusual mating ritual of the rare kakapo.

A GRANDMA fought off a bear that broke into her bedroom with a decorative pillow. By which I mean that the grandma had the pillow.

"NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, the gators that are going to be roaming around the street are the bigger gators."

BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS are returned to Saskatchewan's Grasslands National Park, the only species of ferret indigenous to North America.

LLAMAS ON THE LAM: Again!

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