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Kim Wilde, and Tuesday Things among the holiday crush.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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KIM WILDE drunkenly warbles "Kids In America" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" on the subway.

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III visits with World Cafe.

BRUCE HORNSBY also visits with World Cafe.

LOU BARLOW covers Kacey Musgraves' "Glittery."

 

BLOODSHOT RECORDS at the crossroads. (Thx Scott)

THE BEST LPs of 2020, according to Discogs.

THE TOP 40 POP SONGS of 2020, according to Stereogum.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald's wailing breaking duet "On My Own."

 

JUSTICE LEAGUE: The Snyder Cut will also be shown theatrically, with Batman dropping an F-bomb.

MEGXIT: Meghan Markle has prompted fury from the palace by enlisting Oprah Winfrey to help flog a vegan coffee she has invested in.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: Star-Lord is bisexual and polyamorous... in the comics.

DAKOTA JOHNSON is fueling rumors that she's engaged to boyfriend Chris Martin.

THE SOPRANOS' surviving cast will read a new sketch for charity.

CHER is profiled at The Guardian.

GREASE, THE BLUES BROTHERS, THE DARK KNIGHT and a RECORD NUMBER OF WOMEN DIRECTORS join the National Film Registry.

ANN REINKING, the Tony Award-winning actor, dancer and choreographer who is perhaps best known for playing the role of Roxie Hart in 1977's Chicago, has died at 71.

 

DON'T ARGUE with a goat.

ROCKY (1976).

MORNING WASH-UP for the pup.

A FALCON -- or is it a hawk -- has head stabilization skills.

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New Releases, Indie Basement, and y'know, Monday Things.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS are dreaming of a "White Christmas."

NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Taylor Swift, The Avalanches, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Guided by Voices, Osees, Brigid Dawso, and more.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN brought two of his new songs to SNL.

 

CHARLEY PRIDE, the first major Black star in country music, dies at 86 of covid-19.

SHARON VAN ETTEN: So, How Was Your 2020?

THE 50 BEST LPs of 2020, according to NME.

THE 50 BEST SONGS of 2020, according to Paste.

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE?  No new releases this weekend, but Croods: New Age threepeats atop the chart with 3MM on a 32 percent drop; Half Brothers places with 490K on a 30 percent drop; and the re-reease of Elf showed with 390K.

JUDD APATOW thinks the HBOMax deal showed a stunning disrespect to creators.

THIS BLOCKBUSTER Is Coming to a Living Room Near You.

HOWARD STERN is a Scrooge, according to ex-staffers.

BEHIND THE MUSIC: The Muppet Christmas Carol.

THE 50 BEST TV THEMES, according to Paste.

TOM CRUISE'S Holiday Cake is a Hollywood status symbol.

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA talks to Vulture about Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone and much, much more.

JOHN le CARRE, whose exquisitely nuanced, intricately plotted Cold War thrillers elevated the spy novel to high art by presenting both Western and Soviet spies as morally compromised cogs in a rotten system full of treachery, betrayal and personal tragedy, died on Saturday in Cornwall, England. He was 89.

 

AS SKATEBOARDING DOGS GO, this one is pretty good.

HITLER'S PET ALLIGATOR will be stuffed for posterity and put on display at Moscow’s Darwin Zoo.

A DOGGO, taunted by a groundhog eating pizza.

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Aimee Mann, and I'm still playing catch-up on "news."   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera. Part Four has John C. Reilly.

FUTURE ISLANDS play for KEXP.

MUZZ is streaming their Covers EP.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD share "If Not Now, Then When?"

THE ROLLING STONES are turning into an FX series written by Nick Hornby.

JON BON JOVI covered "Fairytale Of New York" and The Pogues don't like it.

JIM MORRISON'S final concert did not go well, 50 years ago.

2020's BEST HOLIDAY MUSIC, according to The AV Club.

 

THE HOUSE OF MOUSE plans 10 more Star Wars series and 10 more Marvel shows.And here's a preview of one.

DUNE director Denis Villeneuve blasts the HBOMax deal.

HARRISON FORD is donning his hat and whip once again, reprising his role as Indiana Jones for the fifth and final movie directed by James Mangold.

RACHEL McADAMS will reprise her role in the next Doctor Strange film.

ELLEN DeGENERES has the coronavirus.

PATTY JENKINS, director of the Wonder Woman movies, is not a fan of Joss Whedon's Justice League.

THE OFFICE's Brian Baumgartner, who played the chili-loving accountant Kevin Malone on the NBC sitcom, is set to earn more than a million bucks from making Cameo videos.

FRANCES McDORMAND is profiled at Vogue.

NOBODY, starring Bob Odenkirk in a revenge flick, has a trailer online.

DAVID FINCHER's habit of doing huge numbers of takes continued on Mank.

TINY LISTER, a longtime character actor best known for playing the menacing neighborhood bully in Ice Cube and Chris Tucker’s comedy “Friday,” has died at 62.

 

REINDEER, under the Northern Lights.

THE GREAT ESCAPE, with a hamster.

ANTEATER ON THE LAM, found after 3 months.

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So, all hell broke loose at work, but here are a few Things.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, December 10, 2020 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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PATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!"

HAYLEY WILLIAMS plays a Tiny Desk Concert of new material, with Julien Baker on guitar.

JOSE FELICIANO's 50th anniversary performance of "Feliz Navidad."

YO LA TENGO announce a virtual Hannukah show.

LARGEHEARTED BOY's Favorite Albums of 2020.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Whitney Houston's showstoppig big-swing ballad "Greatest Love Of All."

INSIDE JOHNNY DEPP's Self-Made Implosion.

THE HOUSE OF MOUSE will be announcing "A significant expansion of the ‘Star Wars' universe" during today's Investor Presentation.

SPIDER-MAN 3... with Charlie Cook as Daredevil?

MERYL STREEP is underrated?

NICOLAS CAGE'S HISTORY OF SWEAR WORDS has a trailer online.

SCOTT PILGRIM vs THE WORLD, Revisited at 10.

A BIRD swallows a baby alligator whole.

A BUSH BABY gets a treat.

A HORDE OF HUNGRY RATS besieged an Upper Manhattan Chipotle restaurant, going after avocados and employees.

More tomorrow, I hope.

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Not a "news" great day, but some Wednesday Things.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, December 09, 2020 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects.” 

MATT BERNINGER plays for WFUV Live.

JESS CORNELIUS plays for World Cafe.

OZZY OSBOURNE baked a hash cake years ago and was shocked when he came home to find a clergyman eating it in his kitchen, completely unaware what was in it.

HAROLD BUDD has died at the age of 84.

 

SPIDER-MAN 3: Alfred Molina is putting the metal arms back on to reprise his role as the villainous Doctor Octopus.

KINGSMAN: How about another seven movies and a TV show?

HOWARD STERN signed a new five-year deal with SiriusXM.

AMANDA SEYFRIED talks about turning down Guardians of the Galaxy.

PAUL DOOLEY talks about Breaking Away, Popeye, and the scene John Hughes wrote just for him.

ALEX TREBEK got a sly tribute from Google.

MARIO LOPEZ is Col. Sanders in... A Recipe for Seduction.

THE TEN BEST FILMS of 2020, according to Variety's Peter Debruge and Owen Gieberman.

 

A RACCOON is rescued from a ledge in TriBeCa.

WIDOWED OTTERS move in together after meeting on a dating app.

FOUR LIONS at a Barcelona zoo test positive for coronavirus.

HOW SLASH THE BEAR Stole Christmas.

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