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Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 08:00 AM
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JOHN HIATT: It's been a "Slow Turning." CHRIS FARREN: Death Don’t Wait (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the mostly-instrumental soundtrack to a spy thriller that doesn’t exist, and I am here for it. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Lucy Dacus, illuminati hotties, Madi Diaz with Waxahatchee, and more. FATHER JOHN MISTY shares "Q4." Yes, please. THE BETHS share "A Real Thing." Solid power pop. FROG EYES reunites for “When You Turn On The Light.” SPOON's Britt Daniel, profiled by The A.V. Club. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, ranked at Paste. SYLAN ESSO, profiled by Vulture. BETTY DAVIS, the cult funk singer and ex-wife of jazz legend Miles Davis who left an underappreciated yet trailblazing body of work, died Wednesday at the age of 77. THE NUMBER ONES looks at SWV's breezy, crushed-out R & B jam "Weak." BOB SAGET died in his sleep from a brain bleed after striking his head. LIAM NEESON joked that Seth MacFarlane’s Naked Gun reboot could “finish” his career, after he was approached to lead the series. JIMMY KIMMEL doesn’t understand how “Spider-Man: No Way Home” lost out on an Oscar nomination for best picture to “Don’t Look Up.” THE BATMAN already sold out IMAX previews in every key market throughout America. RUSSELL CROWE joins the cast of Marvel's Spidey-spinoff Kraven the Hunter. BOB ODENKIRK: Serious as a heart attack. QUENTIN TARANTINO and his wife Daniella Pick are set to welcome their second baby. ALEC BALDWIN returns to a set for the first time since shooting Halyna Hutchins. MATTHEW McCONNAUGHEY is still torn about politics. LESLIE JONES is being given free rein to continue with her prolific Olympics commentary online after NBC Sports said it had cleared up an"error" that may have been blocking her social media posts. MICHAEL MANN is getting closer to the start line on his passion project Ferrari with a stacked cast. WHEN MAX MET FURIOSA: An oral history of casting Fury Road. THE HIGHEST-PAID ENTERTAINERS of 2022, according to Forbes. FIRESTARTER has a trailer online. Yes, that one. A GERMAN SHEPHERD wants to hula hoop. THIS WOLVERINE is pretty cute because it didn't rip that guy's hand off. FREAKY-DEAKY Cat Twins.
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| Douglas Trumbull RIP, Oscar nods, and Wednesday Things. |
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Wednesday, February 09, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl
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LEONARD COHEN plays "So Long, Marianne," circa 1979. DURAN DURAN shares "Laughing Boy." SHARON VAN ETTEN returns with "Porta." SUNFLOWER BEAN shares "Who Put You Up To This?" JIMI HENDRIX: Heirs of Jimi Hendrix's former bandmates, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, have filed a lawsuit against Sony Music in the U.K., alleging copyright infringement and seeking royalties. MITSKI: "Having a heart and working in the music industry don't jive." NORA GUTHRIE, on Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art, Words and Wisdom. THE OSCARS: Nominations went to these folks. Congrats! Deadline has some snubs, while Sonny Bunch catches the real snubs. PLUS: Why we won't be talking about Bruno. DOUGLAS TRUMBULL, one of the masterminds behind the visual effects on some of the most visually audacious science fiction films of all time, including "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Blade Runner," died Monday from complications from mesothelioma. He was 79. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 7: How COVID-19 Blew Up the Budget. KANYE WEST & JULIA FOX are in an open relationship. THE ROYALS: Prince Charles will move into Buckingham Palace when he is king, according to the Daily Mail. LIGHTYEAR: Buzz's origin story has a trailer online. ROBERT PATTINSON, from vampire to Batman, is profiled by GQ. CHINA HAS GHOSTED HOLLYWOOD: How the Fallout Will Affect the Film Industry. FIGHT CLUB's ending has been restored in China. CHUCK KLOSTERMAN talks about the Nineties. A WHALE AND A DOLPHIN, playing and swimming together off the coast of Oahu. MOUNTAIN LIONS don't stop housing development in Silicon Valley. A BABY EMU, playing ball.
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Monday, February 07, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl
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DOBIE GRAY is in with "The In Crowd." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Animal Collective, Mitski, Rolo Tomassi, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Cate Le Bon, The Jazz Butcher, A Place to Bury Strangers, and more. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS return with "Black Summer." PHILLY SOUL: A documentary is in the works. BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD: What lies ahead? SYL JOHNSON, oft-sampled Chicago blues and soul singer, has died at 85. THE NUMBER ONES looks at Silk's extremely horny R & B slow jam "Freak Me." WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Jackass Forever tops the chart with 23.5MM, about half of the last installment's opening weekend, but still an excellent return on investment. Roland Emmerich's Moonfall places with 10MM and is likely not a return on investment. Spider-Man: No Way Home shows with another 9.6MM and will likely pass Avatar on the all-time domestic chart by the end of February. KANYE WEST & KIM KARDASHIAN are feuding over their daughter's use of TikTok. JASON STAHTHAM & ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELY welcomed their second child. BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN and Sharna Burgess are expecting their first child. DAVID LYNCH has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg's upcoming drama “The Fabelmans.” JOHN BRADLEY talks about Game of Thrones, Moonfall, and the even more-ambitious Three-Body Problem. GOOSBUMPS heads to series with Disney+. HOW "THE METHOD" Made Acting Modern. CHINA funded your movie theater recliner. A PUPPER's first time at a mirror. A KITTEN crashed his bike. OH YEAH, that's the spot.
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| The Pretenders, and Friday Things. |
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Friday, February 04, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl
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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: 
....wtih THE PRETENDERS! Circa 1981, via one of Pate's two fab drummers, Jon Hahn. Your setlist includes "The Wait," "The Adultress," "Message of Love/Louie Louie," "Talk of the Town," "English Roses," "Birds of Paradise," "Kid," "Stop Your Sobbing," "Private Life," "Day After Day," "Jealous Dogs, " Up the Neck," "Tattooed Love Boys," "Bad Boys Get Spanked," "Precious," and "Brass In Pocket/MysteryAchievement." THE BLACK INNOVATORS OF ROCK & ROLL: Part One. SLEATER-KINNEY picked some heroes for a Guest DJ stint on WFUV. LADY DAN shares "Not In Love," which is not a 10cc cover. ILLUMINATI HOTTIES share "Sandwich Sharer." SPOON: Britt Daniel, on how growing up hearing classic rock on the radio informed the band's tenth album. JOHNNY MARR, on the Best of the Smiths, His Solo Career, and Fever Dreams Pts 1-4. PEDRO THE LION: David Bazan explains the painful process that went into writing his new record. DAKOTA JOHNSON is in talks to star in Madame Web, a Sony Spider-Verse spinoff. RENEE ZELLWEGER is doing a quirky crime drama on NBC. SCREAM: The reboot leads to a sequel. THE BAFTA AWARD nominations went to these folks. Congrats. THE TOP STREAMING PROGRAMS AND MOVIES of 2021. JANE CHAMPION, essayed at The Ringer. MOONFALL: "It’s a lot crazier than you might even expect from a movie about the moon smashing into Earth." OVER HERE! (Wait for it.) A PEACOCK, peacocking. CATS will be cats.
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