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Always something. But you knew that.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, January 04, 2024 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD play "For What It's Worth."

PETER JESPERSON, co-founder of Twin/Tone Records, visits World Cafe to talk about his career, from spotting the brilliance of The Replacements to possibly being let go from R.E.M. for being "too nice."

MY MORNING JACKET's Jim James talks about their new holiday album.

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE will not be playing live again.

PAUL WELLER, on refusing to become a heritage act.

T.I. & "TINY" HARRIS are sued for sexual assault again.

LES McCANN, oft-sampled soul-jazz musician, has passed at 88.

 

THE FIRST OMEN has a teaser trailer online.

MARGOT ROBBIE and her production empire.

RYAN GOSLING, on why playing a little plastic man was so challenging, and so much fun.

BRITNEY SPEARS denies she's returning to the music biz.

SIENNA MILLER’s second baby has arrived.

HISTORICAL EPICS are back in style.

HERMAN RAUCHER, the best-selling author and screenwriter who earned an Oscar nomination for the coming-of-age classic Summer of ’42 and wrote the script for the thought-provoking Watermelon Man, has died. He was 95.

 

A SWAN COUPLE, reunited.

TWO BALD EAGLES perform the Daredevil Cartwheel.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A PUPPER, living his best life.

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Still a bit of a "news" drought, tbqh.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, January 03, 2024 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

LOVE TRACTOR plows through "Paint" and "Fun To Be Happy" in Athens, GA, circa 1983, for an instrumental Twofer Tuesday.

BOB DYLAN: Highway 49 Revisited.

THE LEMON TWIGS share "My Golden Years." Hitting their stride now.

CHARLEY CROCKETT & WILLIE NELSON share “That’s What Makes the World Go Around.”

SPIDER STACY joined THE MARY WALLOPERS to cover The Pogues "Streams Of Whiskey."

WIZZO joined BILLY CORGAN on NYE in Chicago.

GUIDED BY VOICES Albums and Songs, ranked by MAGNET.

WILCO RECOMMENDS: 2023.

HEART played their first live shows together in almost half a decade around and on New Years Eve.

 

ALL-AMERICAN GIRL contestants follow Paula Abdul in suing Nigel Lythgoe for sexual msconduct.

UNIVERSAL ranked as the highest-grossing studio at the 2023 box office, dethroning Disney for the first time since 2014.

JACK BLACK will star in a Minecraft movie.

STEVEN YEUN will not be suiting up for Thunderbolts, the antihero-centric feature in the works from Marvel Studios.

JOHN MAYER, in a Japanese cat bar on NYE, icymi.

PAUL SCHRADER has dish on Quentin Tarantino's next movie.

PUBLIC DOMAIN MICKEY MOUSE already has three horror movies lined up.

TRUE DETECTIVE: Season 4 has some hot early reviews.

 

A BABY DUCK, reunited with its siblings.

A CROW, snowboarding with a jar lid.

LEAVE NO FRIEND Behind.

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Once more, with feeling.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, January 02, 2024 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

NANCY SINATRA: "These Boots Are Made For Walking." Are you ready?

RATBOYS played "The Window," "It's Alive," and "Morning Zoo" a CBS Saturday Session.

BOB BOILEN playlisted his favorite albums of 2023 on Spotify and Apple Music.

CHAKA KHAN, on her musical legacy, surviving addiction, her Kanye beef, and more.

THE CLIENTELE's James Hornsey tells us about his Top 10 albums of 2023.

33 GREAT 2023 ALBUMS from indie / alternative legends.

TAYLOR SWIFT surpassed Elvis Presley for most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart by a solo artist, tho this is more a comment on the charts in the internet age.

THE NUMBER ONES looks back at Gotye and Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used To Know," a leftfield smash that became the biggest hit of 2012.

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Wonka won the holiday weekend with 30MM. Aquaman 2 placed with 26.3MM.  Migration showed with 17MM.  I saw Poor Things, which was eleventh, which might be Yorgos Lanthimos's best-directed film, and well acted all-round, though most of the attention will go to Emma Stone's star turn as a sort of feminist Bride of Frankenstein. The production design and costuming are also dazzling. The film's philosophy will bother some... and it bothers me to at least the degree that it is so sure of its persepctive that it passes up some opportuniies for, well, drama.

TOM WILKINSON, an admired performer on the British stage who in middle age became a skillful character actor and supporting star in a range of movies that gained popularity and acclaim in the United States, including “The Full Monty,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Shakespeare in Love,” died on Saturday. He was 75.  The tributes rolled in.

SHECKY GREENE, the legendary standup comedian known for his long tenure as a Las Vegas headliner and for working with Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, died Dec. 31 at his home in the city. He was 97.

LEE SUN-KYUN, best known for his roles in films such as Parasite and A Hard Day, had a private funeral.

PAULA ABDUL alleged in a lawsuit on Friday that she was twice sexually assaulted by Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer of “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance.” 

JOHN WILLIAMS walks back his retirement plans.

IAN ZIERING got into a street brawl with a Los Angeles biker gang Sunday.

JEREMY RENNER, one year after the snowplow accident that nearly killed him.

GAME OF THRONES: George R.R. Martin says there are three animated spin-offs in the works, in case you thought he was ever going to finish the books.

TIM BURTON wanted to make an 18MM black-and-white Catwoman movie.

 

RED-TAILED HAWK VS KITTEN: Who You Got?

A DOG AND PIG, playing ball.

SPOT the Imposter.

MOSQUITOES are driving these birds to extinction.

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New Year's Rockin' Eve Eve Eve Eve   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, December 28, 2023 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY STARTS HERE:

...with THE BEAT FARMERS!  Making a tradition of this more sober than usual, professionally-shot, early BF gig recorded at Universal Studios, including "There She Goes Again" (VU); "Road to Ruin," "Bigger Fool," "Reason to Believe" (Springsteen), "Powderfinger" (N. Young), "Happy Boy," "Big Ugly Wheels," "Bigger Stones," "Gun Sale at the Church," "Dallas Blues," "I Wanna Be Free," "Lakeside Trailer Park," "Death Train," and "Seven Year Itch."  If you're new to the band, my picks would be "Bigger Stones," "Happy Boy" and the cover of your choice.  BONUS:  Now how much would you pay?  But wait... there's more!  If you really want to see someone put the "bar" in "bar band," watch these NSFW clips from Houston, TX of the late Country Dick Montana leading the band through "Lucille" (K. Rogers) -- complete with his favorite beer bottle stunts -- followed by "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Wino," "Are You Drinkin' With Me, Jesus?" and "Mondo."  SUPER-SPECIAL BONUS: Country Dick rolls out "California Kid" and "Anarchy in the UK" (Language warning).

U2: Crushingly obvious, I know

NICK CAVE & SHANE MacGOWAN: "What a Wonderful World."

ABBA wishes you a "Happy New Year,"  but it doesn't sound anywhere as celebratory as "Take A Chance On Me." 

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS perform "This Year" at the M-Shop in Ames, IA.

OTIS & CARLA have a "New Year's Resolution."

CLAUDE PATE: Don't forget you can stream "New Year" on the Tube, with comments from a member of The Eclectics and Friend of Pate Ken King.

AULD LANG SYNE: All my life, I don't know what this song means.

JOE JACKSON: Pate frequently attempted "One More Time" to often hilarious effect, so today I stick with Joe's early material, including "Sunday Papers" live on the OGWT, "Kinda Kute" on the Kenny Everett Video Show, and a Beat Crazy-era run of "On Your Radio."  The Rock Goes To College show provides live takes on "It's Different For Girls,"  "I'm The Man," and this pulsing version of his signature "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"  BONUS: The appropos finale, "Got The Time?

THE 2023 FLUBLOG SURVEY, playlisted at Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube (abridged).

BROOKLYN VEGAN's Top 55 Albums of 2023.

MAGNET's Top 25 Albums of 2023.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT's Top 40 Albums of 2023. Also, 2023’s best reissues and box sets.

AQUARIUM DRUNKARD's 2023 Year in Review.

THE BEST INDIE ALBUMS of 2023, according to Uproxx.

THE 2023 UPROXX MUSIC CRITICS' POLL: Over 300 critics weigh in.

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2023, according to NPR.

STEVEN HYDEN's Favorite Albums Of 2023.

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2023, according to Pitchfork.

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2023, according to Stereogum.

 

THE 37 BEST ROCK ALBUMS of 2023, according to Pitchfork

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2023, according to Consequence.

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2023, according to Alternative Press

PASTE's 50 Best Albums and 30 Best Rock Albums of 2023.

POPMATTERS' 80 Best Albums of 2023.

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2023, according to NME.  

MOJO's Top 75 Albums of 2023

ROLLING STONE's Top Albums of 2023.

THE TOP 100 ALBUMS of 2023, according to The Quietus.

THE ZOMBIES: "This Will Be Our Year."

THE BEST MOVIES OF 2023, according to The Ringer.

THE TEN BEST MOVIES of 2023, according to Uproxx

THE BEST TV SHOWS of 2023, according to The Ringer. And Uproxx.

THE 20 BEST MOVIES of 2023, according to Rolling Stone

THE GREAT PERFORMANCES of 2023, according to Roger Ebert dot com.

THE TEN BEST FILMS of 2023, according to Sonny Bunch.

THE GREAT CRAFT OF 2023, according to Roger Ebert dot com.

A CLEVER DOG, a ball, and a treat.

I IMMEDIATELY regret this decision.

NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US Now.

RYAN SEACREST: Don't drink and host. The More You Know. Whoosh.

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The penultimate 2023 entry.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, December 27, 2023 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

ALEX CHILTON: Let's enjoy the Box Tops' "The Letter" and Big Star's "In The Street."

FATHER JOHN MISTY debuts "Corpse Dance" on a surprise live album.

BLEACHERS plays "Alma Mater" on Late Night.

SONDRE LERCHE puts a new-wavey spin on Miley Cyrus's "Flowers."

BAND ON THE RUN: The Best Beatle Solo Album?

SHANE MacGOWAN and the stories we tell.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Fun. and Janelle Monae's "We Are Young," the first rock song to top the Hot 100 in a decade.

 

THE COLOR PURPLE musical did big box office on Christmas.

REBEL MOON: The franchise is off to a solid start, but Zack Snyder already has the trailer for Part Two online.

MICHAEL MANN, on why his Enzo Ferrari biopic is the answer to comic book fatigue.

EDDIE MURPHY, on the "hard" Beverly Hills Cop 4 shoot.

KANYE WEST apologized to the Jewish community early Tuesday for his series of “unintended” antisemitic “outbursts.”

KEVIN SPACEY & TUCKER CARLSON get weird together.

JOKER 2 director Todd Phillips shares pics.

THE DEFINITIVE RANKING OF CARS in pop culture, according to The Ringer.

 

ONE FLORIDA LAKE may host 30000 gators.

THE UNUSUAL GOOSE who likes someone.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

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