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Flight of the Conchords, DeVotchKa, Black Kids, Odd Couples   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS serenade the "Ladies of the World" for our Monday amusement.

DeVotchKa played DC's 9:30 Club Friday night; you can stream the whole gig on demand via NPR. Plus, the band is profiled by the Associated Press.

FINAL FANTASY: Multi-instrumentalist Owen Pallett talks to the New York Times Magazine about the liberation of limitations, the one-man band vs. the musical collective and much more...

THE BLACK KIDS and Does It Offend You, Yeah? played the World Cafe Friday; you can stream their sets on demand via NPR. 

THE REPLACEMENTS' deluxe Twin/Tone reissues are surveyed by Milwaukee's Express.

THE BLACK KEYS upped the tempo for "Strange Times" on the Peacock net last week.

THE HOLD STEADY frontman Craig Finn tells Billboard that the upcoming Stay Positive LP is influence by getting old.

THE TING TINGS knock Madonna off the Top of the Pops. The duo did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter, including the UK smash "That's Not My Name" and a previously unreleased track.

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE is profiled in the New York Times: Amy Phillips, the senior news editor for the Internet music site Pitchfork said that Death Cab was fortunate to establish itself in the era just before blog buzz mattered and then benefit from Web credibility as respected establishment figures. "They were able to grow and generate interest from print press, from college radio, from the ‘OC' effect - the older buzz-building methods," she said. "It's a stronger, safer way to build up your band. You don't have to come running out of the gate, and everything is not based on one Coachella or South by Southwest performance."

THE CHELSEA HOTEL, fabled in song and story, is currently the subject of a power struggle, as long-term tenants are battling owners to keep its bohemian character intact.

ASHLEE SIMPSON & PETE WENTZ were married Saturday evening in an intimate ceremony performed by creepy dad-manager Joe! Pneumatic Maid of Honor Jessica Simpson dragooned ex-bf Tony Romo into appearing to stave off the pervasive break-up reports -- which have Romo tired of creepy Joe and Jessica moaning over ex-bf John Mayer hooking up with Jennifer Ansiton.

JEN & JOHN: Speaking of which, Jennifer Ansiton is like a schoolgirl these days. The NYDN claims that there is a certain feature of John that leaves Jen so pleased. The crooner's ex-paramours reveal he is hell to get over, not because he's a great guy, but because he's a "great" guy, if you know what we mean.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Prince Caspian takes the top slot, but falls short of projections with a 56.5 million haul. Coming in below the opening of the first Narnia movie is a huge red flag that will have Hollywood wondering whether it was due to: (a) Caspian's darker tone; (b) light marketing; (c) saturation of the fantasy film niche; (d) a possible trend of underperforming summer films. With Indy 4 and Kung-Fu Panda rolling out over the next few weeks, Caspian might have trouble making 200 million, let alone the 300 million some had hoped for. Iron Man dropped to the second slot, but held well enough that it will likley finish behind only the Spider-Man franchise to become the fourth biggest comic book movie evah. What Happens in Vegas is working as counter-programming in the third slot, while Speed Racer continues to crash and burn, down 60 percent from an awful start. Baby Mama held the fifth slot, while everyone else dropped a slot or two to make room for Caspian.  The exception is The Visitor, which snuck into the tenth slot from 13th last weekend.

BRITNEY SPEARS has denied that she is pregnant with her third child and says that her bloated tummy is simply down to new medication she is taking. Meanwhile, The National Enquirer claims that Adnan Ghalib, Britney's paparazzo ex-bf, is shopping a sex tape the pair made on their trip to Mexico.

JAMIE LYNN SPEARS,as a knocked-up 17-year-old, probabaly should not be riding an ATV without a helmet or seatbelt.

INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM of the CRYSTAL SKULL premiered at Cannes and -- unlike three early Internet leaks -- has gotten generally good reviews.  You can read apparently spoiler-free-quotes from the Cannes reviews at Rotten Tomatoes.  Right now it's getting 77 percent on the ol' Tomatometer, but that may change as more reviews trickle in.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON stayed home in New York after a film studio refused to pay for the star's bloated demands to attend the Cannes Film Festival to launch Woody Allen's latest movie.

LINDSAY LOHAN, who turned 21 in rehab, is soliciting product sposorships for her birthday party via the web.

JOSS STONE promised her first ever film role would see her share a passionate smooch with a female actress and romantic comedy Snappers does not disappoint. Pic at the link.

WILLIAM SHATNER talks to New York Magazine's Vulture blog about his autobiography, Leonard Nimoy, his UFO sighting, TJ Hooker's politics and being propositioned by a gorilla.  As wacky as this interview reads, blogger Bill Quick writes that "this is pretty much the way he really is."

ELLEN DeGENERES announced her engagement to longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi in the wake of a California Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriages in the state.

ITALY: A former showgirl who has become an Italian cabinet minister says that you don't have to be pretty to get ahead in politics, but it helps. Thirty-two-year-old Mara Carfagna, nicknamed Mara La Bella, or Mara the Beautiful, was made... wait for it... the minister for Equal Opportunities last week.

CARTOON JIHAD: A Dutch political cartoonist was arrested on suspicion of insulting people because of their race or religion through his work, authorities said Friday.

OSAMA BIN LADEN purportedly released a new message on Sunday denouncing Arab leaders for sacrificing the Palestinians and saying the head of the Shiite terror group Hezbollah did not really have the strength to take on Israel. The man clearly has never read Dale Carnegie.

IRAQ: Prime Minister al-Maliki offered members of armed groups in Mosul an amnesty in exchange for surrendering their weapons. Foreign fighters who entered Iraq won't qualify, and neither will Iraqis who have already committed terrorist acts. Iraqi forces have detained more than 1000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing AQI in northern Iraq. Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Mohammed al-Askari said scores of militants had already handed over their guns. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a surprise visit to Iraq on Saturday, welcoming Iraq's progress in passing a budget as well as oil legislation, and a bill paving the way for the provincial elections in the fall that are expected to more equitably redistribute power among local officials.

 

ODD COUPLES: ABC News has a slideshow of cats and dogs, monkeys and pigeons, pigs and tigers, living together -- a disaster of Biblical proportions

BABY ZOO ANIMALS: Another awww...some slideshow, courtesy of the Austin American-Statesman.

ORANGUTANS break out of Zoos in Tampa's Busch Gardens and Los Angeles. The primates were quickly rounded up, but the possibility that this was a rehearsal for a later coordinated operation cannot be ruled out. Remember, it's the orangutans that want to be like us.

A RUTTING STAG will attack if you crash his party.

I CAN HAZ A GIANT MURAL?  Yes, in San Francisco.

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