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Selling Out, Wolfgang's Vault, XTC, Chris Smither, and Trippin' Pigeons   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: kbade

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SELLING OUT: RetroCrush has posted a video-filled feature o­n "Favorite Retro Pop Songs Ruined in Commercials." Pop Candy solicited more ads from readers (AdFreak responds that punk bands selling out is the worst), while Whitney Matheson took issue with Of Montreal's "Wraith Pinned to the Mist (And Other Games)" appearing in an Outback Steakhouse ad (the band also covers "Everyday Is Like Sunday" for NASDAQ). Stereogum cringes over Coldplay in a CineMax promo for an upcoming Star Wars marathon, as well as Gary Jules' Tears For Fears cover in an XBox ad, with even more commercial mentions. This topic has come up here before, most recently in May and March.

LLOYD COLE laments (sort of) places that are gone: "That idea of Lauren Bacall walking across the bar to Humphrey Bogart, it's an incredibly dated mid-20th century concept that really does place me in the sense of where my aesthetic is rooted. And it's rooted in the past, in a place that no longer exists..." He is talking about "Woman in a Bar," but there's more to stream via the Hype Machine.

RYAN ADAMS has lost his mind again, posting another eight albums of... "stuff" o­n Cardinal Radio. Lots more bad rap songs; check under WereWolph for his mercifully brief cover of Creed's "Higher."

WOLFGANG'S VAULT: Rolling Stone notes that the memorabilia store is streaming soundboard tapes from 300 concerts, with the promise of more o­n the way. Recommendations at that link, with more from Stereogum. Wolfgang says downloads are coming, but you may want to register to start listening now.

XTC ECSTACY: At Chromewaves, Frank recently posted an audio/video link-rich piece o­n XTC and frontman Andy Partridge. Even more recently, he noted the official XTC fans MySpace page, which has a nifty blog that interviews the reclusive Partridge about the songs streaming o­n the main page each week.

THE RONETTES perform "Be My Baby" & "Shout" for a screaming throng o­n The TAMI Show in 1964, even getting a bit raucous o­n the latter.

I DID NOT PAY THE BOSTON GLOBE TO WRITE this: "Adults of all ages, especially in their 20s and 30s, aren't willing to give up the kind of freewheeling fun that they had when they were teenagers. That refusal to give it up is much less stigmatized now. You're not thought of as being insane if you're a 30- something snowboarder or extreme-sports guy or you're into indie rock and anime. In fact, those things now mark you as kind of iconoclastic and hip."

CHRIS SMITHER has been around since 1970, so I'm very late to his party. He plays the kind of smart, sometimes funny folk-blues that I think Friend of Pate Sylvia Hauser would like a lot. NPR has three streaming tracks, including covers Mississippi John Hurt's "Blues in the Bottle" and Bob Dylan's "Visions of Johanna." (His songs have been covered by Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt and Diana Krall.) There's also a streaming set from the World Cafe. He also has studio tracks posted o­n MySpace.

THE ARTIST CURRENTLY KNOWN AS PRINCE was so moved by the dancing penguins in the upcoming movie Happy Feet that he wrote an original song as well as modifying his classic "Kiss."

PETE DOHERTY-KATE MOSS UPDATE: The troubled singer -- who had to promise the supposedly sober supermodel he would stay clean before she would agree to marry him -- has told the BBC: "Abstaining isn't really my thing. I don't think I'll ever give up drugs. But I do know I don't think I can keep smoking crack anymore. Not just because of the police, but because it was f***ing my life up." Moss, his attorney and the British courts will all love to hear that.

TOM-KAT UPDATE: Holmes spent about three grand o­n lacy underthings, a grand of which was for a "bridal collection" set. Oh, that will work. Holmes' camp "respectfully declined" an offer to include her name for a possible Oscar nod o­n the screener of Thank You for Smoking sent to Academy members. I'm sure that was her idea. Oprah Winfrey was not invited to the Cruise-Holmes wedding. That's a big mistake; in an Oprah-Xenu smackdown, put your money o­n the Big O. Apparently, Cruise's ex-companion Penelope Cruz was not invited, either.

THE McCARTNEYS: Page Six reports that the question of whether Heather Mills McCartney was o­nce a high-priced hooker for wealthy Arab clients has been put to reputed arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi -- the man who is accused of hiring her -- and he's not denying it.

NOT-SO-BLIND ITEM: Page Six asks: "Which singer had to deliver her child via Cesarean because of a raunchy STD her estranged husband gave her?"

THE NAME IS BOND: In preparation for Casino Royale this Friday, Cinematical has every Bond movie trailer posted o­n YouTube. Entertainment Weekly lists The 10 Worst Bond Girls.

BRADGELINA: It's a nix day for a wax wedding. Las Vegas' Madame Tussauds wax museum nixed a plan to stage a depiction of a fictional Jolie-Pitt wedding today after Pitt's rep protested. The couple visited an orphanage in Pune, India. I would go with the "just window-shopping" joke, but Madonna owns those now. Lost hottie Evangeline Lilly wants Jolie to be the first female American president.

NATALIE PORTMAN was caught canoodling with ex-beau and Mexican movie hunk Gael Garcia Bernal at a Seu Jorge show in London.

TOBEY MAGUIRE: He's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Dad.

JUDE LAW-SIENNA MILLER BREAK-UPDATE: Law reportedly dumped Miller over her party girl lifestyle.

TARA REID: Speaking of party girls, Ms. Reid cleaned up nicely for the red carpet premiere of The Fountain.

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY says she's done with piracy after Pirates Of The Caribbean: At Worlds End.

EVA LONGORIA and BEYONCE KNOWLES are not lesbian lovers in an upcoming movie adaptation of Sarah Waters's love story Tipping the Velvet.

KRISTANNA LOKEN (the T3) and MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ (Lost), otoh, seem to be chummy enough for The Advocate. NTTAWWT. The two co-starred in BloodRayne.

AUSTRALIA'S TOP MUSLIM CLERIC, who used a Ramadan sermon to complain about long sentences for gang rare and to compare immodestly dressed women to uncovered meat, suggesting they invited sexual assault, has decided not to resign, after all.

MIDEAST CONFLICT in the MEDIA: At Lightstalkers, a forum for pro photogs, Bruno Stevens claims that both Time and US News & World Report distorted his photos with false and misleading captions slanted against Israel.

IRAN is seeking to take control of al Qaeda and is supplying terrorists with weapons and cash in Iraq. The regime is also supplying anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to Islamists in Somalia. Meanwhile, Pres. Ahmadinejad said time is running in favor of Iran going nuclear, even as International Atomic Energy experts found unexplained plutonium and enriched uranium traces in a nuclear waste facility in Iran.

IRAQ: The Iraq Study Group -- mentioned here as far back as September -- is all over the headlines now. But those familiar with the panel's work predict that the recommendations will not be new and that there are few, if any, good options left facing the country. Reuel Marc Gerecht, an adviser to the group, wrote as much in The Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, Iraqi officials say a report that most of the academics kidnapped Tuesday in Baghdad were released is false, while the exact number of victims has yet to be confirmed Note the academics were with the Higher Education Ministry is controlled by Sunnis, while the Interior Ministry -- whose employees may be implicated -- is controlled by Shiites. Note also that about 50 Shiites were kidnapped by Sunni gunmen o­n Nov. 11th.

A DEER whose head was stuck in a plastic jack-o'-lantern for nearly a week has freed itself and will be fine.

A WISCONSIN BUCK attacked a ceramic deer in someone's front yard. Excitable Buck, they all said.

A DRUNKEN ELK is scaring some schoolkids in Sweden.

WEST PALM BEACH PIGEONS are trippin' their tailfeathers off o­n hallucinogenic corn, but locals hope it's not a bummer for the local falcon.

GIANT PYTHONS are being forced to inform o­n their fellow snakes in the Everglades, by way of implanted radio transmitters.

...AND THERE WERE FROZEN PIGS all over the highway in Sylmar, Calif.

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