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Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: kbade

Karl

BREATHE:  The Shins covered the Pink Floyd classic at the Kentish Town Hall last week.  The Jeffito blog has posted a Floyd gig from 1975, which you can stream via the ol' HM.

NEW RELEASES from Fountains of Wayne, Jarvis Cocker and Kings of Leon are streaming in full from Spinner this week.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED is streaming songs from those new releases, as well as advance tracks from Wilco, Bright Eyes and Richard Thompson.

THE CURE frontman Robert Smith has reportedly teamed up with "singer" Ashlee Simpson for a collaboration on her new album.  And I Feel Fine.

JOHN LENNON may have been the only person in the world who could get away with stubbing out his cigarette on a Matisse.  You would think he would have more repect for his fellow artist.

ALANIS MORISSETTE covers the Black-Eyed Peas' "My Humps."  No, really.  As only she could.  It may be her best track in a dozen years.

BRENDAN BENSON:  GvsB will hook you up with new demo tracks, including "Feel Like Taking You Home" and "Poised and Ready."  There's even more streaming at HisSpace.

CLASH MAN IN HAMMERSMITH PALAIS:  Former Clash basist Paul Simonon took an axe to the stage of the Hammersmith Palais during a gig by The Good, The Bad and the Queen played Sunday as a farewell to the venue, which is scheduled to be demolished for a block of flats.  Former Clash documentarian and current Mick Jones collaborator Dickey Letts DJed between sets.

BLOWIN' IN THE WIND:  Over at MKOB, Dodge is streaming covers and Bob Dylan's various versions of the song.

IGGY POP paused for an interview with NPR after a L.A. concert promoting the first Stooges CD in 30 years, The Weirdness.

SAD KERMIT covers Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt."  No, really.  As only he could.  It may be his best track in a dozen years.  Very NSFW.  There's more at HisSpace, too.

BRADGELINA:  Jolie is already planning to adopt a girl from Chad to "balance the family," according to Britain's uber-reliable News of the World.

ANNA NICOLE SMTH IS STILL DEAD and a Bahamanian court not only rejected Howard K. Stern's attempt to seal the DNA tests of Anna Nicole's infant daughter, but also penalized Stern to the tune of $10,000.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON struggled while acting with co-star Eric Bana in the upcoming The Other Boleyn Girl, as she couldn't stop looking at his codpiece.

WARREN BEATTY is so vain that he definitely thinks that song is about him.  Yeah, that song.  But I think we know who it was really about.

BRITNEY SPEARS beat Michael Jackson to take the No. 1 spot in the Eighth Annual "Most Foolish American" survey sponsored each year by New York publicist Jeff Barge: "Going commando, mutilating your own head, baby-bobbling -- they've all been done before individually... But combining them, that's like a triple-axel of foolery."

NAVEEN ANDREWS, probably best-known for playing a former Iraqi soldier on Lost, talked to London's Telegraph about how Sex Pistol Steve Jones helped him get off drugs.

GO, SPEED, GO!  Susan Sarandon and John Goodman are in negotiations to play the parents of Emile Hirsch in the live-action version of Speed Racer being directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski.

JENNA JAMESON:  The pr0n queen may lose her legit movie deal due to an allegedly botched vaginoplasty.  And that, my friends, is a phrase you don't get to use very often.

ROSIE O'DONNELL continues her meltdown at her blog, contending that any criticism of her oft-debunked 9/11 conspiracy theories  ravels the the fabric of our democracy.

CAVEMEN GET NO RESPECT:  None of the three actors who play cavemen in the beloved Geico commercials will get to star in the ABC comedy they've inspired. (Thanks, Dad.)

SEVEN MINUTE SOPRANOS:  With the acclaimed mob drama returning to HBO for nine final episodes starting Sunday, this video recaps seven seasons in seven minutes.  Yes, there's profanity.

IRAQ:  A Mideast think tank claims that suicide bombings against civilians have increased dramatically since the start of the year and are deadlier than ever.  However, US casualties in March were the lowest since November, and while civilian casualties bounced back to pre-"surge" levels nation wide, they are down 25% in Baghdad and nationwide remain about half of their peak from last September.  The new draft de-Baathification law is drawing opposition from Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and from the Shia chairman of the current de-Baathification program.  US Amb. David Satterfield remains optimistic that parliament will approve a law governing its oil and natural gas despite growing opposition.  The Pentagon has helped reopen three factories shuttered after the 2003 invasion, seeding the ground by buying uniforms and armored vehicles from two of them.  Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as Chemical Ali for his use of poison gas against the regime's opponents.

IRAN:  Iran softened its rhetoric in the ongoing diplomatic dispute with Britain over the 15 kidnapped sailors and marines, promising not to show further television confessions as a reward for "positive changes" in the British negotiating stance.  The BBC and the Times of London cover the likely negative effect of the mob of hardliners besieging the British Embassy in Tehran.  Looking at the bigger picture Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria argues that the international sanctions containment strategy is working -- to a point, but is it?  As the BBC notes, "Iran is used to being isolated. The US has imposed an economic boycott since 1979 and the Security Council is currently banning trade in nuclear and missile technology, yet Iran goes ahead with its uranium enrichment anyway."  BTW, ABCNews reports that Iran has more than tripled its ability to produce enriched uranium in the last three months, and thus could have enough material for a nuclear bomb by 2009.

KNUT UPDATE:  Last week, I noted that the absurdly cute polar bear cub who escaped a fatwa from animal rights activists seemed set to become a political tool of climate change activists.  Sure enough, he's on the cover of German Vanity Fair  and sharing the cover of American Vanity Fair with Leonardo DiCaprio.  There's a photo gallery and video at the mag's website.  BONUS:  Here's a fan-made video for Germany's new hit song, "Knut Ist Gut."

LOVESICK SWAN UPDATE:  Petra, the rare Black Australian swan that fell in love with a peddle boat is back courting its plastic lover after spending the winter in a German zoo.  Zoo director Joerg Adler said: "This arrangement could go on for ever, the swan obviously believes it has found a partner for life."  Pic at the link.

PETS ARE LIVIN' LARGE at the "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" pet spa and resort in Maine.

THE BOX JELLYFISH has its human-like eye on you -- and has 23 to spare.

WHITE SQUIRREL descended from escaped carny squirrels barks like a dog in Texas City, TX.

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