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The Zimmers, Lucinda Williams, Lucky Soul, Faux Hercules   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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THE ZIMMERS:  Brought together for a TV documentary, they have attracted a cult following after recording a version of The Who's "My Generation" at the famous Abbey Road recording studios.  The group, fronted by bingo devotee Alfie Carretta, 90, were handpicked by BBC documentary-maker Tim Samuels for a hard-hitting series on the isolation of the elderly in Britain.  Profits from the single will go to Age Concern.

B.O.O.T.L.E.G.S. is a music blog offering, well, you know.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS talks to Reuters about being "mature but hip," finishing a Hank Williams song for Bob Dylan, getting engaged and more.  You can stream a mini-set of Williams from the World Cafe via NPR.

THE POSTMARKS:  John Wilkins talks to Eye Weekly, including the amusing story of how the band came to be signed by Unfiltered Records, which is run by Ivy's Andy Chase.  You can stream a bunch from their debut at the moment via the ol' HM.

OK GO frontman Damian Kulash takes a rock Rorschach test for The DL.

LUCKY SOUL:  Having overlooked a fab review from PopMatters, I have to thank Frank at Chromewaves for alerting me to this combo, which is drenched in 60s R&B, Motown and UK Northern Soul influences.  The clip for "Lips Are Unhappy" is as good a place as any to start, though "Add Your Light To Mine" is pretty boss, too.  There's plenty more to stream via the ol' HM, including the cool jerk of "Get Outta Town!"

BJORK is gang-interviewed by several music bloggers, including Brooklyn Vegan.  Don't hold your breath for a Sugarcubes reunion tour.

TED LEO is often political in his songwriting, but he's more conflicted about saying others should be.

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE:  Adam Schlesinger comments on random tunes from Harp magazine's iPod, which is a twist on The A.V. Club feature asking musicians to comment on random tunes from their own iPods.

RIGHT, SAID FRED frontman Richard Fairbrass has promised to run for Mayor of London against Ken Livingstone, because he is fed up with paying the congestion charge.  I guess he's not too sexy for his car these days.

MADONNA is considering adopting an entire orphanage in Malawi.  After all, if a mob of orphans pelts the paparazzi with stones, it's much harder for the press to complain or blame Madge.

ANNA NICOLE SMITH IS STILL DEAD, but the National Enquirer is printing the story of someone claiming to be baby daddy Larry Birkhead's "secret gay lover," which has Birkhead preparing to sue the tabloid.

LINDSAY LOHAN, in a bizarre interview with Allure magazine, says she takes on the role of protector to her friends and family and was shocked that she ended up in rehab:  "It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said I would die before I went to rehab."

BRITNEY SPEARS reportedly has become addicted to buying wigs.  The pop tart has allegedly traded her party addiction for shopping -- spending more than 60 grand on wigs, vintage hats, clothes, lingerie, perfume and jewellery in less than a month.

PARKER POSEY, CLAIRE DANES and CHLOE SVEGNY are no longer "It Girls" -- they are "Wuz Girls," according to the New York Observer.  Ouch.

BRADGELINA:  Jolie reveals she was sexually active in kindergarten, saying she took her clothes off and "made out" with boys.  She also talks about how she came to use knives during sex.

JESSICA ALBA and her producer boyfriend, Cash Warren, are down but not out.

JENNA JAMESON, the incredible shrinking pr0n starlet, reveals that she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma, which may have triggered a miscarriage.

SIENNA MILLER guzzled glasses of wine, put her feet on the table, chain-smoked, and picked her nose during a meal at Hollywood's swanky Chateau Marmont.

JOE PESCI went all GoodFellas on singer Robbie Williams, brandishing a golf club after Williams's friends blocked his driveway.  Do you think that's funny?  Does that amuse you? (profanity at the link, natch.)

JESSICA SIMPSON will don her naughty-wear May 4th when she plays host to a special performance by the Pussycat Dolls at the scantily-clad group's themed lounge at PURE nightclub in Las Vegas, according to US Weekly.  Meanwhile, she's wearing what appears to be her grandmother's pants.

GLOBAL WARMING, contrary to prior thinking, might not strengthen hurricanes after all and it eventually could inhibit their development and growth by increasing wind shear.

ISLAM in the UK:  Polygamous husbands settling in Britain with multiple wives can claim extra gov't benefits for their "harems" even though bigamy is a crime in the UK.  In Scotland, teachers and students have been told by an official body not to stare at Muslims for fear of causing offense -- a position even the Muslim Association of Britain deems silly.

ISLAM in DENMARK:  Imam Mostafa Chendid picked International Women's Day to tell Jyllands-Posten (the newspaper that published cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed) that all women should wear the veil, because five to ten percent of all men cannot control themselves when they see a woman without a veil.

IRAQ:  Four large bombs exploded in mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 183 people.  Agence France-Presse claims this is "a savage blow to the credibility of two-month-old US security plan," ignoring that the plan is maybe half-implemented and that civilian deaths for April are still tracking to be at the low end for the past year.  An Iraqi army brigade commander was arrested Wednesday night, raising the spectre that the bombings could have been helped from the inside.  Az-Zaman claims that a "prominent parliamentarian" may be deeply implicated in the bombing in the Iraqi parliament last week.  Az-Zaman also reproted that Prime Minister al-Maliki has approved the names of three replacements of the six Sadrists who resigned, and that those ministers will be from outside the political coalitions.  US SecDef Gates said that the withdrawal of the Sadrist ministers could advance political reconciliation if the vacancies are used to broaden the govt's representation.  The withdrawal may also presage fissures within the leading Shiite political bloc.  Iraqi commanders took charge of security in a fourth province on Wednesday.  PM al-Maliki believes that Iraq will take security control of the whole country from foreign forces by the end of the yearSaudi Arabia has agreed to forgive 80 percent of Iraqi debt -- a major step given Saudi reluctance to provide financial assistance to the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad.

THIS PICTURE has been making the e-mail rounds recently, but it is not Hercules, the World's Largest Dog.  Indeed, the photo appears to be a fake.

A WILEY COYOTE that eluded authorities in a nearly hourlong foot chase through downtown Detroit is pregnant.  I'm blaming Acme contraceptives.

FUGITIVE CATTLE escaped from a transport vessel in Townsville Australia on Tuesday, leading handlers on a two mile chase through the small town.

THOSE FISH AREN'T DEAD, they're just stunned, so they can be relocated during the construction of an Olympic stadium in east London.

WILD HORSES couldn't be dragged away from the Rolling Stones concert in Belgrade.

HORDES OF RATS have gained almost a mystical hold on the blue-collar town of Cicero, IL.  For those familiar with the city, I should clarify that this story is about actual rodents.

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