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Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

IRON & WINE:  Sam Beam's latest video is for "Boy With A Coin."  If it comes up blank, try the "F5" key on your 'puter.

NEW RELEASES:  A week before Christmas?  Not likely!  Rivers Cuomo of Weezer has a compilation of odds and sods.  And there is the Peaches remix of Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" -- you can watch a video version and the original at So Much Silence.

AIMEE MANN brought her Christmas show to the Birchmere in Alexandria, Va., last night -- with a cameo from Nellie McKay.  You should be able to stream the whole gig on demand via NPR.  Mann talks about the holiday tour with DC's Express.

BEST of 2007:  Pitchfork has posted its Top 100 Tracks of 2007 (with plenty of A/V linkage), as well as Top 25 lists from the staff writers.  PopMatters has posted a Top 60 albums list (also with plenty of A/V linkage).

SUFJAN STEVENS is among those with new holiday tracks for free downloading at Sounds Familyre.  You can still stream his Christmas box via the Great Sufjan Song Xmas Xchange.

THE SHAKY HANDS did the profile and four unreleased songs thing for Daytrotter.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS frontman James Darnielle was backed by Superchunk's Jon Wurster on drums.for three Christmas covers -- including Chuck Berry's "Run, Run Rudolph" at last year's Trekky Records Christmas show.  It's like Twofer Tuesday, but it's one more.

KEVIN DREW talks about having two first names, J Mascis, kitchen tools and more at Incendiary -- which I presume was named by a fan of Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous.

MINOR THREAT:  The legendary hardcore band inspires a fruity hot sauce!

AMY WINEHOUSE sought comfort in cocktails at 6a.m. amidst reports she is set to be grilled by police over the charges against her husband.

PETE DOHERTY is to reveal all about his life with ex-girlfriend Kate Moss in a new TV documentary... if the price is right.

PAM ANDERSON filed for divorce from sex tape impresario Rick Salomon after just 72 days of wedded bliss.  But wait!  The couple have reconciled, though no word on whether Pam withdrew the legal papers. 

LINDSAY LOHAN is reportedly back to hitting the "water" bottle and looking for a sugar daddy.  The latter would jibe with the story that Li-Lo is colluding with paparazzi for extra cash as movie and industry party offers dry up: "Nobody is comfortable bringing her into an environment with alcohol," a source tells the NYDN. "Whether she's rehabbed or relapsed, it's bad either way."

BRITNEY SPEARS:  More details from the unlikely Star magazine story about Spears wanting to marry Sam Lufti in Vegas are reprinted over at MSNBC.

JACKO is keeping his face on with Post-It Notes.

JOHN TRAVOLTA has been dropped from the "Dallas" movie after being promoted as the project's anchor for more than two years.  "John was given a nice seven-figure 'gift' to go away quietly," a source told Page Six.

TARA REID flew to the isle of Bali, where she accidentally fell and injured herself on her first night partying.

THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL TODDLERS, according to Forbes magazine, all seem to have celebrity parents.

 

JESSICA SIMPSON is getting blamed for Dallas QB Tony Romo's abysmal performance against the Eagles on Sunday.  Her next film, ironically titled "Major Movie Star," could very well be headed toward the same straight-to-video fate as "Blonde Ambition."  Creepy dad-manager Joe is already cutting costs on the pneumatic blonde's photo shoots.

HUGH GRANT:  The Asian beauty caught in his bar snog-fest last week is revealed to be former pr0n star Shu Qi.

JENNA FISCHER reveals the secret to lip-syncing in "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," also mentioning that her "Office" co-worker "Creed" was the guitarist for The Grass Roots.  Really, you can see him about 1:30 into "Let's Live For Today" and playing the solo.

DAVE LETTERMAN, off the air for six weeks due to the continuing writers' strike, plans to pursue an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America that would permit his full staff to return as early as Jan. 2.  Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien also seem set to return to late-night TV with fresh episodes on Jan. 2... with or without writers.

THE BRADY BUNCH has a lesbian photo scandal that has nothing to do with Marcia and Jan.  Who'da thunkit?

THE DARK KNIGHT:  That spoilerrific footage yanked off the Tube by lawyers yesterday resurfaced at Gizmodo.  Will you beat the lawyers this time?

30 YEARS of LucasFilm Christmas Cards.  I would have thought the Star Wars TV Christmas Special would have put ol' George in permanent Grinch mode.  RELATED:  "That's not a galaxy... it's a space station."

TERROR in the UK:  An Electrician accused of being a Muslim holy warrior testified in court that he was hunting the Loch Ness Monster during an alleged jihad training course.  He also said he was being framed by the same anti-Muslim elements who faked the September 11 attacks on America and the London attacks.

ISLAMISM in the UK:  "Aisha Salim" has paid for painful surgery to "restore" her virginity, because the horror and outrage that would ensue if it was discovered she had already slept with a man would be such that her own strictly religious relatives might kill her rather than face public shame.

NORTH KOREA has made significant progress in disabling its nuclear facility in Yongbyon but has hesitated at providing key details about the extent of its nuclear programs, including whether it has weaponized the plutonium harvested from the reactor, according to US officials.

IRAN:  Russia delivered an initial shipment of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, so does anyone want to bet that Iran stops its enrichment program?  Of course not.  However, it has forced the Iranians to admit (or claim)  that they are building a second nuclear facility themselves in Darkhovein.

IRAQ:  Bill Roggio has Multinational Forces-Iraq's charts and graphs on the reduction in deaths, attack trends, sectarian violence, IED, suicide and car bomb attacks.  A truck packed with explosives blew up close to the Mosul Dam, which US Army engineers have previously warned is poorly constructed and in danger of imminent collapse.  Iraq launched its first new oil tanker in 27 years, and delivery of two more tankers is expected within three months.  The US is providing Turkey with real-time intelligence that has helped the Turkish military target a series of attacks this month against Kurdish separatists holed up in northern Iraq, including a large airstrike on Sunday.

FEARLESS GIANT RATS, each as large as a cat, have been discovered in a "lost world" of exotic animals and plants that scientists liken to the Garden of Eden.  BONUS: Click through for the Pygmy Possum.  DOUBLE BONUS:  These rats should not be confused with giant rats from the "lost world" of New Jersey, which few scientists liken to the Garden of Eden.

PETRA, the rare Black Australian swan that made international headlines when it fell in love with a pedal boat has ditched its plastic lover for the real thing.

THE WORMORATOR:  Guess what powers a newly-invented composting toilet?

NAUGHTY PETS can unleash Christmas chaos.  Pet-friendly holiday decorating tips at the link.

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