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The Cure, Elkhorn, Baby Rose, U.S. Girls, Beluga Whale |
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl


THE BOOMTOWN RATS: Let's roll out "Rat Trap" and "Someone's Looking At You" for Twofer Tuesday. THE CURE, live in Paris, 1979. ELKHORN cover “Morning Dew,” "John Henry," and more in a Lagniappe Session. BABY ROSE plays a Tiny Desk Concert. JASON ISBELL returns with "Be Afraid." PEARL JAM share a video for "Dance of the Clairvoyants." U.S. GIRLS return with "4 American Dollars." AEROSMITH brings back Joey Kramer, without an audition. ROBERTA FLACK: The Virtuoso. ZIGGY MARLEY reflects on his father's legacy for his would-be 75th birthday. THE NUMBER ONES looks at Anita Ward's sexed up, absurdly catchy disco jam "Ring My Bell," and on the Disco Sucks movement that boiled up right after the song hit No. 1. THE OSCARS reached all-time lows in the ratings, falling sharply from last year. And Ricky Gervais got in his licks on Twitter. THE OSCARS' Snubs. PARASITE may become an HBO series starring Mark Ruffalo. BIRDS OF PREY: Marketing finally figured out it should be called Harley Quinn. MEGXIT: The Duke, the Duchess, J-Lo and A-Rod. LORI LAUGHLIN: The evidence in the college admissions scandal is mounting. A BELUGA WHALE returns a women’s iPhone after she drops it into the water by accident in Hammerfest harbour, Norway. THIS LITTLE BOY was terrified of dogs — until he met this senior pup. BELGIAN MALINOIS, learning to fly. WHEN YOU SWALLOW a firefly.
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New Releases, Indie Basement, Gruff Rhys, Turtles |
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Monday, February 10, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl


DUSTY SPRINGFIELD covers "People Get Ready." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Shopping, the Lone Bellow, Khruangbin & Leon Bridges, plus more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENTwill point you to Isobel Campbell, Double Date with Death, a Boo Radleys reissue, and more. GRUFF RHYS performs live at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio in Boston. RADIOHEAD's ED O'BRIEN shares "Shangri-La." TAYLOR GOLDSMITH & MANDY MOORE are joined by Phoebe Bridgers, Jackson Browne and more on the Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends.” MICHAEL STIPE talks to The Current about his new solowork, REM, producing, and more. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS are profiled by The Ringer. And they pulled it off. KEITH RCHARDS: The Lord of the Undead quit smoking. APOLLO MASTERS—a manufacturing plant that supplies the lacquer used for making master discs, which are used to make vinyl records—suffered a fire on Thursday that will devastate the vinyl record business. THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Bee Gees' "Love You Inside Out," the final No. 1 single in a historic hot streak. 
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Birds of Prey tops the chart with 33MM, well below the 50-55MM tracking estimates and even the studio's 45MM lowballing of same. Nor is it likely to be big in overseas markets. Granted, it had a lower budget (84-97MM) than the bigger comic book movies, but this will still hurt. Bad Boys For Life places with 12.5MM on a leggy 33 percent drop. 1917 showswith 9.2MM on a verrry leggy 5 percent drop as people poured in to see it before the Oscars. Dolittle takes the fourth slot with 6.7MM on a 123 percent drop that would be great if it weren't a bomb from its debut frame. And Jumanji: The Next Level rounds out the Top Five with 5.5MM on an 8 percent drop as it creeps up on 300MM domestic. THE OSCARS went to these folks. Congrats! THE INDEPENDENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats! Especially to Adam Sandler. THE RAZZIES nominations went to these folks. Congrats? HARVEY WEINSTEIN and the women defending him. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 7 & 8: Christopher McQuarrie has an update, promising "We've figured out three obscene things that Tom Cruise will do that I'm terrified of." ROBERT CONRAD, a television tough guy best known for his lead role in the mid-1960s series “The Wild Wild West,” died on Saturday at his home in Malibu, Calif. He was 84. ORSON BEAN, the witty actor and comedian, was hit and killed by a car in Los Angeles, authorities said. He was 91. TURTLES prefer the larger ladies. OTTER attacks girl, dog in Lakeland home. FOX causes havoc after breaking into parliament.
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James Brown, Mr. Bungle, Hayley Williams, Wood Bros, Doggo |
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Friday, February 07, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: 
...with JAMES BROWN! The Godfather of Soul, y'all, with his star time on the T.A.M.I. Show in 1964; your setlist includes "Out of Sight", "Prisoner of Love", "Please, Please, Please" and "Night Train." MR. BUNGLE's first concert in 20 years, including "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” and covers of the Circle Jerks, and Seals & Crofts. HAYLEY WILLIAMS drops half her solo LP. THE WOOD BROTHERS play World Cafe. CALIFONE shares "Bandicoot." KING KRULE shares "Alone, Omen 3." MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND, "Blinded by the Light," Live in '75. ARETHA FRANKLIN's estate has again been thrust into confusion. JENNY BETH's solo album was inspired (sort of) by David Bowie. GRETA VAN FLEET: The New Old Flower-Power Fantasy. BEST COAST Almost Had No Future. Now Everything Has Changed. 
BIRDS OF PREY is this weekend's wide release, and it's (surprisingly?) scoring 86 percent on the ol' Tomatometer. HARVEY WEINSTEIN's first witness was a doozy. THE JESUS ROLLS: John Turturro's upcoming The Big Lebowski spin-off has a trailer online. HAMILTON: A potential franchise? KNIVES OUT moves closer to a sequel. FRIENDS moves closer to an unscripted reunion. MAD MAX 5 is set to start filming in Australia this fall. THE BEST ACTRESS OSCARS of the millenium, ranked. THE BEST ACTOR OSCARS of the millenium, ranked. DOGGO vs Lemon. MAN ACCUSED of releasing rodents in hotels in order to obtain free lodging. A TINY ORPHAN KITTY gets spoiled by his new dad.
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The Cars, Dirty Honey, Another Sky, Kirk Douglas RIP |
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Thursday, February 06, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl


SAM COOKE & JACKIE WILSON unexpectedly meet up on "Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha." THE CARS, Live at the Paradise Theater, October 1st, 1977. Including unreleased material. DIRTY HONEY visits the Paste studio. ANOTHER SKY plays a Tiny Desk Concert. BEST COAST shares "Different Light." SHARON VAN ETTEN shares "Beaten Down." DESTROYER's Dan Bejar crafts an album from his kitchen. MARLENA SHAW: More than "California Soul." IVAN KRAL, a Czech-born musician whose integral role in the Patti Smith Group, along with his work as a filmmaker who chronicled the earliest days of the CBGB scene, made him a key figure in New York’s creative underground of the 1970s, died on Sunday at his home in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was 71. THE NUMBER ONES looks at Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff," her extremely horny attempt to create a disco/rock hybrid. KIRK DOUGLAS, one of the last surviving movie stars from Hollywood’s golden age, whose rugged good looks and muscular intensity made him a commanding presence in celebrated films like “Lust for Life,” “Spartacus” and “Paths of Glory,” died on Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 103.Here are your bonus obits from Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Aside from the big, obvious films, I always liked him in "The Bad & the Beautiful," "Seven Days In May," "Ace In The Hole," and "In Harm's Way." MEGXIT: The Duke & Duchess are chill in the great White North. Prince Harry and Prince William have unfinished business. SAM RAIMI is in talks to direct Marvel's Doctor Strange 2. FRIENDS: Could Matthew Perry be more of a tease? BRUTALLY HONEST OSCAR BALLOT is always a highlight of awards season. A JUMPING SPIDER, in extreme close-up. ARMY VETERANS may soon have better access to train and adopt service dogs. A SALAMANDER didn't move for seven years.
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