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R.E.M., The Growlers, Hiss Golden Messenger, !!!, Condor |
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Friday, January 10, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: 
... with R.E.M.! Live in Germany circa 1985, more complete than what has previously turned up on the Tube. Songs include "Feeling Gravity's Pull," "Harbourcoat," "Sitting Still," "Maps & Legends," "Fall On Me," "Green Grow The Rushes," "Driver 8," "Hyena," "So. Central Rain," CCR's "Have You Ever Seen The Rain," "Can't Get There From Here," Roger Miller's "King Of The Road," "Seven Chinese Bros.," "Auctioneer," "Old Man Kinsey," "Little America," "Pretty Persuasion, " "Theme From Two Steps Onward," Aerosmith's "Toys In The Attic," and Television's "See No Evil." Plus, previously unlinked here: "Second Guessing," "Ghost Riders In The Sky," "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville," "We Walk/ Behind Closed Doors" and "Paint It Black." THE GROWLERS visit World Cafe. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER visits KEXP. !!! visits KEXP. NICK CAVE: Stranger in a Strange Land. BAY CITY ROLLERS: The immortal genius of "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y... NIGHT! DAVID BOWIE, SIR GEORGE MARTIN, and GEORGE MARTIN are among the new additions to The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, a book that compiles the life stories of the most influential people in British history. LONDON CALLING: The Guardian's January 9, 1980 review of The Clash classic. ABBEY ROAD: The best-selling vinyl of the decade. THE MOST ANTICIPATED LPs of 2020, according to Pitchfork and Rolling Stone. 
NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are 1917, which is currently scoring 89 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Just Mercy, which is scoring 89 percent; Like a Boss, scoring 23 percent; and Underwater, scoring 47 percent. PRINCE HARRY defied clear instructions from the Queen not to announce that he and Meghan are to quit as "senior" royals? Or did Harry and Meghan disclose their plans prematurely after they learned that the Sun was preparing a story about them? BIRDS OF PREY has a second trailer online. DR. STRANGE 2 loses its director. ELISABETH MOSS talks about maintaining her private life. JULIA STILES reflects on 20 years in the spotlight. EDD BYRNES, who gained fleeting fame as Kookie, the ultra-hip, wisecracking parking attendant on the jazzy 1950s-'60s ABC detective series 77 Sunset Strip, has died. He was 87. CUTTLEFISH watching 3-D movies. A HORSE in a three-piece suit. THIS CONDOR clip ends strangely.
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Another crazy day, but I have Things. |
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Wednesday, January 08, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl


THE FIVE AMERICANS: "I See The Light." THE NEW PR0NOGRAPHERS visit World Cafe. THURSTN MOORE visits WNYC. CAROLINE POLCHEK visits The Current. GUIDED BY VOICES shares "Volcano." INDIE BASEMENT'S Favorite Albums of the 2010s. TED LEO talks Dexys Midnight Runners with Morning Edition. THE PEDAL STEEL has endless potential. MUSIC evokes 13 emotions. It's science. HARVEY WEINSTEIN was almost jailed before his trial gets underway. CHLOE SEVIGNY is expecting her first child, with her boyfriend, Sinisa Mackovic. BRAD PITT noted his personal life is a disaster. GWYNETH PALTROW talks Goop, #MeToo, old boyfriends, psychedelics. THE BAFTA nominations went to these folks. Congrats! LORD OF THE RINGS: The Amazon series will feature Young Ned Stark. ELIZABETH WURTZEL, whose startling 1994 memoir, “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America,” won praise for opening a dialogue about clinical depression and helped introduce an unsparing style of confessional writing that remains influential, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 52. SILVIO HORTA, creator of ABC's popular series “Ugly Betty,” was found dead in a Miami motel room on Tuesday in an apparent suicide. DIDIK THE ORANGUTAN's first day in school. 10000 CAMELS are at risk of being shot in Australia as they desperately search for water. SIBERIAN HOGS raid a liquor store.
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Nirvana, Beck, St Vincent, Craig Finn, Patrick Stickles, Michael Stipe, Birds |
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Monday, January 06, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl


THE SMITHEREENS: "Behind The Wall Of Sleep", Live on TheTube, 1987. BECK & ST VINCENT joined NIRVANA's remaining members for a benefit mini-set. CRAIG FINN, PATRICK STICKLES and more played tribute to the late Silver Jews and Purple Mountains founder David Berman. CLAIRO, viral sensation, visits World Cafe. FIELD MUSIC shares the WWI-themed “Do You Read Me?” MICHAEL STIPE shares a video for “Drive to the Ocean.” WILCO is profiled at Relix. CAROL KAYE: The legendary bassist is not thrilled with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel or The Wrecking Crew documentary. THE 60 BEST ALBUMS of the 1960s, according to Paste. BILLBOARD is changing how it calculates its charts. THE NUMBER ONES looks at Exile's late '70s genre melting pot "Kiss You All Over." 
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Rise of Skywalker easily threepeats atop the chart with 33.7MM on a 53 percent drop, slipping back behind The Last Jedi, tho this may be a function of releasing this one closer to Christmas, a decision that may cost the House of Mouse 100MM. Jumanji: The Next Level places with 26.5MM on a 25 percent drop that's pretty leggy considering the first one was a surprise and this one wasn't. Little Women shows with 13.6MM on a leggy 19 percent drop, making the complaints about people not seeing it all the more strange. The Grudge debuts in the fourth slot with11.3MM against a 10MM budget, and it will die quickly with an "F" CinemaScore. Frozen II rounds out the Top Five with another 11.3MM on a 33 percent drop, approaching 450MM domestic, which is 50MM more than the original made in domestic theaters. THE GOLDEN GLOBES were handed out to these folks. Congrats! (And sympathies to Scorsese.) ROD STEWART and his eldest son, Sean, were allegedly involved in an altercation in Palm Beach, Florida, on New Year’s Eve. STAR WARS' next saga reportedly will be set during the High Republic.ALSO: There's a rumored 3-hour version of The Rise of Skywalker. CAMERON DIAZ and BENJI MADDEN welcomed their first child. MARTIN SCORSESE and GRETA GERWIG were among those chatting at THR's Director's Roundtable. TERRY GILLIAM talked to The Independent about #MeToo, the trials of being a white man, and why he's decided to become a ‘black lesbian in transition.' MOVIES ARE GETTING LONGER, but are they getting worse? STUDIO GHIBLI confirmed that they're working on two movies in 2020 - including one directed by legendary co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. A BLACK-CAPPED CHICADEE, a Tufted Titmouse, and a female Red-bellied Woodpecker all feed from a hand. AN ORPHAN ORANGUTAN learns to open a coconut. EVEN THE BEAR is like...how did you not see me? AUSTRALIA is burning so much that the magpies sound like fire engines.
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