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Fleet Foxes, Man Man, Kaki King, Canine Kahunas   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

FLEET FOXES played DC's Black Cat the other night, so you can stream the gig on demand via NPR.  Greg Kot briefly profiles the band on his blog at the Chicago Tribune. And the has some evocative claymation in the new video for "White Winter Hymnal," courtesy of singer Robin Peckhold's brother.

MORE NEW RELEASES: I should have noticed that albums from Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Willie Nelson & Winston Marsalis and Los Lonely Boys are streaming in full via AOL.

THE POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE nominees are announced, complete with MySpace links.

KATE PIERSON of the B-52s has a leaked nudie pic?  I won't link it, though you can figure out where to find it.

BEN FOLDS talks to Paste about his Eurotour and his upcoming album, now slated for Sept. 16th.

MAN MAN performs "Doo Right" in a Black Cab Session.

DAVID LEE ROTH was saved by two Ontario police officers after suffering anaphylactic shock from his allergy to nuts.

KAKI KING did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter, one previously unreleased.

COMING TO THE SMALL SCREEN: The Osbournes will host an hour-long variety show in the grand tradition of Donnie & Marie or Sonny & Cher.  Elvis Costello has started taping his "Spectacles" which will see Costello having conversations and collaborations with guests like Elton John, Lou Reed, Elvis Presley's guitarist James Burton, and more...

BETTYE LaVETTE talks to the Montreal Gazette about the silver lining of not having become an R&B star.

LINDSAY LOHAN got a diamond ring from Samantha Ronson worth nearlly 22K for her 22nd birthday.  Ronson also posted a pic of her and Lindsay kissing on her MySpace page.  NTTAWWT.

JESSICA SIMPSON got a head start on her 28th birthday (Thursday), which included taking a header into a post office sign.

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY and longtime girlfriend Camila Alves have welcomed their first child into the world, Levi Alves McConaughey.

NICOLE KIDMAN & KEITH URBAN: Is their baby's name a jab at Scientology? Probably not, but Kidman probably doesn't mind if you think it is.

STING is hardly walking on the moon after learning that his teenage daughter Coco shared a tent with Pete Doherty at Glastonbury.

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BATMAN:  PopSugar has highlights and pics from Christian Bale's sitdown and photoshoot for GQ.

CHRISTIE BRINKLEY should get custody of her two youngest children, according to the court-appointed psychologist in her divorce trial.  Dr. Stephen Herman testified that her ex Peter Cook is a narcissist whose unrealistic expectations could "cause great harm to the children."  Later, Brinkley answered accusations that she's an angry, vindictive wife with enough vitriol to temporarily shut up her husband's ace divorce attorney.

FRIENDS REUINION rumors appear to have been exaggerated.

IRAN will hit Tel Aviv, US shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and American interests around the world if it is attacked over its disputed nuclear activities, an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader was quoted as saying on Tuesday.  An Iranian who infiltrated Iran's Revolutionary Guard for the CIA accuses the mullahs of orchestrating - among other things - the 1988 explosion of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

IRAQ said for the first time yesterday that it wanted to set a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from its territory. The White House said it is not negotiating a "hard date" for a US withdrawal from Iraq despite Baghdad's call for a timetable, but did not rule out "time-frames" discussions with the Iraqi government. The comments reflect the political dilemma confronting Maliki and other members of his Shiite-led government. Their primary rival in upcoming provincial elections, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, is a leading critic of the American presence who has long called for a timetable, a position that is widely popular among Iraq's majority Shiites.

CANINE KAHUNAS: About 60 dogs, big and small, competed for medals and bragging rights last week at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition in Imperial Beach, Calif. Prizes included a pet vacation at the resort and a feature in Modern Dog Magazine. Pics and video at the link.

HEY, IS THAT A BAT IN YOUR BRA, or are you... oh, it is.

MERCEDES-CLIMBING GOAT arrested in Capshaw, Alabama.  The role of the dog is yet to be determined.

MONKEY ROBOT CONTROL only started with the arm; now monkeys can control entire robots, making one walk on a treadmill.

FIRST FERRET?  One more possible historic moment in the US presidential election.

SHERIFF HITS COW en route to invesitigate a complaint of.... guess what?

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