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Gaslight Anthem, Bob Mould, Neko Case, Chicken Sweaters   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, March 02, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM have a performance video out for "Great Expectations." 

THE REPLACEMENTS: Despite the collective will of fans waiting with bated breath for a reunion, the book on the Replacements has likely closed with Rhino's recent round of deluxe reissues, according to former bassist Tommy Stinson.

BOB MOULD talks to the Daily Swarm about writing his autobiography, Husker Du's appearance on the Joan Rivers show, DJing, the state of the music biz, blogging and more...

NEKO CASE talks to NPR's Weekend Edition and stopped by Sound Opinions for a chat and mini-set, as part of a show that also has features on U2 and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, meanwhile, list a few of their favorite things for Pitchfork.

YEAH YEAH YEAHS have a new teaser video for their upcoming It's Blitz album.

MGMT are suing French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party for using one of their hits as a campaign soundtrack without permission.

JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT played the World Cafe last week, so you can stream the gig on demand via NPR.

VAN MORRISON released Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl last week, and gets an audio feature frm NPR's Weekend Edition.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS talks to the Birmingham News about songwriting, finding her voice, et.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Madea Goes to Jail repeated at No. 1 with 16.5 million, even with a 60 percent drop.  The weekend shocker is The Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience finishing second with 12.7 million, when experts were estimating it would make as much as 40 million. It should still make money, but Ouch!  Slumdog Millionaire reaped the spoils of Oscar, surging 45 percent to finish third with 12.2 million. Taken continues to show amazing legs in fourth place, taking in 9.9 million and crossing the 100 million mark. He's Just Not That Into You rounds out the Top Five, earning another 5.9 million.  Below the fold Coraline plummeted to seventh place, mostly because theaters pulled it from its 3-D screens to make room for the underperforming Jonas Bros.  Even so, the delightfully creepy flick has topped 60 million against a 35 million production budget. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li opened in the eighth slot.

RHIANNA & CHRIS BROWN are reunited? Battered diva syndrome.

BRITNEY SPEARS: Fmr "maganger" Sam Lufti, who has been ordered to stay completely clear of the pop wreck with no contact, tells the court he had no direct contact with Britney Spears -- but he says ex-bf Adnan Ghalib did.

LINDSAY LOHAN is converting to Judaism to show her devotion to Samantha Ronson, according to the ever-reliable Daily Mirror.

MADONNA's ex-husband, Guy Ritchie, reportedly has been dissing Madge behind her back by referring to her as "It."

JENNIFER ANISTON & OWEN WILSON ate dog biscuits on German TV. BONUS: Wilson's loved ones - including his brothers Andrew and Luke - are worried about the impact his volatile relationship with Kate Hudson will have on his fragile mental health, according to the ever-reliable Star.

CLINT EASTWOOD apparently believes that political correctness has rendered modern society humorless, for he accuses younger generations of spending too much time trying to avoid being offensive.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON: Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt's face for the movie.

VAL KILMER is serious enough about running for Gov. of New Mexico to reportedly hire a political strategist, to seek out the advice of lawmakers among the state's congressional delegation and to push back as the state's journalists mine celebrity profiles and tabloid coverage.

ED McMAHON has been hospitalized in intensive care, where he is being treated for pneumonia; he has was recently diagnosed with systemic bone cancer.

PAUL HARVEY, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona. He was 90. James Lileks has a streamable proto-"Rest of the Story" story from 1968.

PAKISTAN: The radical cleric behind the Swat ceasefire and ongoing negotiations looks to mediate between the government and the Taliban in the most dangerous tribal agencies.

AFGHANISTAN: Pres, Karzai has called for elections to be held on April 21 after the election commission moved the date back to August. The interior minister estimated the Taliban to have between 10-15K fighters.

IRAN: A street in Tehran was named after Imad Mugniyah, Hezbollah's former military commander who was assassinated in Syria in 2008. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iraqi President Jalal Talabani that the US is "preparing the ground for a long and permanent presence in Iraq."

IRAQ: Three al Qaeda leaders, including the oil minister for the Islamic State of Iraq, were detained in Baqubah.

SWEATERS for CHICKENS: Let's go to the video.

UGLY the CAT is attracting a lot of attention at an Exeter, NH vet clinic, where clients say they can't take their eyes off his striking appearance. There's video at the link and on YouTube

PARROTS teach a Maryland firefighter to speak again. And he wants a cracker.

A BABY GOLDEN LION TAMARIN was born at the Detroit Zoo.

YETIS may well exist, according to wildlife expert Sir David Attenborough.

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