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Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

BOB DYLAN has an alternate vdeo for "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'". The original was arty; this one has someone getting clocked with a frying pan.

WILCO is advance streaming Wilco (The Album).

IRON & WINE is advance streaming the Around The Well rarities collection.

VETIVER stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set streaming now via NPR.

AMANDA PALMER: With The Needle That Sings In Her Heart -- her high school musical based on Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" -- is now streaming in its entirety.

THE BREEDERS: Kelley Deal talks to the Riverfront Times about about the band's new, roller-derby themed video for "Fate to Fatal," the new EP, etc.

THE THERMALS: Kathy Fortser talks to Drowned In Sound about having Johnny Marr and his kids as fans, plus more...

RICHARD BUCKNER talks to the Arkansas Times about singing with himself, his philosophy on making albums and what makes a good performance.  Video at the link, too.

ARCTIC MONKEYS drummer Matt Helders talks to Drowned In Sound about the band's next album.

WOODEN BIRDS: Andrew Kenny tells Black Book about super powers, his affinity for the channel TBS, and having his dreams realized at a bar in Brooklyn.

LINDSAY LOHAN: A burglar alarm led police to Li-Lo's house on Tuesday.  Police found evidence of a potential break-in and ransacking -- but the mess was caused by Lohan, not the burglars.

PAULINA PORIZKOVA has been fired from her America's Next Top Model judging role after three seasons, due to her "huge ego."

BRAD PITT drunk-dialing Jennifer Aniston? Too good to check.

NICOLE KIDMAN has fled Woody Allen's latest, untitled project.

CAMERON CROWE lists his "Top 10 (Or So) Music Moments in Film," by which he means 36: "The first thing to remember about any top ten list is that it is not to be trusted".

ANGELS & DEMONS opens tomorrow, and I've generally neglected to mention it, so here's a clip, with more in the sidebar.

UP: /Film rounds up the exceedingly good early buzz and notes Easter eggs in the forthcoming Pixar flick.

THE MAXIM HOT 100 is in text form at the Cinema Post, while ONTD rounds 'em up in pictures.  Call it Gratuitous Thursday.

THE STANS: Michael Yon and Popular Mechanics both take a look at the shake-up in US command.  The BBC has a good map of Taliban-held areas of Pakistan.  As Taliban militants push deeper into Pakistan's settled areas, foreign operatives of Al Qaeda who had focused on plotting attacks against the West are seizing on the turmoil to sow chaos in Pakistan and strengthen the hand of the militant Islamist groups there.  The US military has begun flying armed Predator drones inside Pakistan and has given Pakistani officers significant control over targets, flight routes and decisions to launch attacks under a new joint operation.  Moderate clerics speak out against the Taliban.

IRAQ: Gen. Ray Odierno offered a cautiously optimistic picture of conditions in Iraq during an hour-long session hosted by The Institute of World Politics. He also defended the withdrawal timeline, while admitting wryly that he had fielded many, many questions on that topic.

PENGUIN OLYMPICS: New Zealand, home to nine of the 16 species of living penguins, hosts the world's first ‘Penguathlon'.  The Sun has video.

THE SECRET LIFE OF PENGUINS: Zoologists have long wondered where the flightless seabirds go during their long spells away from land -- and now French scientists believe they can supply the answer.

ZOMBIE FIRE ANTS: It sounds like something out of science fiction. But it's all too real.

500-LB MOOSE "fell out of the sky" on I-95 in Maine. Nothing up my sleeve... Presto!

A GREEN TREE FROG underwent life-saving emergency surgery after it was run over by a lawnmower in a backyard Down Under.

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