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The dBs, Top Songs '09, Lightspeed Champion, Cutout Bin, Parrot   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, December 04, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE dB's!  The influential, but oh-so-unlucky modern pop combo performs "Happenstance," "Bad Reputation" and "Living A Lie" from Sweden circa 1982.  Chris Stamey left the band (temporarily) after which we got the infamous, banned-from-MTV clip for "Amplifier," plus live takes of "She Got Soul" and "Not Cool" from the legendary Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ circa 1986.  From the same time period, you can see the band help close down Folk City in NYC with a cover of Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street."  BONUS:  The fabulous Marti Jones and Windbreaker Tim Lee cover the dB's classic "Neverland," also from 1986.

THE TOP SONGS OF 2009, according to Sean at Said The Gramaphone. Big honkin' ZIP file of 75 songs. And at the moment, you can stream 'em via the ol' HM... just keep paging.

ROBERT FRANCIS did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

THE TOP 50 NEW WAVE SONGS, as decided on by WFDU listeners.

FREEDY JOHNSTON is offering "Don't Fall in Love With a Lonely Girl" as a free download.

THE XX is profiled by Eye Weekly and Rolling Stone.

BIG STAR: The most under-appreciated band evah?

THE KINKS are getting a biopic by Julien Temple, which makes today perfect for "Father Christmas."

SELLING OUT TO SURVIVE: PopMatters spoke with a few artists whose music has appeared in advertising to find out what motivates them.

BLAKROC: The Black Keys' collaboration with hip-hoppers is featured on NPR's Morning Edition.

HIP-HOP IS DEAD, according to Simon Reynolds (and Sasha Frere-Jones).

JESCA HOOP talks to Strangeglue about the release of her sophomre LP. (Thx, LHB.)

LEMMY talks to Vice about Motörhead, Hawkwind, The Beatles and more...

LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION drops the video for "Marlene" in advance of the single and upcoming album.

HA HA TONKA: Brian Roberts talks to the Rochester City Paper about the influence of the Ozarks.

DAVID BOWIE: Read his letter to his first American fan.

DECADE IN REVIEW: What happened to pop?

YEAR-END MUSIC LISTS are pointless, argues Paul Morley.

THE CUTOUT BIN: From Sammy Davis Jr. to Yo La Tengo, from Teenage Fanclub to The Drifters, from Solomon Burke to Camera Obscura, plus Them, Glasvegas, the Rolling Stones, Chris Bell, John Lennon and more   -- this weekend's fortuitous finds can be jukeboxed or streamed separately via the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING:  This weekends wide releases are Everybody's Fine, which is currently scoring 51 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Brothers, currently scoring 58 percent; and Armored, which was not screened for critics.  Up in the Air, scoring 85 percent, opens on 10 screens.

TIGER WOODS: Rachel Uchitel now claims she was lying when she said she did not have an affair with the golfer.  Radar claims Jaimee Grubbs has a history of chasing famous sports professionals, tried to get into Playboy, made a sex tape and had a lesbian encounter.  Kalika Moquin denies being mistress number three.  The Daily Beast has more details on Tiger's prenup, though it may be getting a rewrite even now.

RONNIE WOOD: The Rolling Stones guitarist was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova.

LINDSAY LOHAN... and Entourage star Kevin Connolly?

MARILYN MANSON and EVAN RACHEL WOOD together again? There have been rumbles about this before.

WILL FERRELL wants to play Simon Cowell in a biopic.

NATALIE PORTMAN talks to Marie Claire about surviving child stardom, escaping the "muse" trap, and emerging unscathed from her first tabloid scandal. There's a photoshoot, too.

ROBERT DUVALL may play Don Quixote for Terry Gilliam... if they get the money.

THE TOP 10 HEIST MOVIES, according to Hollywood.com, though most are pretty recent.  Ad among recent ones, I might put The Bank Job on that list.

THE BEST BAD MOVIES OF THE DECADE, according to The A.V. Club.

IRAN has been conducting a campaign of harassing and intimidating members of its diaspora world-wide -- not just prominent dissidents -- who criticize the regime, according to former Iranian lawmakers and former members of Iran's elite security force, the Revolutionary Guard, with knowledge of the program.  Part of the effort involves tracking the Facebook, Twitter and YouTube activity of Iranians around the world, and identifying them at opposition protests abroad, these people say.

PARROT TANTRUM: Let's go to the video. (mild language warning)

ORCA: How killer whales use a 'karate chop' to stun and then finish off killer sharks.

THOUSANDS OF ROTTING CAMELS are polluting vital waterholes and sacred sites in the Aussie Outback.

DOG PHOTOGRAPHER dies at 13, which is a decent age for a dog.  Cyrus's portfolio lives on.

ORANGUTAN PHOTOGRAPHER still going strong.

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