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Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' John Darnielle plays "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for The A.V. Club Undercover. Twice. BONUS: Darnielle was backed by Superchunk's Jon Wurster on drums.for three Christmas covers -- including Chuck Berry's "Run, Run Rudolph" at the 2006 Trekky Records Christmas show. 

VAN HUNT stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

JIMMY WEBB: The legendary American songwriter stopped by WNYC Soundcheck to play songs from his cameo-laden new LP.

THE MUSIC TAPES play a Tiny Desk Concert with bowed banjos, singing saws and, yes, tape machines.

PEARL AND THE BEARD are featured on World Cafe: Next.

CHRISTMAS COMES THIS TIME EACH YEAR: It's the "Little Saint Nick" by the Beach Boys.

SEASON OF THE LIST: The Top 10 and Worst 5 Albums of 2011, according to Entertainment Weekly.

THE 20 BEST SMITHS SONGS, according to Prefix.

IS RETRO DYING? Probably not, but The Quietus makes the argument.

MYSPACE is rebooting with music recommenations Facebook integration.

RINGTONE REVENUES in the United States are still four times that of all subscription streaming services - combined.

RALPH McDONALD, a Grammy Award-winning percussionist and composer whose understated Afro-Caribbean rhythms were known as "the ghost" behind a multitude of 1970s and '80s hit records (including David Bowie's "Young Americans" and Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville") and who was a co-writer on the hit songs "Where Is the Love?" and "Just the Two of Us," died of lung cancer on Sunday in Stamford, Conn. He was 67.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases already include The Adventures of Tintin, currently scoring 76 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which is scoring 85 percent; and the expansion of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol at 94 percent.  Although it's early, Friday brings Cameron Crowe's We Bought a Zoo, which is currently scoring 74 percent, while Sunday brings Steve Spielberg's War Horse, currently at 72 percent -- as always, check the links for updated scores.

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: Steven Spielberg's animation debut is a young Indiana Jones, but with a cutle little dog instead of a whip (However, he does have a gun).  Less intense and relentless than, say, Raiders of the Lost Ark, but the set pieces here don't have to obey the laws of physics strictly, either.  The CGI is just cartoon-y enough to avoid the uncanny valley problem for me. And there are a few Spielbergian homages to himself for the careful viewer. Not a classic, but good fun all round.

THE KARDASHIANS  - who make millions of bucks off of their fashion lines - use "slave labor" and turn a blind eye to shocking working conditions, according to the ever-reliable Star magazine.

MARK SANCHEZ, Jets QB, has been huddling with Victoria's Secret beauty Kate Upton.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & JESSICA BIEL: Several tabloids are running down a rumored proposal.  But so far, still just a rumor.

EVAN RACHEL WOOD in line for an engagement ring?

JENNIFER LOPEZ & MARC ANTHONY: Their split is getting ugly.

JESSICA SIMPSON: Knocked up and shopping for wedding dresses.

THE WORST TV Series Finales, according to Guyism.

TERROR in the USA: Tarek Mehanna, a US-born citizen of Sudbury, Mass., was convicted of terrorism charges that included providing material support to al Qaeda.

EGYPT's  powerful Muslim Brotherhood, which is leading in parliament elections that continued Wednesday, refused to join calls by secular and liberal activists for the ruling military to move up its handover of power to civilians.

IRAQ: Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has urged the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq to hand over fugitive Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi.

STEWIE the CAT calms Connar by petting him with his paw.

PENGUINS are watching -- and crapping on -- the people turning up to see pandas at the Edinburgh Zoo.

PET HOARDING: Dozens of animals, including snakes, a monkey, and a lynx, were discovered in a North Knox County, TN, home Monday.

SAMSON, the world's biggest dog, is waylaid by a broken toe, not a haircut.

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