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DBT, The Clientele, Ryan Adams, Son Volt, Tigers & Chicks   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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THE POLYPHONIC SPREE has released a video-less video for "Running Away" from the upcoming LP The Fragile Army, featuring over 70K still photos from a ten-day tour.

THE DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS' long out-of-print live disc, Alabama A** Whuppin', is streaming at NineBullets.net.

ELVIS PERKINS tells London's Guardian -- among other things -- that being named Elvis gave him "an apprehension of dealing with people, because there was no way of getting off on the right foot."

WILCO apparently felt a need to explain their involvement in the the new Volkswagen ad campaign.

THE CLIENTELE frontman Alasdair MacLean tells ChartAttack that the new God Save The Clientele is influenced by "the kind of music I used to love before I became snobbish or had musical taste" -- bubblegum pop like The Monkees and The Banana Splits.  Actually, that influence is pretty subtle, as you'll hear if you stream the whole thing from Merge Records.  I would pick mid-period Kinks and The Thrills as more likely references.

ROBERT POLLARD has confirmed two more albums -- Standard Gargoyle Decisions and Coast to Coast Carpet of Love --will both drop Oct. 9th.  But wait...there's more!  Pollard is starting a year-long singles club via robertpollard.net.

RYAN ADAMS, possibly the only dude as prolific as Pollard, is plotting a multi-disc boxed set of odds-and-ends from his extensive back catalog, according to Billboard.  You can see him play the new "Everybody Knows" and the old "Magnolia Mountain" at Amazon.

SON VOLT mastermind Jay Farrar tells Richmond's Daily Press that the latest album, The Search, draws "from from what would be considered 'Rock 101' sources - The Beatles and The Rolling Stones."  Told that the horns on "The Picture" recall those on The Stones' "B*tch," he applauds the recognition. "We actually were doing that song live for a while," he says.

LILY ALLEN claims her new lifestyle of constant touring has prompted an unhealthy love of booze and that she is heading for an early death.

AMY WINEHOUSE had a screaming bust-up with new hubby Blake Fielder-Civil after being booed at the MTV Movie Awards.  Shocka!

ELENI MANDELL is interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle about her latest album, Miracle of Five, the crazy dance parties at her house, and more.  You can stream the mini-set she played for The Current last week via MPR.

OKKERVIL RIVER frontman Will Scheff thanks Pitchfork for noticing his more confident singing on the band's upcoming album.  I don't know how he would take Frank's comment at Chromewaves, though I think it's a similar compliment.

LINDSAY LOHAN is still in rehab, but those risque party photos featuring a knife-wielding Li-Lo may put a crimp in the future career of ex-MTV infobabe Vanessa Minnillo.  Meanwhile, E!'s Daily 10 co-host Debbie Matenopoulos blasted a possible reality TV show featuring Mom Dina Lohan -- apparently not knowing that the show would air on the E! channel.

BRITNEY SPEARS saved an elderly couple from a jellyfish-infested beach during her Mexico vacation.  So perhaps it's good karma that her Mom cancelled today's scheduled appearance on The View.

BEYONCE KNOWLES and JAY-Z are reportedly engaged and planning to marry in Hawaii in the autumn.

SASHA BARON COHEN and ISLA FISHER are expecting a baby this winter, a source close to the couple confirms.

THE KATE HUDSON-CHRIS ROBINSON BREAK-UPDATE is now the Kate Hudson-Owen Wilson Break-Update.

BRADGELINA are planning another addition to the rainbow family - this time an orphan boy from the Czech Republic.

TOM-KAT UPDATE:  Holmes's vaguely Stepford-esque performance on Entertainment Tonight is now available for online viewing.  The accompanying text even quotes Holmes on Cruise's reaction to the kissing scenes in her upcoming movie: "I'm on the set when he's working, he's on the set when I'm working, and we're working," she says. "It's not a big deal -- it's a part of the job."  Really?  Having your spouse on-set is part of the job?  Which job is that?

LARRY & LAURIE DAVID are dunzo, which will allow Larry to resume normal toilet-paper consumption.

JON-BENET RAMSEY'S FATHER and NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S MOTHER have been caught canoodling in Mountain Brook, Ala.  Ew.

GIRLS GONE WILD founder Joe Francis is out of the frying pan in Nevada; the fire awaits him in Florida.

THE FRENCH HOTEL in the GREYBAR HOTEL, Day Two:  I forgot to link to the fab statement the heirhead put out upon entering the clink on her probation violation: "In the future, I plan on taking more of an active role in the decisions I make..."

THE BATTLE of MIDWAY ran from June 4-6, 1942, but 15 minutes changed the world.

ISRAEL:  A former Israel Broadcasting Authority news editor admits: "We slanted the news towards a withdrawal from Lebanon - because we had sons there."

IRAN:  Half the country's population of 70 million is aged under 30, there is high unemployment and many young Iranians complain they cannot afford to get married or buy a house.  So Iran's hardline interior minister has ignited controversy by promoting temporary marriage as a way of countering a perceived increase in illegal extra- and pre-marital sex.  The Shia Muslim tradition of temporary marriage, or sigheh, allows a man and a woman in Iran to marry for a set period of time, ranging from an hour to 99 years.

IRAQ:  Moqtada al-Sadr rejected direct talks with the US, threatened a new uprising and revealed that he fears the US will kill him.  ITM's Omar Fadhil reports al-Sadr returned from Iran strong enough to summon seven Iraqi governors to meet him and listen to his instructions about how they should run their respective provinces in central and southern Iraq at the same time his militia was fighting the police forces of at least one of those provinces.  The Islamic Army in Iraq sought to turn popular opinion against Al-Qaeda and its umbrella group, the Islamic State of Iraq, at least since last September, during a series of meetings with influential Saudi clerics known for their not-so-covert backing of Iraqi insurgent groups.  Muslim scholars, including Sunnis, Shiites and Kurdish leaders, announced the establishment of an Islamic union aimed at stopping bloodshed and sectarian violence in Iraq.  Voices of Iraq reports that Parliament voted to approve a decision that gives it the upper hand in deciding any future extension of foreign troops in Iraq, though -- as with the last such vote -- it's not clear this will ever be binding legislation.  US troops detained four suspected insurgents, including an insurgent cell leader believed to have been moving bombs from Iran and militants to Iran, during raids in northeast Baghdad on Tuesday morning.

TIGERS and CHICKS are friends... for now... at Zhejiang Wenling Zoo in Taizhou City, China.

FORGET TUMS or PEPCID:  A man in southeast China says 40 years of swallowing tree frogs and rats live has helped him avoid tummy ache.

AN ESCAPED KANGAROO that surprised residents as it bounded through rural central Indiana during the weekend died Monday after authorities used a tranquilizer dart to capture it.

AN OSTRICH lost his lawsuit claiming three German teenagers made him impotent with their festive firecrackers.

COWS stare unamazed as University of Arkansas scientists get a real-time look at their stomach contents through 4-inch tubes implanted in their sides.

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