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Monday, March 03, 2008 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE RUTLES will get together to celebrate its 30th anniversary of All You Need Is Cash at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on March 17.  Organizers say it will be the first time Dirk, Barry, Stig and Nasty have appeared together since the program was made.  If you don't have time to watch the whole thing, you can spare a few minutes for "Hold My Hand" (from the Ed Sullivan Show) and "Cheese and Onions" from the Yellow Submarine Sandwich soundtrack.

AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set you can stream on demand via NPR.  Or you can stream the new album via Merge.

BOB MOULD is interviewed by Reveille about albums as documents, the Twin Cities and more.  Plus, the video press kit for the new album is embedded at the link.

STEPHEN MALKMUS is not just an indie icon; he's also a master of Scrabble.

STEVE EARLE & ALLISON MOORER stopped by WFUV for a chat and mini-set you can stream on demand via NPR.  It was recorded last October, but it was new to me.  Earle also talks to Canada's Hour about prison, Iraq and more.

THE BLUEGRASSS SCENE in NYC?  The New York Times is all over it.

THE BLACK CAB SESSIONS:  The Guardian's Tom Templeman finds the smallest, quickest and hippest gig in town in the back of a London black cab, where he held the boom mike for Spoon's Britt Daniel, who plays "I Summon You."  That's in glorious Quicktime, but you can see it on YouTube also.

DUFFY offers a track-by-track breakdown of her debut album, not yet available in the States.  You can, however, stream a few tracks from DuffySpace.

ROLLING STONES singer Mick Jagger escaped an assassination plot hatched in 1969 by the Hells Angels, a new BBC documentary has claimed.

ACE FREHLEY says he's laid down the law, forbidding booze or drugs among all band and crew members along for his solo tour.

PETE DOHERTY is reportedly working with his former Libertine bandmate Carl Barat on a musical.

AMY WINEHOUSE is being paid £500,000 by a top fashion house for a single appearance.  On other good news, police will be taking no further action against the troubled siger in connection with their ongoing investigation into an allegation of an attempt to pervert the course of justice that has her husband incarcerated.

HEATH LEDGER:  DEA agents have ruled out a pair of doctors from Los Angeles and Houston as the sources of the OxyContin and Vicodin found in the bloodstream of late movie star.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Will Farrell's Semi-Pro won the top slot with 15.2 million dollars -- a figure that qualifies as a flop for Farrell and an ignominious end to New Line Studios.  It is about half of what most predicted it would mke.  Vantage Point slips to second and has now grossed a 41 million total, exceeding the production budget.  The Spiderwick Chronicles fell a respectible 33.3 percent, but has made only 55 million on a 90 million budget.  The Other Boleyn Girl snuck into fourth place with a mere 8.3 million -- a high per screen average, but it remains to be seen if it will have legs.  That put Jumper in fifth place, having made 66 million on an 85 million budget.  Step Up 2 and Fool's Gold also dropped two slots.  Penelope debuted in eighth with four million.  No Country For Old Men rode the Oscar back into the Top Ten, placing just behind Penelope.  The adorable Juno rounds out the Top Ten, having cleared over 135 million here and over 179 million worldwide to date.

ELLEN PAGE, who played the adorable Juno, poked fun at rumors she is a lesbian in a SNL sketch.  NTTAWWT.

BRITNEY SPEARS had her personal shrink, and a court appointed doctor chauffeured to her house for a personal visit, which is evidence the pop wreck is complying with court orders and treatment schedules.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON is up for auction on eBay today.  If you get that date, just don't call her a grungy teenager.

COLIN FARRELL has a new addiction -- taking Russian-style steam baths while covered in honey.

MARILYN MANSON & EVAN RACHEL WOOD engaged?  The 20-year-old actress is sporting a rock...

JENNIFER LOPEZ & MARC ANTONY have named their kids after cartoon characters.

COURTNEY COX is looking like Demi Moore these days.

MILEY CYRUS, a/k/a Hannah Montana, has an open invitation for Ryan Cabrera.

MARION COTILLARD, who received an Oscar last month for her performance as singer Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose, is a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.  She's not too sure about the moon landing, either.

PRINCE HARRY returned home to Britain Saturday after a top secret layover in the desert and a debriefing at a Nato base.  US magazine also has a video of the prince in Afghanistan discussing his service, what Princess Diana would think, and corresponding with his father.

ISLAMIST TERROR in IRELAND?  Three Afghan men remain in Garda custody in Co Kerry on suspicion of terrorist activity.  BTW, Ireland is not involved in Afghanistan or Iraq.  But plenty of infidels live there.

IRAQ:  A US military helicopter fired a guided missile to kill a wanted AQI leader from Saudi Arabia who was responsible for the bombing deaths of five American soldiers, a spokesman said Sunday.  The strike was based on intelligence gathered in the Mosul area -- one of the last areas where AQI has a sizable presence.  Even so, gunmen on Friday kidnapped Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho in Mosul, police and the church said.  The US military also announced the capture of an insurgent leader in Diyala province who was recruiting and training women, including his wife, to wrap themselves in explosives and blow themselves up - the latest sign that AQI plans to keep using women to carry out homicide attacks.  The military also said Saturday it had captured a sniper instructor in Baghdad who had been trained by Iranians.  US casualties dropped in February, while Iraqi casualties rose slightly.  The Bush administration believes a halt in troop reductions in Iraq after July is needed in part to ensure a large enough force is present to provide security for local elections, a senior administration official said Friday.  And what I had suspected last Tues/Wed.

WILBEAR completes the cute polar bear cub trifecta, though this time the mom has not been a threat to the cub.  Let's go to the video.

MARCH OF THE PENGUINS:  The Daily Mail has incredible pics of thousands of king penguins instinctively herding their recently born young into giant huddles to stop them freezing to death on South Georgia, a British territory close to the Falklands.

A HUMPBACK WHALE startles two kayakers on the calm Pacific waters of Hawaii, before it is beamed aboard the Enterprise.  Pics at the link.

A FUGITIVE MACAQUE MONKEY bites three people in Spokane, WA.  Video at the link.

A PARAGLIDING CHIHUAHUA was rescued from a tree more than 100 feet above the ground after a joy flight went horribly wrong down under.  Video at the link.

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