FIRST, A LITTLE "NEWS": BRIGITTE BARDOT, the pouty, tousle-haired French actress who redefined mid-20th-century movie sex symbolism in films beginning with “And God Created Woman,” then gave up acting at 39 to devote…
Read MoreBREAKING: AVATAR 3 opened at the low end of projections with 88MM… THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY STARTS HERE: … with CHRIS ISAAK, live at Universal Studios. Your holiday-themed numbers include "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,"…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera.…
Read MoreGLAM CHOPS: Art Brut's Eddie Argos has a "Countdown to Christmas." JEFF TWEEDY visits World Cafe. BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD is giving away a cover of Big Star's "The Ballad of El…
Read MoreAIMEE MANN has a video medley of all of the songs on One More Drifter in the Snow. YO LA TENGO: Hanukkah Night 2 featured covers of The Thamesmen's "Gimme Some Money"…
Read MoreTHE MONKEES sing a Christmas medley at MTV, circa 1986. Even Mike Nesmith turned up. YO LA TENGO starts their Hanukkah series, including a cover of Russ Ballard's "New York Groove."…
Read MoreEURYTHMICS' Dave Stewart declares "Christmas is For Lovers." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to This Is Lorelei, Leif, and more. AMY MILLAN plays World Cafe. CAMERON WINTER (Geese) covers This is Lorelei‘s…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with ELTON JOHN! Half of a live show captured by the OGWT on Christmas Eve, 1974. Your setlist includes: "Grimsby" (incomplete), "Rocket Man," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Daniel,"…
Read MoreDARLENE LOVE's final "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" for Letterman. ROBERT PLANT & SAVING GRACE play World Cafe. JOE JACKSON returns with “Welcome to Burning-by-Sea.” THE AFGHAN WHIGS cover Poliça's "Fake Like," and…
Read MorePATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!" NATION OF LANGUAGE plays World Cafe. SQUEEZE shares "Trixies, Pt 2." THE PARANOID STYLE shares “White Wine Whatever.” DRY CLEANING shares "Let Me Grow…
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