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THE REPLACEMENTS were back in the studio to record a track for the upcoming Replacements box set. Coolfer Glenn also has a link to the trailer for a Replacements movie, Color Me Obsessed — Fans Remember The Replacements.
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: Filter has a free download of “Gravity's Gone,” another advance track from A Blessing and a Curse, which comes out in April. Nifty!
WHO'S LEFT: Pete Townsend announces that he and Roger Daltrey will be dropping The Glass Household EP in June, before the Who hits the road. It's a Maxi-single, or a Mini-opera, or something like that.
NIKKI SUDDEN: His last known interview is posted at musicisnotdead.com.
SLEATER-KINNEY drummer Janet Weiss shuffles her iPod for the A.V. Club. First up is Led Zeppelin's “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp:” “What drummer doesn't like Led Zeppelin? True, there are some, but we're not going to pay attention to them.”
OF MONTREAL frontman Kevin Barnes talks to Flagpole about getting personal and plans for the band's next album.
SEEN YOUR VIDEO: With Gary Numan being forced to sell his airplane by his wife, he will be spending more time… in “Cars.” It's the only way to live.
NEKO CASE: With her tour kicking off in the Twin Cities, Citypages debates her country cred. Her greyhound is peeking into the pic at the link, too. NPR has an audio feature with streaming selections from Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.
THE NATIONAL got career advice from The Boss, who is a fan of the band.
DANIEL JOHNSON: Pitchfork runs a lengthy feature following the bipolar musician and artist to the Whitney Museum of American Art, where some of his drawings grace the biennial. There's also a bunch about The Devil and Daniel Johnston, a documentary that's set to premier at the end of March.
BB KING, still going strong at 80, gets a glowing profile in London's Independent. Turns out “BB” was his DJ name… who knew? (Put your hand down, Sylvia.)
GUILLEMOTS talk to London's Guardian about a number of things, such as radio's refusal to play their single: “There's apparently too much going on in the song for daytime radio — it'll distract people,” says frontman Fyfe Dangerfield, exasperated. “I think distracting people is the point of making music.” You can hear “We're Here” and more via MySpace.
PETE DOHERTY-KATE MOSS UPDATE: Morrissey blames supposedly sober supermodel Moss for dragging troubled singer Doherty down to her level. Doherty attacks the paparazzi with a golf umbrella, while Moss attacks them with her handbag later the same day.
WHITNEY HOUSTON, you have a problem. Hubby Bobby Brown's sister tells the National Enquirer how Whitney spends days locked in her bedroom amid piles of garbage smoking crack, using sex toys to satisfy herself and ignoring personal hygiene. Pictures, too.
BRITNEY SPEARS is getting sued by three former bodyguards for allegedly stiffing them on overtime pay. She will be making Will & Grace a little worse tonight.
TOM-KAT UPDATE: Cruise has reportedly given Holmes an MP3 player loaded with mellow music to help her do the Scientological silent birth thing.
HEATHER LOCKLEAR and RICHIE SAMBORA reconciling? Maybe. Sambora broke his arm? Definitely. Sadly, no Bon Jovi tour dates will be cancelled.
JAMES GANDOLFINI has reportedly fallen off the wagon and been caught canoodling with someone other than his gal pal.
GWYNETH PALTROW was apparently joking about naming her next baby Mortimer, promising she will name the boy something even sillier. Okay, I'm joking about that last part… I think.
SHARON STONE is “off the idea of therapy.” Who could tell? BTW, Sharon, if you walk around saying all shrinks are crazy, you can expect a call from Tom Cruise.
TERI HATCHER and RYAN SEACREST: Caught canoodling by the cameras.
NICOLETTE SHERIDAN: Her ex-fiance juices the sour grapes, claiming that “as soon as the ring is on her finger, she stops wanting to have sex.” Of course, maybe it was just him, but as she's now engaged to Michael Bolton, we can hope not.
BRADGELINA: I haven't seen it online yet, but heard Pitt's rep denying the rumor that Jolie took the kids and stormed out of their Paris pad for hours after a big fight. (2nd item)
JESSICA SIMPSON is getting cozy with Dane Cook, her co-star in Employee of the Month. Her future ex, Nick Lachey was spotted with Entertainment Tonight's Vanessa Minnillo. The pneumatic blonde ups the ante by having her flack say that she's exploring adopting a child. Can a UN Ambassadorship be far behind?
ROB REINER, accused of abusing his role as head of a California commission by spending state funds to promote a campaign to fund preschool, resigned from the job Wednesday. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised Reiner's work.
KRISTANNA LOKEN: The Terminatrix is bisexual. NTTAWWT, though it's a bit disappointing to learn that her breasts don't really inflate.
IRAQ: The connection between political wrangling over the formation of the Iraqi government and the current sectarian violence is addressed by The Belmont Club, Iraq The Model's Mohammed, and Bill Roggio.
IRAN: The UN Security Council unanimously called on Tehran to halt uranium enrichment work within 30 days, or else the members will have to argue over what, if anything, they feel like doing about it. And that's likely to happen as Iran (and other Mideast dictatorships) think they can wait out the US.
NSA SURVEILLANCE: The New York Times runs a story that former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges voiced skepticism at a Senate hearing about the president's constitutional authority to order warrantless wiretapping on Americans. The Washington Times runs a story that former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges told the Senate Judiciary Committee that President Bush did not act illegally. At PowerLine, John Hindraker read the transcript of the hearing and concludes that the WashTimes story was arguably overstated and the NYT story badly misled its readers. And the AP story is worse.
DOGS are a booming market, from GPS collars and cellphones to deodorizing thongs.
CAT TRAPPED BEHIND A WALL summons a rescuer with a hoarse meow and by waving a paw through a hole in the wallboard.
AND THERE WERE COWS allllll over the highway. When the AP reports, “The extent of the injuries are not yet known,” it's not clear whether they mean to people or to the cows.
BIRD POOP brings down the roof in Peoria.
LLAMAS are teaching K-4 in Riverview, FL, as part of the “No Llama Left Behind” program.
KOALA BEARS are harder to steal than a crocodile.
ROOSTER PIERCES GIRL'S THROAT: There was a a concern about blockage of airways. I'm restraining myself from rewriting the headline.
