Avett Bros, Beatles, Dr John, Tolerant Cat

Karl

February 26, 2009

4 min read

THE AVETT BROS cover "Glory Days" as part of Springsteen's "Hangin' on E Street" series.

THE BEATLES: Ever wondered how The White Album's "Revolution 1" and "Revolution 9" are actually related? Well, the almost eleven-minute Take 20 of "Revolution" recorded on May 30 and 31, and June 4, 1968, with John Lennon singing flat on his back, has leaked out on teh Internets — and it's kinda explanatory.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: Tracks from Neko Case, Bishop Allen, Serge Gainsbourg and more feature in the latest installment of the NPR series.

CLEM SNIDE frontman Eef Barzelay discusses the band's new Hungry Bird album on NPR's Day to Day.

PITCHFORK Managing Editor Scott Plagenhoef talks to Wired News about the slowly-growing indie empire: "We're simply trying to start conversations, share thoughts, experiences and ideas, and approach music as fans rather than consummate insiders… we're still a 100% independent publication — and we've done things that we, as music fans, would have liked someone else to do."

DR. JOHN explains "Iko Iko" to David Sanborn on the ol' Night Music program. Hiram Bullock and Jeff Healy join in. A little post Mardi Gras, but better late than never.

METRIC talks to Pitchfork about the making of their upcoming Fantasies album, the indie aesthetic, and more…

RA RA RIOT guitarist Milo Bonacci talks to the East Bay Express about the 2007 death of drummer and lyricist John Pike, the importance of arrangements in their music and more.

THE LITTLE ONES vocalist/guitarist Ed Reyes talks to the Riverfront Times about life after being dropped from Astralwerks in the EMI restructuring.

LILY ALLEN is a borderline furry. Pics at the link. I knew that Twitter account would pay off.

THE HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS get an audio feature + tracks at NPR.

FREIDA PINTO of Slumdog Millionaire will join Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins on Woody Allen's latest project.

CHRIS BROWN, The troubled R&B singer arrested two weeks ago on suspicion of making criminal threats against girlfriend Rihanna, is taking anger-management classes.

ANNA PAQUIN is currently seeing her on-screen True Blood love interest Stephen Moyer.

LINDSAY LOHAN could get a role — and parental supervision — from Warren Beatty.

BRITNEY SPEARS: Ex-bf Adnan Ghalib was arrested and charged with a felony for running over a court officer who tried to serve the paparazzo with a restraining order against the singer. Ghalib pleaded not guilty. Meanwhile, the pop wreck plans to be sawed in half on her upcoming tour.

MORGAN FREEMAN is getting sued by the woman (and possible mistress) who was the passenger in the actor's "horrific" car crash last August.

SANDRA BULLOCK's bed is getting very crowded.

KATHY GRIFFIN is getting two million for a memoir? I guess the recession is over — or Random House is getting some bailout money.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: An Alternate Ending.

MARVEL PICTURES: Iron Man lifted revenues 28 percent and profits 32 percent last year, but Wolverine is about the only big thing in the pipeline this year. Iron Man 2 will begin principal photography in early April. BONUS: Samuel L. Jackson is making a deal to play the role of Nick Fury in Iron Man 2, and potentially many other films.

GREEN LANTERN will be beaming into theaters in December 2010.

IRAN said on Wednesday that it has begun tests on its first nuclear plant, in preparations for its launch.

PAKISTAN: The military ordered a 4-day ceasefire in Bajaur while the Swat Taliban agreed to implement an indefinite ceasefire.

IRAQ: The parliament has lifted immunity for member Mohammed al Dayni, who is accused of directing a terror cell in Baghdad. while fighting insurgents outside major cities has often proved something of a "whack-a-mole" scenario, US forces here say they're finally beginning to make progress thanks in large part to increasingly capable Iraqi security forces and an emboldened local population.