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EMMY THE GREAT fronts the Brighton Port Authority (a/k/a Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook) for "Seattle."
BORN RUFFIANS do the four free songs thing for Daytrotter, three previously unreleased.
OKKERVIL RIVER frontman Will Scheff compiles a mixtape for Drowned In Sound.
DION plays a set covering Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Reed and more for NPR's Fresh Air.
THE FLAMING LIPS: Mixed reviews for the band's movie, "Christmas on Mars," are collected at the L.A. Times.
LAUNDRO-MATINEE: Dodge has launched a new site, chock full 'o' videos, photos and interviews he has conducted for MOKB over the past couple of years. The above picture is of a session with Dr. Dog.
BEIRUT: Zach Condon intends to release not one but two EPs (packaged together) in February — though only one EP will carry the Beirut brand.
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, discovered by bluegrass and country legend Doc Watson, play a mini-set of Americana for the World Cafe, via NPR.
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB have released a new album of instrumentals online this week.
CASTANETS: Ray Raposa talks to Paste about touring Europe, the band's fluid lineup, crashing a boat in the Intercoastal Waterway and more..
JIMMY CARL BLACK — drummer for Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention — passed away on Saturday, November 1. He was 70.
PAUL RUDD talks to The A.V. Club about swearing in front of children, balancing comedy and emotion in Role Models (opening tomorrow), and the giddy highs of being a bar mitzvah DJ. Role Models is directed by David Wain, so it's the perfect opportunity to relink Rudd and Wain's kareoke rendition of Boston's classic "More Than A Feeling," backed by Of Montreal.
MICHAEL CRICHTON — whose books were made into films including "The Andromeda Strain," "Jurassic Park" and "Twister" — died Tuesday "after a courageous and private battle against cancer." He was 66. The National Post has a Top Ten list of Crichton movie adaptations.
RYAN GOSLING and RACHEL McADAMS' on-off romance is off again, according to Us Weelkly.
MARILYN MANSON & EVAN RACHEL WOOD: Dunzo, according to the ever-relaible Star magazine.
LINDSAY LOHAN claims she is now a couch potato: "There's nothing that I really have to go out anymore for. I'm out with Samantha when she's deejaying and I'm supporting her."
ASHLEE SIMPSON's Pooh Shower: No way do I top that headline.
THE THREE STOOGES may be headed back to the big screen, with help from Peter and Bobby Farrelly.
ANNE HATHAWAY reportedly has a new squeeze, actor Adam Shulman.
KATE BECKINSALE now has a heathier view of her body, as do readers of Elle magazine. Yes, it's the return of Gratuitous Thursday.
VICTORIA'S SECRET had Heidi Klum, Marissa Miller and Miranda Kerr in for a fitting; though I don't see many women wearing what they stuck on Klum and Kerr. The Miracle Bra modeled by Adrianna Lima in a new TV ad is more realistic. Did I mention it's the return of Gratuitous Thursday?
RUSSIA will deploy missiles near NATO member Poland in response to US missile defense plans. Well, that didn't take long.
PAKISTAN: Munir Akram, until recently the Pakistani ambassador to the UN, has urged the incoming US president to understand the difference between the Taliban and Al Qaeda, then focus on eliminating Al Qaeda. Gen. David Petraeus, new chief of United States Central Command, is inclined in this direction, while Pakistan's security circles fear that this strategy could fail and resultantly further destabilize the country.
IRAN: India blocked a North Korean jet suspected of carrying missile parts to Iran. NATO dismissed Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz as a "fantasy." Iran warned the US not to violate its airspace.
IRAQ: Many in Iraq said Wednesday they don't expect an immediate shift in US policy when Barack Obama is sworn in as US president, despite his calls for a complete withdrawal of US troops within 16 months.
CATS IN THE BOX: Not just one video, but two.
PIGS TATTOOED with Louis Vuitton logos have been banned from a modern art exhibition.
EIGHT-ARMED CREATURES colonized a large section of the world's oceans over 300 million years before the first dinosaurs emerged.
ANIMAL CRUELTY may include failing to notice your dog is getting fat, or feeding it at the table, under new British government rules. Bill Wiggin, the Tory spokesman on animal welfare, said the new codes are "absurd."
A PANICKED WALLABY is on the run in southeastern Ontario.
