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THE TING TINGS released a US version of "That's Not My Name," which is a good enough excuse for me. That and the day-glo cheerleaders.
NELLIE McKAY and Mia Doi Todd played the Mountain Stage in a set streamable via NPR.
THE VOLCANO SUNS: Merge Records is streaming the reissues of The Bright Orange Years and All-Night Lotus Party at the moment.
ADELE: Some reviewers suggest that her songwriting isn't nearly as intriguing and fully developed as her voice. She agrees.
NEKO CASE lists 17 things she loves for Paste.
ST. VINCENT plays a piano version of "Marry Me" and "What Me Worry?" at the Sydney Festival for Shoot The Player.
AMIMAL COLLECTIVE: "Geologist," a/k/a Brian Weitz, talks to JamBase about their new release, their live show and what's slated for the future.
KAKI KING describes her audience to the Ventura County Star.
THE 50 CRAZIEST POP STARS EVER, according to Blender.
BORN TO ROCK: Newborns can follow a rhythm, a new study has found, suggesting rocking out is innate.
JESSICA SIMPSON: Bigger than ever. In mom jeans.
LINDSAY LOHAN: Waif-like again. In SoHo.
MADONNA & A-ROD: Together again. In Seinfeld's house.
BRADGELINA: Flashing the twins publicly for the first time. And maybe getting upstaged by Jennifer Aniston at the Oscars.
BIJOU PHILLIPS tells the depressed to "get over it" without medicine. Coincidentally, she's a Scientologist.
WATCHMEN: The 10th anniversary of Dr. Manhattan, as reported on the NBS Nightly News with Ted Philips, March 11th 1970.
MICKEY ROURKE & EVAN RACHEL WOOD were… wait for it… caught canoodling at Grey Goose's official SAG after-party.
BENJAMIN BUTTON: Could it seize Oscar legend by the throat on Feb. 22 with 13 losses? Defamer thinks so.
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has sparked protests in Indian slums.
OUR FRIENDS, THE SAUDIS: Nine Saudi Islamic militants, including former Guantanamo inmates, have been rearrested in the Kingdom despite completing a controversial "rehabilitation" program.
IRAN: How good is US intell on the Islamic theocracy? Not very. And the declassified version is worse. Meanwhile, the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies again predicts Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a single nuclear weapon later this year.
AFGHANISTAN: Canada's Globe & Mail looks at the return of the Taliban and their more direct attacks on NATO forces. The WSJ looks at the confusion caused by private security forces in a situation far different from Iraq. Meanwhile, soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division have left NY for Regional Command – East, increasing the US presence there by thousands.
IRAQ: The Christian Science Monitor looks at the (daunting) logistics of a 16-month exit by US forces. The Institute for the Study of War has a fact sheet on the Iraqi Provincial Elections.
KITTY CAM: Live video feed.
SHUBENACADIE SAM nearly lost his weather gig in the economic downturn.
FAT DOGS were seized by the RSPCA after their owner was accused of feeding them too much.
THIS CARDINAL is like the Two-Face of cardinals. And thus we learn what a gynandromorph is.
NICE DAY for a… penguin wedding.
