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This week's Dinner with the Band was a big improvement over last week's sleepy premiere. On the cooking side, having just Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) in the kitchen seemed to put chef Sam Mason more at ease with the proceedings. And Pallett, likewise, seemed more at home in the kitchen than the ...
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This week, since there's little to celebrate this week in new releases, I thought I'd look at a couple recent releases that either slipped through the cracks (Real Estate) or didn't get a traditional release date (Friday Mile). Playlist: New Releases 12.01.09 Real Estate - Real Estate ...
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Daniel Lanois
Most would assume that bands were clamoring to get in New Moon 's soundtrack, but for many, like the UK's Band of Skulls, it wasn't even on their radar. In fact, the band found out via the Los Angeles Times that a demo they'd recorded after finishing their debut album ( Baby Darling Doll Face ...
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We'd been warned ahead of time that a touching use of John Lennon's "Imagine" was going to be coming our way tonight, involving the school of the deaf, but I was too distracted by the ridiculousness leading up to it to notice whether or not it was indeed touching. Besides "Imagine," the song ...
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John Lennon
Madonna
Another week, another short list of new releases filled primarily with gift-giving in mind. Wading through the wasteland of late year releases can bring a few plums, and this week sees Tom Waits' third live disc and a special reissue of a Drake fave from '94 (Jawbox). Elsewhere there's a new one ...
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Tom Waits
IFC's Dinner with the Band premiered tonight featuring Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings , and the kitchen was crowded . The episode featured a lot of tired-looking Dap-Kings standing/sitting and looking on as chef Sam Mason put together the *meal. I was kind of hoping for more energy from somebody ...
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Norah Jones
The random Gods of funny grace us with two viral masterpieces in one day. First is The Muppets take on the Queen classic "Bohemian Rhapsody," and then from last night's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , Fallon does a sublime Neil Young covering "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." Both are ...
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Prince
Neil Young
Queen
Mannie Fresh
You can forgive the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a bit of fuzzy math in calling this their 25th anniversary. First and foremost, any excuse to put on a star-studded concert event like this is going to be accepted. (Just is.) Secondly, they're really splitting the difference, given that it was ...
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Lou Reed
Bruce Springsteen
U2
One of the surprise debuts of last year had to be Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... , a talk show featuring Costello pulling off the rare triple threat: host, performer and bandleader. Equal parts interview and jam session, the Sundance series relies upon Costello putting the artists at ease, ...
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Elvis Costello
Elton John
Lou Reed
The Police
Smokey Robinson
Up to now, Glee has sort of tip-toed around being a musical, keeping the songs primarily performance-based, with lyrical ties not overtly specific to the moment. "Ballads" is the first episode that really can't be called anything but a musical, with every song having overt literal meaning to ...
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The Police
We're headlong into gift-giving season, so feel free to make your year-end list, as it's no mans land as far as quality releases. That being said, there are a couple albums that provide more than stocking fodder. The Led Zep/Queens of the Stone Age/Foo Fighters supergroup Them Crooked Vultures ...
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When My Morning Jacket played their legendary performance in the rain at Bonaroo last year, who knew that it would be the inspiration for an episode of American Dad ? Specifically, the 8-minute long rendition of Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home," featuring comedian Zach Galifianakis dressed as ...
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My Morning Jacket
Lady GaGa
Elvis Costello
Pearl Jam
Long before David Chase felt it necessary to leave the country when the series finale for The Sopranos aired, there was Patrick McGoohan and his series the The Prisoner (1967-1968). The series finale ("Fall Out") so infuriated and puzzled viewers, McGoohan had to retreat to the mountains of ...
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The Beatles
For a series that has achieved such great name recognition so quickly, Glee has still suffered from an identity problem, something that can easily happen when you've got three distinctive writers shaping the show. Ryan Murphy, who penned "Wheels," seems to have learned a bit from the success ...
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Billy Idol
Another week closer to the holidays, and even more gift-oriented releases -- this week featuring live (Robyn Hitchcock) and greatest hits (Snow Patrol) collections. There were a few new releases as well, from The Cribs (featuring Johnny Marr), Asobi Seksu, Wale, Grant-Lee Phillips, Caroline ...
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Robyn
It was 40 years ago today that Sesame Street aired its first episode, November 10, 1969, which explains why In case you've been wondering why Google has had Sesame Street on the brain for the past week (culminating in today's great doodle pictured above). The opening credits haven't changed ...
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Michelle Obama
There are people out there who buy things. Like you and me. Then something happened. Something terrible. And the way that they saw themselves is gone. And nobody understands that. But you do. And that's very valuable. Every season, Don has a sales pitch that says a lot about that particular ...
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Cooper
What's old is new; what was once out is now in... it's too hard to keep track anymore. Are Huey Lewis & the News really making a cultural comeback? Like many bands from their era (I'm looking at you, Journey ), the News are benefiting from a resurgance, due in part from television and film ...
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Huey Lewis
Rihanna
What's old is new; what was once out is now in... it's too hard to keep track anymore. Are Huey Lewis & the News really making a cultural comeback? Like many bands from their era (I'm looking at you, Journey), the News are benefiting from a resurgance, due in part from television and film ...
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Huey Lewis
Rihanna
Now that baseball season is officially over, it's hard to ignore that another season of NBA is in full swing -- a painful reminder of what was taken from us in Seattle. And now, of course, there's a documentary to go along with it. Sonicsgate made it's way online last month and while the film ...
