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Music Review: Madonna, “Celebration” October 01, 2009 | Comment on this article

Rating: 69 No artist of Madonna’s stature can go nearly two decades without a definitive greatest-hits collection, and the two-disc set “Celebration” is a career-spanner, folding nearly every track from 1990′s “The Immaculate Collection” into a survey of Madge’s 27-year recording career. But while... Read More

DVD Review: “The Mentalist”

October 01, 2009 Rating: 68 This sounds like a backhanded compliment, but “The Mentalist” is a thoroughly entertaining procedural drama. The problem is that the pilot episode promised something completely genre-busting as former huckster psychic Patrick Jane, now working with the California Bureau of Investigations, faced the... Read More

Video of the Day: Asobi Seksu, “Transparence” October 01, 2009 The dream-pop band finally releases one of the best tracks from Hush as a single and proceeds to become both dreamier and poppier. Read More

Video of the Day: Taken By Trees, “My Boys” September 30, 2009 Former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman gender-flips the Animal Collective single and achieves balance on this quiet, acoustic treatment. Read More

Video of the Day: Meagan Smith, “A Little Love” September 29, 2009 Somewhere, Max Fleischer is smiling through flickering, scratchy celluloid. 1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Rob on Sep 30, 2009 @ 3:18 pm A bit reminiscent of Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" with the ecstasy parts substituted with the quiet... Read More

Kate Minus Jon Plus 8 Plus Hate

September 29, 2009 TLC announced today that “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” the cable channel’s hit reality show and tabloid magnet, will evolve into “Kate Plus 8″ starting Nov. 2. Due to the separation and pending divorce between Jon and Kate Gosselin, and the escalating rancor between the split parents of multiples, the show is... Read More

Conan O’Brien On His Concussion September 29, 2009 This clip from “The Tonight Show” is one of the reasons why Conan O’Brien has always been more Letterman than Leno: he has almost no vanity and is willing to bring the viewer into his experience, even when that experience is embarrassing or potentially tragic, as was his extremely hard fall on the set last... Read More

Video of the Day: Fool’s Gold, “Surprise Hotel” September 28, 2009 You know what you need with your Township Jive? How about two old guys spraying cheap soda (note: not Insane Clown Posse), a kemodo dragon and a saxophonist in a bikini (note: not Wreckx-N-Effect)? Smile — it’s going to be a good week. Read More

Video of the Day: Air, “Sing Sang Sung” September 24, 2009 That pleasant, warm and fuzzy feeling you’re experiencing is the subtle joy of hearing perfectly rendered, gorgeous soft-pop with fluffy nonsense lyrics. Love 2 arrives Oct. 6. Read More

Mackenzie Phillips’ “High On Arrival”: How Terrible Revelations Affect Our Entertainment Choices September 24, 2009 Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Choosing music or movies based on the moral standing of the artists involved can whittle the media buffet down to nearly nothing, but Mackenzie Phillips’ recent revelations in her memoir, “High On Arrival,” is perhaps the greatest... Read More

Video of the Day: The Heavy, “How You Like Me Now?” September 23, 2009 Quite a bit, actually. The House That Dirt Built hits U.S. stores Oct. 13. Read More

Random 10 for September 23, 2009 September 23, 2009 The Cure |MTV Music 1. The Cure, “Hot Hot Hot.” Robert Smith gets just about as funky as his dreary Gothic self will allow in this classic from 1987′s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. When glorious tracks like this one from the days when I could chew on my bangs reassert themselves on the iPod, I have to ask... Read More

Happy Birthday, Bruce Springsteen September 23, 2009 The Bard of Asbury Park turns 60 today and he will indeed be “Blinded By the Light” — from all those candles! I’ll be here all week. Try the veal. Read More

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2010 Inductees Announced

September 23, 2009 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2010 inductees were announced today. LL Cool J, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, KISS, ABBA, Genesis, the Stooges, Jimmy Cliff, the Hollies, Donna Summer, Darlene Love, the Chantels and Laura Nyro all get the nod this year, and one of the Rock Hall’s greatest failings, the... Read More

Lily Allen and Radiohead Square Off Over File Sharing

September 22, 2009 While the debate of illegal downloading has gone from boil to simmer lately on our side of the Atlantic, the discussion hit a crescendo in Great Britain in the past week. The government there is currently proposing cutting off Internet connections for persistent illegal downloaders, and the Featured Artists... Read More

Video of the Day: St. Vincent, “Marrow” September 22, 2009 Annie Clark puts the zombie hex on road workers and stranded vacationers — just as she does the rest of us — in this new video from Actor. Read More

New Flaming Lips Video: “I Can Be A Frog” September 22, 2009 The Flaming Lips "I Can Be A Frog" This beautiful and thoroughly silly track from Embryonic features Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs making animal noises and a girl with Bettie Page aesthetics acting out the lyrics in the video. There is no better way to spend 2 minutes and 17 seconds of your time today. Read More

Video of the Day: Lusine, “Two Dots” September 21, 2009 I hate math, but Lusine somehow makes it relaxing. Read More

Music Review: Mayer Hawthorne, “A Strange Arrangement”

September 21, 2009 Rating: 83 Modern explorations of classic soul often fall short because the music obviously references specific songs while having no identity of its own. But there are great exceptions in this field of pastiche: much as Raphael Saadiq did with last year’s “The Way I See It,” Mayer Hawthorne’s “A... Read More

DVD Review: “Stella: Live in Boston”

September 21, 2009 Rating: 63 “Stella: Live in Boston” holds so much promise thanks to the distinctive styles of its constituent parts: Michael Showalter, David Wain and Michael Ian Black. Showalter comes on like a bundle of maladjustment and irritation, Black is a master of snide and snark, and Wain is the anti-comedic center.... Read More

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Skating Polly - Lost Wonderfuls

Delo Creative produced this video for the title track of Skating Polly's new album, "Lost Wonderfuls," which was produced by Exene Cervenka with engineering by Kliph Scurlock.