Championship Shampionship

In anticipation of this weekend's NCAA Final Four Championship Games, I found this little ditty from the 2007 Division II Final pitting Barton vs. Winona. And for the record, Winona had won 73 straight games before this amazing finish ended their streak.

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Cutz Like A Knife

Here’s a trailer for Wristcutters – Goran Dukic's cleverly bent rom-com that’s getting a ton of buzz despite the fact that it has yet to secure a solid release date. For the record, they’re saying most likely sometime in July. Protest groups are already finding their place in line.

This is the film that won over the 2006 Sundance Film Festival crowd with its dark take on the classic road-trip tale. It’s billed as a love story, though it’s undeniably unique in that it takes place in the afterlife with its protagonists having all found their way to one another through suicide.

Did we mention it stars Tom “Fucking” Waits?

We’ll keep you in the loop as more details unfold.

Three Link Circus

David Duchovny to star in new Showtime series

I know we have a lot of Duchovny fans in tha house, so I thought you might be happy to know that he’s headed back to the small screen. He’ll play the lead character in a comedy that is scheduled to run alongside new episodes of Weeds this coming summer. Of course, he is best known for his work on X-Files, but producers of this new as-yet-untitled project say "anyone expecting Agent Mulder to resurface will be pleasantly surprised to see a completely fresh character who is deeply flawed yet funny, complicated and utterly human." Duchovny will play divorced writer Hank Moody, who “is addicted to women and has complicated relationships with two ladies he loves: his 16-year-old daughter and his ex-girlfriend (Natascha McElhone).” Did we mention that his daughter is an alien!!? Sorry, we can neither confirm nor deny that plot point just yet.

Scarlett Johansson to star in third Woody Allen movie

Not since Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow once ruled Woody Allen’s universe has the famously neurotic director collaborated with a single actress so often. Previously, Johansson worked with Allen on Match Point (2005) and Scoop (2006), and now she has been tapped once again for the director's next, untitled project, to begin shooting in Spain this summer. Johansson will join a cast that already includes Academy Award nominees Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem. No details of the plot have been released to date.

Happy Mondays to tour with new songs

The Happy Mondays, along with The Stone Roses, were at the forefront of the "Madchester" scene that dominated UK indie music in the late 80s and early 90s. And now they’re back! They plan to play a series of small-scale UK concerts to promote their first album of new material in 15 years. But first up is a date stateside at next month’s Coachella music festival in Indio, California.

Tour of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Circa 1978

This cute docu-dramedy is brought to you by nine-year-old, little David Wain (The Ten, Wet Hot American Summer). Turns out he always had the magic touch.

We Hate Mixtapes #6

This snuck by me last week. Better late than never, riiii??

courtesy of cruise_elroy...

1. it doesn't matter to mr rogers
2. sparks - at home at work at play
3. krokus - bedside radio
4. bob seger system - lucifer
5. rolling stones - out of time
6. let's active - in between
7. leaving trains - relapse, recover
8. tucky buzzard - bobo's hampton
9. green - my sister jane
10. bullet lavolta - circuits
11. wipers - mystery
12. dead moon - dead moon night
13. my dad is dead - deliver me home

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This Week in Rock & Roll TV: March 26 - April 1, 2007

Here's the line-up:

MON 26: Ice Cube on Tavis Smiley
MON 26: Kings Of Leon on Letterman
MON 26: Mika on Leno
TUE 27: Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects (2007) [SUND]
TUE 27: *Mastodon on Conan
WED 28: *Death Cab For Cutie on Conan
THU 29: Bloc Party on Letterman
THU 29: Mika on Kimmel
FRI 30: Ozomatli on Leno
FRI 30: TV On The Radio on Kimmel
SAT 31: Backstage Pass - An Audience with Tom Jones [BBCA]
SAT 31: *Rainn Wilson & Arcade Fire on SNL
SUN 1: Subterranean [MTV2]

* = Episode previously aired

Check local listings for show times and channels in your
area.

The Michael Showalter Showalter

Episode #3 with David Cross. They talk about that one movie he did where he played the crazy scientist. And they talk about some other things.

Book of the Week

Review by Mark Pellegri

"Lately I've become increasingly disturbed by frequent calls for book bans and censorship of school reading lists by parents in suburban communities. In general I'm against any kind of literary censorship, and think that if anything it is actually a lack of variety and challenging reading material that leaves so many American kids slaves to video games and television, and unequipped to deal with the conflicts presented in these media.
In the case of 101 Hamburger Jokes, however, I make an exception. Not only should this book be banned, but author Phil Hirsch should be shot, or at the very least, for the good of the environment, never be allowed to write another book and waste paper again.
I'll acknowledge that he did choose a challenging topic, hamburgers are a narrow subject, and as a food item don't offer the colorful stereotypes and personality defects that human subjects such as lawyers or blondes would offer. Further, hamburgers are typically thought of as an American item, so the audience and emphasis are also limited. I'm sure most Americans would be unimpressed if they arrived in India and perused "101 Mango Jokes" at the airport bookstore.
However, it was the challenging subject material that piqued my interest in 101 Hamburger Jokes, and I hoped to discover a well executed book that rose to the challenge. Unfortunately, the book not only failed to exceed my expectations, it was truly disappointing. Perhaps worst, Hirsch actually insults the intelligence of his readers with the overuse of exclamation points and underlined text to identify punchlines. Either that or he is betraying a lack of confidence over the standalone quality of the jokes he has selected..."

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New Beanies for March

If you're not already familiar with www.beaniesnboyds.com, it's time for you to GET HIP. Check out the newest Beanie Babies (and Boyds!) and find all the older Beanies (and Boyds!) you missed the first time around. Perfect for Easter!

This Week in Rock & Roll TV: March 19 - 25, 2007

Here's the line-up:

MON 19: Rock & Roll Celebrity Poker Tournament [VH1C]
MON 19: Joss Stone on Letterman
TUE 20: Willie Nelson on The Colbert Report
TUE 20: VietNam on Carson Daly
WED 21: Gary Jules on Carson Daly
THU 22: *Classic Albums - Lou Reed Transformer [VH1C]
THU 22: The Kooks on Kimmel
FRI 23: The Fratellis on Conan
SAT 24: Imagine: John Lennon (1988) [VH1C]
SAT 24: Peyton Manning & Carrie Underwood on SNL
SAT 24: Gimme Shelter (1970) [SUND]
SUN 25: Subterranean [MTV2]

* = Episode previously aired

Check local listings for show times and channels in your
area.

Book of the Week 11/52

One Mississippi



by Mark Childress
(Little, Brown and Company, 2006)




From Stephen King for Entertainment Weekly
Great novels of adolescence should provide belly laughs and tragedy. This story, in which young Daniel Musgrove moves to Mississippi from Indiana in 1973 (his salesman father is transferred), delivers both. It also provides a priceless picture of the '70s and why we must never go there again. Suffice it to say that the high school's first black prom queen is hit by a car and wakes up thinking she's white, and the local church puts on a play called Christ! The Musical!


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March Badness and William Hung

Computer "whiz" Fast Eddie Albrigo claims that if William Hung doesn't advance to Round 2 of March Badness, that he will release a virus on the NDA website! So, for the love of God, vote for Hung!

On The Boober Toober... Ventriloquist Dan Horn and Orson.

TONIGHT on The Late Show with David Letterman! Just thought you'd like to know.

2007 NDA March Badness Tournament

In case you haven't been paying attention, March Badness is in full-swing over here on our message board. It's the battle between bad and worse, evil and more evil, dumb and stupider. But, between you and me there are actually some pretty awesome people on here.

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On The Boober Toober... The Riches.

I’m pretty interested in this new dramedy called The Riches. It stars two of my personal favs in Brit thespians Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver. The show is being touted as Big Love-meets-Carnivàle. Apparently, Driver and Izzard play RV-wielding gypsies who step into the shoes (and the suburbs) of some wealthy people they kill in a car accident. Hmmmm, sounds wacky, color me intrigued. The series premiere is tonight at 10PM on FX.

This Week in Rock & Roll TV: March 12 - 18, 2007

Here's the line-up:

MON 12: My Chemical Romance on Leno
MON 12: Dr. Dog on Conan
TUE 13: The Good, the Bad & the Queen on Letterman
TUE 13: Mary Weiss w/ Reigning Sound on Conan
WED 14: Aqualung on Letterman
WED 14: The Shins on Conan
WED 14: Peter Bjorn and John on Carson Daly
THU 15: Grizzly Bear on Carson Daly
FRI 16: The Feeling on Kimmel
FRI 16: Deerhoof on Carson Daly
SAT 17: Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Snow Patrol on SNL
SUN 18: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony [VH1C]

* = Episode previously aired

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area.

Book of the Week 10/52

You Don't Love Me Yet



by Jonathan Lethem
(Doubleday, 2007)




From Ken Tucker for Entertainment Weekly
Novels about rock music have been written by everyone from Harlan Ellison (a killer riff, 1961's Spider Kiss) to Don DeLillo (the lit equivalent of a dud concept album, 1973's Great Jones Street). The best, such as Tom Carson's Twisted Kicks (1981) and James Robert Baker's Fuel-Injected Dreams (1986), capture (in very different ways) the social alienation that the music so often romanticizes. So does Jonathan Lethem's dreamily moving You Don't Love Me Yet, the tale of a struggling L.A. rock band suddenly blessed with terrific music it may or may not have written. As he did in novels like Gun, With Occasional Music, and As She Climbed Across the Table, Lethem mixes realism and trippiness, wit and heart. The result is a melancholy comedy of raucous manners. With minor-key brilliance, Lethem describes how alluring pop is crafted in a state of joyous tedium — the same paradox that can be disastrous when it comes to sustaining real love.

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R.I.P. Brad Delp

Boston
"Don't Look Back"

Brad Delp was an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Boston. He died at home on March 9, 2007. At this point the cause of death is unknown, but police have said that there were no signs of foul play.

Born in Danvers, Massachusetts, Delp's interest in music began at age thirteen, when he bought a guitar after seeing the Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1970, he was making heating elements for Mr. Coffee machines at Danvers company Hot-Watt when he met Boston founder Tom Scholz, guitarist Barry Goudreau and drummer Jim Masdea.

Delp had been a vegetarian for over thirty years and had contributed to a number of charitable causes. He was all set to marry longtime girlfriend Pamela Sullivan during a two day break in Boston's 2007 summer tour. Boston's official website was taken down yesterday and replaced with this simple, yet poignant statement: "We've just lost the nicest guy in rock and roll."

Professor Brothers Present History Lesson #1

These are the same guys behind that animated George Washington bit a couple of months back. With this one Brad Neely's Professor Brothers take on JFK. As Matt Ogborn once said: "Rapping about dead ex-Presidents is always funny."

We Hate Mixtapes #5

We Hate Mixtapes #5: Why I left my babies daddy.

Courtesy of melikecheese.

Download here, open in iTunes, sort by track number, enjoy, drugs don't hurt either.

Tracklist:

The Big Sleep - Murder (4:22)
The Ponys - Let's Kill Ourselves (3:33)
Dungen - Mon Amour (8:47)
The Warlocks - Caveman Rock (3:28 )
Dungen - Stadsvandring Del 2 (0:34)
Viva Voce - From The Devil Himself (3:22)
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (2:21)
SSM - Sick (2:52)
Radio Moscow - Frustrating Sounds (3:55)
Latyrx - The Bumpin' Contraption (The Recalibration) (4:36)
Iron & Wine - Passing Afternoon (3:59)

I Am Baby Cakes - Diary #3

A day in the park makes for some strange diary musings in Baby Cakes' world. In his darkest entry yet, Mr. Cakes reflects on death, dream girls and the dreaded Brain Fuckler that he sometimes sees humping people's faces in public.

Violence of the Lambs

Black Sheep... set in New Zealand, holy crap this looks awesome! In theatres June 22nd, 2007!!

Three Link Circus

John C. Reilly In Parody 'Walk Hard'

John C. Reilly is all set to play the lead role in Walk Hard, a comedy co-written by The 40 Year-Old Virgin’s Judd Apatow. The movie pokes fun at the recent phenomenon of Oscar-baiting musician biopics. The Columbia Pictures project, scheduled for a February ’08 release, centers on a singer named Dewey Cox (said to be an amalgamation of Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings) who overcomes adversity to become a musical legend. SNL veteran Tim Meadows will play the band's drummer while Jenna Fischer (Pam of The Office fame) will play Darlene, a June Carter Cash-like love interest. And yes, the film will use the real voices of both Reilly and Fischer in song. Jake Kasdan (Orange County, Zero Effect), who co-wrote the script, will direct.

Broadcasters to pay indies in payola settlement

The four major radio broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commission are finalizing a payola settlement that will have Clear Channel Communications, CBS Radio, Entercom Communications, and Citadel Broadcasting paying a $12.5 million fine and guaranteeing 8,400 half-hour segments of free airtime for indie record labels and local artists. The settlement defines ''indie'' labels as those not owned or controlled by Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, or EMI Group. The broadcasters are not acknowledging guilt in the case, which followed an ongoing federal investigation into payola practices and other settlements, totaling more than $36 million. Great! Now maybe some bands besides Earwig can get some airplay over at CD101!? P.S. I kid because I care.

Davitian spies 'Smart' role as KAOS baddie

Borat comes out on DVD today. And with that we have a little news nugget on Ken Davitian who will forever be known as the portly hairball sidekick in Borat. It is being reported that he has joined the all-star cast of Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow's big-screen adaptation of Get Smart. No word on whether or not he will wear clothes. But, we do know that Steve Carell is playing Maxwell Smart, Anne Hathaway is Agent 99, and Alan Arkin is portraying the Chief of CONTROL. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (who has a pretty hilarious bit part in Reno 911: Miami) and Terrence Stamp have also been cast. The project is being directed by Peter Segal (Tommy Boy, 50 First Dates) and is scheduled for a summer 2008 release.