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Brace Yourself For 'Britpop Weakest Link'

Digital Spy reports: *Oasis and Blur have reportedly been lined up to appear in a Britpop special of The Weakest Link. The show's bosses have contacted Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Alex James to appear in the episode of the gameshow, according to the Daily Star. "If we can pull this off it would be unbelievable," commented a BBC source. "Noel admits he's a Weakest Link fan." Other stars that bosses want to have on the show include Jarvis Cocker, Elastica's Justine Frischmann, Manic Street Preachers' James Dean Bradfield & Suede's Brett Anderson.  Source

Daft Punk Samples Compiled Onto Forthcoming LP

Here's the full track listing for Discovered.  The album gets its official release next week. 

Breakwater - Release The Beast (Robot Rock)
George Duke - I Love You More (Digital Love)
E. Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby (Harder, Better...)
Cerrone - Supernature (Verdis Quo)
Tata Vega - Get It Up For Love (Da Funk)
Karen Young - Hot Shot (Indo Silver Club)
Chaka Khan - Fate (Music Sounds Better With You)
Sister Sledge - II Macquillage Lady (Aerodynamic)
Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night (Voyager)
Eddie Johns - I Put A Spell On You (One More Time)
Little Anthony - Can You Imagine (Crescendolls)
Jerry Goldsmith - The Rec Room (Around The World)

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Watch Radiohead's Webcast From 93 Feet East (Live In London 1/16/08)

Things got a little throw off track when more people than expected turned up (surprise!) at Rough Trade East for Radiohead's smallest gig in forever. So the popo had the band move find a slightly larger place and move the fun to 93 Feet East (name of the venue, not how far the gig was moved). Take the virtual tour of the room here to get appropriately, hysterically jealous, and then enjoy the entire show via this YouTube playlist which houses the band's radiohead.tv-webcasted, front-to-back retelling of In Rainbows (followed by an encore that had Thom solo on "Up On The Ladder" and the full band for "You And Whose Army?," "The National Anthem," "My Iron Lung," and "The Bends"). Sound quality's great, and if you weren't already thankful to be living in or near one of these cities, now you are.  Source
 

Holiday Hangover Continues, CD Sales Drop Another 10

A disastrous holiday sales meltdown is now bleeding into the new year, and dragging major label recovery prospects in the proce...  Source

Various Artists: The Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze and Brit-Pop Gems of the Last Millennium

Rhino attempts to map almost a quarter-century of UK indie music, focusing on shoegaze, Britpop, and 1980s amp;quot;120 Minutesamp;quot; staples.  Source

Rilo Kiley Goes Acoustic For Seattle Radio

Enjoy a recently released clip of the band tackling 'The Moneymaker' on 107.7 (The End).  Source

New York Dolls Announce North American Winter Tour

Check out the legendary band at:

2/12/08 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head
2/14/08 - Philadelphia, PA - New Alhambra
2/15/08 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Stone Pony
2/16/08 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
2/18/08 - Toronto, ON - The Phoenix
2/19/08 - Buffalo, NY - The Tralf
2/20/08 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland
2/22/08 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
2/23/08 - Chicago, IL - Double Door
2/24/08 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Cafe
2/26/08 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
2/28/08 - Boise, ID - Big Easy House
2/29/08 - Portland, OR - Berbati's Plan
3/01/08 - Vancouver, BC - The Plaza
3/02/08 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon

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New Morrissey Video - "That's How People Grow Up"

Funny, just last night one of us was listening to the Smiths in a bar when someone asked if Morrissey still unbuttoned his shirt during his lives shows. The answer ... "Of course." And here's the James Dean-approved live video to prove it. In addition to Moz's chest, you'll catch his fancy microphone (and tambourine) work, his hardworking backup band of waiters, and the flower-toting fans who love to jump on stage and hug the man briefly, even if it means getting wiped by security.  Source

Mono Release Live/Documentary DVD

Japanese post-rock combo Mono will release their first DVD January 22 on Temporary Residence. Titled The Sky Remains the Same as Ever, it's an almost two-hour chronicle of the recording of 2006's You Are There and the subsequent worldwide tours in support of the album. In terms of footage, this translates to a dozen live tunes amp;quot;and driving...lots and lots of driving,amp;quot; according to a press release. How Mono-tonous!  Source

Thurston Moore Soundtracks Adult DVD (Possibly NSFW)

A press release describes the hour-long movie, Extra Action (And Extra Hardcore), as the result of what happens when photographer/filmmaker Richard Kern tells his "unpretentious, unadorned, and definitely undressed 'real women' to "roll around and do something interesting for a few minutes." The DVD comes out March 18 via MVD, and in addition to Thurston's original score for Extra Action, it features previously unreleased Kern flicks as extras.  Source