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With commercials! (Some of which have Big Country playing in 'em.) Yes, in a sort of OldStand-meets-Video Hangover hangover, three hours of vintage MTV have made it online, and it's amazing to see again how not slick it is, and how likable Mark Goodman was: "Nobody here has ever been to London anyway," when discussing a Doors convention. A convention, "in the Beatles convention sense." We get Martha Quinn references, a Twisted Sister poster, MTV's special Police '82 American Tour shirt, Loverboy tour dates, and, of course, the videos: "Sharp Dressed Man," "Talking In Your Sleep," "I'm Still Standing," "Rebel Yell" ("The brand new one from Billy Idol..."), "Cum On Feel The Noize," "Back On The Chain Gang," Macca and MJ, "Heart & Soul," etc. Strange how we remember every move Huey Lewis makes in the latter ... and how cool is Knight Ranger's keyboardist? If someone has a second can they call 1-800-HOT-ROCK and see if it still works? Are you ready?

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The band's manager shares the following blurb in today's entry on their MySpace page: *the boys have got together a - by their standards - big bunch of material and are leaving iceland for new york to work with flood on what will hopefully be a quick, neat job - maybe even ready for release by the summer.* Cannot wait!  Source

Enjoy the original version of 'Black Mirror' below. Better yet, PLAY here!  Source

Perhaps you caught "Lights & Music", the slinky, new wavey ditty from the Aussies in Cut Copy, over in Forkcast and wondered, "Hey, where can I get a little more of that?" Why, on the internet, of course! And, starting fairly soon, your local record shop.  Source

British Sea Power's sometime corner player Phil Sumner was knocked out last night (January 23) during the band's gig at the Leeds Irish Centre after a 12-foot fall.  Source

Britpop band Dodgy will play their first gig in ten years for Manchester charity Versus Cancer, which is run by former Smtihs bassist Andy Rourke.  Source

"1234" and "My Moon My Man" man Patrick Daughters teams up with Feist one more time, and again demonstrates his fear of wasting film with another awesome, one-take clip of lovely Leslie, feeling it all in a field of trash cans and fireworks, stickin' it to 'em. And, just like that, we're feeling a Miss Indie dynasty in the works. Warning: The adorability factor runs high with this one.

The Reminder is out via Interscope.

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This "slightly revamped" take on Badly Drawn Boy's "The Time Of Times" is from the forthcoming UK film Definitely Maybe, which centers on a guy with an impending divorce attempting to explain love to his daughter. Likely tear jerky, yes, but oh so bitter and sweet in equal parts, as you'll figure out on your own by watching the following.  Source

Dirty Pretty Things frontman Carl Barat has revealed that he wanted to give the band's forthcoming new album away free, Radiohead-style.  Source

Stars have announced the dates of a US tour that kicks off in March.  Source