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Offering material from as far back as 1995, this rarities collection scoops up a decade's worth of compilation tracks, Japan-only bonus songs, and other ephemera, including the band's 2006 ode to Stephen Colbert. - Source

Johnny Borrell will play an Irish murder victim in the forthcoming Irvine Welsh film 'The Meat Trade'. - Source

In mid-October 2005, Pitchfork News posted a story titled "Flaming Lips Finish Filming Christmas on Mars", several years after our first mention of it in November of 2002. Whether or not it was, indeed, done some two-and-a-half years ago, we felt compelled even then to mention that the Flaming Lips' long-delayed filmic epic was "finally... finally... FINALLY" in the can. - Source

Scratching your head worrying about how to get those Glastonbury tickets? Fret no longer as all the details are here. - Source

He shares the following quote with The A.V. Club: *I write with a filter of trying to avoid the completely obvious... It's all pretty organic in that I don't have to think about it too much. It just sort of happens. It's who I am. That's what I do. Like Morrissey or something. Morrissey does that. He's the way he is. He's not thinking, "I have to be like Morrissey," you know? He is Morrissey. And that's how lyrics are for me. Whereas maybe David Bowie, or something, he's a trend-sniffing magpie, and that's his art, his talent.*Read the full article here. - Source

Although 2007's The Last Sucker was Ministry's final album of original material, this odd coda-- a covers record that finds the group tackling Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, Mountain, and Deep Purple, among others-- may be more of a statement. - Source

CBS Radio may be a weathered terrestrial heavyweight, but the company is executing a number of aggressive technological initiat... - Source

Walk It Off? More like sleep it off... - Source

As those of us wait for the upcoming Radiohead tour to hit North America, the band has offered up an appetizer to hold us over until they reach our shores. They performed in the UK at the BBC Radio Theatre yesterday, where they rocked through two gigs and participated in a series of interviews. From one of those - Source

Major labels are quickly shifting their staffing priorities towards digital expertise, and EMI is no exception. - Source