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What to Download: New Music Today

BuzzSugar — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:30:58 PDT

We've already gone over some of today's DVD releases, but in need of a pick-me-up for your iPod, too? The pickings are slim this week, but here's the 411 on the buzziest albums.

Live and Loud: To coincide with the release of their documentary Under Great White Northern Lights, The White Stripes are releasing an album of songs from the film, which they played across Canada during a 2007 tour. The result is an in-your-face, raucous live mix with Jack White wailing on the mic. I especially enjoy his cries of desperation on concert favorite "Jolene" and the back-to-back performances of "We Are Going to Be Friends" and "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself". The album makes you feel like you're there for the head-banging, but more so, it makes me want to catch the band (and the doc) stat so I can actually see Jack shred along on the guitar, bloody fingers and all.

Country that kills: Drive-By Truckers return with their new album, The Big To-Do, their first under Dave Matthews's ATO label. They're still referencing their usual themes of hard livin' Southern types with a solid mix of rock and country, as they sing about a small-town sex worker on "Birthday Boy" or a closed-up club on "After the Scene Dies." Oh, and in classic Drive-By style, there's murder to be had on "The Wig He Made Her Wear," where a wife kills her preacher husband, or "Drag the Lake Charlie." If corpses really aren't your thing, try the more sensitive "You Got Another," a great ballad about love gone amiss.

Link Time! Molly Shannon Is Coming to Glee

BuzzSugar — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:30:38 PST

Molly Shannon is set to guest star on Glee as Sue's nemesis - The Ausiello Files
Phil Harris, captain of The Deadliest Catch, has sadly passed away - PopWatch
Summit picks up Seth Rogen and James McAvoy's I'm With Cancer, while Bryce Dallas Howard joins the cast - The Playlist
The creator of Breaking Bad talks about what to expect when season three returns next month - PopCandy
Susan Sarandon is in talks to star in the remake of The Big Valley - Inside Movies
Conan's Tonight Show contract did have a clause about the time slot - Vulture
Emily Browning cast in a racier, darker Sleeping Beauty - Cinematical
The controversial White Stripes/Air Force ad is back online - Flavorwire
The best movies of Anthony Hopkins - Rotten Tomatoes
TV's 10 most ineligible bachelors (Tom Haverford made the list!) - TV.com
The Bachelorette's Jillian Harris wants to make an iPhone app for her hot dog dating theory - GeekSugar

Link Time! Bonnaroo Announces Its 2010 Lineup

BuzzSugar — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:00:34 PST

Jay-Z and Weezer are among the acts revealed for Bonnaroo 2010 - Music Mix
Is the Superman franchise getting a second life? - Cinematical
Mad Men-themed Valentines! - Vulture
Check out Lil Wayne's goodbye to fans before leaving for prison today - Rap-Up
Minka Kelly lands a comedy pilot for CBS - Ausiello Files
MGMT will release their sophomore album, Congratulations, on April 13 - Spin
Download the mix tape for HBO's How to Make It in America - On Smash
The White Stripes are peeved over the use of their music for an Air Force Super Bowl ad - Stereogum
Tim Robbins joins the cast of The Green Lantern - Moviefone
MTV drops "music television" from its logo - Flavorwire
Lots of photos from the LA premiere of Valentine's Day! - PopSugar

BuzzSugar's 20 Favorite Albums of the Decade

BuzzSugar — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:30:30 PST

It's the end of the aughts, so I'm baring my entertainment-loving soul to you - first, I revealed my favorite movies of the decade, then my TV show picks, and now it's time for the aural revelation. What albums was I addicted to from 2000 to the end of 2009? Check out my slideshow to see my favorite music of the last 10 years.

How Do You Like Your Jack White Best?

BuzzSugar — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:30:08 PDT

Jack White is a bit of a jack of all trades. Last week his band The Dead Weather released its first album, but that's hardly the only thing on his plate. He's been rocking riotously with former flame Meg White in The White Stripes for more than a decade, jamming with Brendan Benson, Patrick Keeler, and Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs for about half as long, and popping up occasionally on the big screen in the meantime. That's quite the eclectic résumé. For me, Jack will always mean The White Stripes, but I'm also really digging this Dead Weather CD. How do you take your Jack?

FABTV: The White Stripes "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself"

FabSugar — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:12:22 PDT

Girls do just want to have fun. Certainly a girl (woman?) named Kate Moss. Did you know about this risqué video? Kate always had a thing for the stripper pole - even before her stints at Agent Provocateur. And the stripper square. While it is refreshing to see a smaller-chested stripper, it's fashion icon Kate Moss! I prefer her in clothes, but she's got some moves. Realization: This is how Kate stays in shape. I have heard the S Factor workout is fun. Pass this one on to your man and see if he just won't know what to do with himself.

Buzz Gift Guide: Gifts for an Audiophile

BuzzSugar — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:33:11 PST

Today's holiday gift guide is for your audiophile friend - the one who never hears the phone ring because she's got her headphones on and plans her social schedule around her favorite bands' tour dates.

Your audiophile friend might already own all seven pre-In Rainbows Radiohead albums - but just in case, check out this bizarrely cute USB stick that contains the band's complete recordings from 1993 to 2003, including bonus content. Too techie? There's a normal boxed set, too.

Does your friend have years and years of mixtapes languishing on a shelf now that cassette players have gone out of style? Pick up a Griffin iMic, which converts cassette and vinyl recordings to mp3. I've got one, and it's helped me get my favorite music from junior high and high school back in the regular rotation.

Rolling Stone and Spin not your friend's style? A subscription to Mojo might be a good alternative. The British music bible will cost you a bit if you need to ship it to the US, but helping your friend be a well-informed music fanatic might be worth it.

And OK, this one's not so much "audio" as just "phile," but the Meg and Jack White Lomo cameras are pretty craveworthy. Maybe your friend could use them to keep a record of her encounters with her favorite rock stars.

Link Time! 11/27

BuzzSugar — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:29:50 PST

This early image of the Joker from The Dark Knight on the cover of the not-yet-released January issue of Empire magazine has made its way to JoBlo, and consequently everywhere else.
Speaking of more movie pictures, check out many more stills from the fourth Indiana Jones movie (including Shia's worst hairdo ever) over on AintItCoolNews.
TV Squad compares the Jay Lenos of 1997 and 2007.
Want to watch Jack White fight a bull? Stereogum has the video for the White Stripes' "Conquest."
YumSugar already has her TiVo set for the Top Chef holiday special.
Popwatch says Vince Vaughn's "nut guard" is Swingers so he's protected from Fred Claus ruining his entire career.
TiFaux writes about the best and worst TV credit sequences.
Cinematical has found an excellent movie-related holiday gift guide. I think my fave is the t-shirt the Cinematical peeps chose to feature in their post.
The Telefile says it's really, really time for The Bachelor to hang it up.

Sugar Bits - Rosie Turns Down Oprah

PopSugar — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:31:10 PDT

Oprah wanted to have Rosie O'Donnell on her show to discuss her new book, Celebrity Dextox, but Rosie has decided to talk to Diane Sawyer instead. Maybe she's not a fan of Oprah's book club, but she did say in her blog that there is no feud going on. - Page Six
Simon Cowell gave Ryan Seacrest's Emmy performance 2 and a half stars. That's about the nicest thing we've heard Simon say about Ryan. - Extra
The White Stripes have canceled the rest of their tour dates through the end of the year due to Meg's anxiety to travel. We wish her well while she's taking some time off. - AP
While O.J. Simpson awaits his court date in jail, one of his alleged robbery victims had a heart attack and one of his accomplices has turned himself in. Ugh an OJ report again. - TMZ
Andy Samberg isn't worried about his latest movie, Hot Rod, getting bad reviews because many of his favorite movies have done poorly. So, congratulations on your flop? - Page Six

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Buzz News Roundup, 9/12

BuzzSugar — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:33:48 PDT

Rolling Stone reports that the White Stripes have canceled their fall tour on account of Meg's "acute anxiety."
According to the BBC, Ang Lee has cut out 30 minutes of his sexy espionage thriller Lust, Caution for audiences in China.
Variety reports that if you have On Demand service, you can watch all of NBC's pilots for free right now.
Former "Saturday Night Live" star Chris Parnell has joined the cast of the ABC comedy "Miss/Guided," Zap2it reports.
Variety reports that Run, Fat Boy, Run is the No. 1 movie in the U.K.
Led Zepplin is reforming for one night only, at a tribute show for the late Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, Billboard reports.
"The Closer" broke its own cable ratings record for its season finale on Monday, writes the Hollywood Reporter, drawing 9.2 million viewers.
Things weren't as rosy for "Tell Me You Love Me" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," both of which had disappointingly low ratings for their premieres, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Paul Morrison will direct Little Ashes, a movie about the young life and loves of Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel and poet Federico Garcia Lorca, says Variety.
Hollywood Reporter has news that Naomi Campbell will star in a film adaptation of the novel Bad Love.
Don Cheadle will star in a live-action film version of the 1971 children's book Hotel for Dogs, Variety reports.
Meanwhile, ComingSoon reports that Adam Brody and Josh Lucas have been cast in the drama Death in Love.

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