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LOU REED | "New York Shuffle" on Sirius, Weekly Show

2008-05-15T16:09:37Z

It's programming like this that makes me so happy to be on Sirius Satellite Radio.....

SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced that Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Lou Reed will host his own weekly show exclusively on SIRIUS. Lou Reed’s New York Shuffle will premiere on SIRIUS Disorder channel 70 this Saturday, May 17th at 6 pm ET. SIRIUS listeners can expect to hear the most eclectic mix of music found anywhere on Lou Reed’s New York Shuffle— running the gamut from jazz to vintage rock, and everything in-between. Reed will co-host the show with music producer Hal Willner, who recently collaborated with Reed on the concert film Berlin. Lou Reed said, “For years, I’ve always been a fan of eclectic radio, such as FM radio in the past when you could hear stations play widely divergent music, ranging from rock to country to jazz to opera. I loved the days when DJs who did their own programming set the bar high. I learned from these DJs and it’s a delight, with my friend Hal Willner, to do this type of radio today on SIRIUS. We will try to bring SIRIUS’ listeners audio from all parts of the world that covers the whole musical spectrum.” Lou Reed’s New York Shuffle will air on SIRIUS Disorder, Saturdays at 6 pm and rebroadcast Sundays at 12 noon and Mondays at 4:00 pm (all times Eastern).

HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR | Studio B, This Saturday

2008-05-15T14:33:29Z

Hercules & Love Affair will play their first US live show on Saturday, May 17th at Studio B in Brooklyn, NY. This will be the first chance to see their eagerly anticipated self-titled debut album, out June 24 on Mute/DFA, performed live. The live show includes a horn section (James Hillard and Jim Stanton of Horsemeat Disco), Andy manning keyboards, drum machines and providing backing vocals, Kim Ann and Nomi on lead vocals, live drums, live bass and even more keyboards. This special event will also include DJ sets by DFA’s T & T (Tim Goldsworthy and Tim Sweeney), James and James from the UK’s Horsemeat Disco, and Hercules and Love Affair’s own Andy Butler and Kim Ann Foxman.

POLITICAL JUNK | Tennessee Democrat Wants Mandatory Bible Classes In Public Schools

2008-05-15T14:21:24Z

Seperation of Chuch and State? Maybe if you're a heathen! It's been no secret that numerous public schools in the bible belt and beyond already "teach" the bible, but now a Democrat State Representative is pushing for an actual bill that would make studying the New Testament mandatory law. A proposal that would allow the state Department of Education to develop a curriculum for the academic study of the Bible in public schools has passed the House. The legislation sponsored by Rep. Mark Maddox, a Dresden Democrat, was approved 93-3 on Tuesday. The companion bill unanimously passed the Senate last week. Both chambers must now work out differences in the legislation before it heads to the governor for his consideration. The bill would require school districts to teach the course with an approved textbook in a manner consistent with the state and federal constitutions. The legislation prohibits the use of any religious test or association when assigning teachers for Bible courses.
For the record, when Rep Maddox appeared on MSNBC this morning and was asked if this class would include other religious bibles like the Old Testament or the Koran or the Book of Mormon, he laughed and said those weren't American traditions..........

POLITICAL JUNK | San Francisco To Rule On Gay Marriage

2008-05-15T02:17:38Z

The California Supreme Court will issue its same-gender marriage ruling tomorrow at 10am Pacific time. More from the Chronicle:

More than four years after San Francisco defied state marriage laws by allowing nearly 4,000 same-sex couples to wed at City Hall, the state Supreme Court is set to decide Thursday whether gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry in California. But the decision, due at 10 a.m., may not be the last word. Conservative religious organizations have submitted more than 1.1 million signatures for an initiative that would amend the state Constitution to outlaw same-sex marriage. If at least 694,354 signatures are found to be valid, a tally that is due by mid-June, the measure would go before the voters in November and could override a court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage.

. Always in Presidential election year..........

POLITICAL JUNK | NARAL & Edwards Endorse Obama

2008-05-15T02:09:13Z

The still running Senator Hillary Clinton got two black eyes today. First, NARAL Pro-Choice America endorsed Senator Barack Obama, Then John Edwards endorsed Obama..........

POLITICAL JUNK | McCain Invests Millions In Sudan

2008-05-15T01:59:47Z

Senator John McCain always files seperate taxes than his third wife, the extremely wealthy Cindy McCain. Well, John's wife has been under lots of pressure to release her tax statements for the year 2007. The same way every single other family that has ever run for President has. Cinday says she'll never publicly release her taxes. Today, the Associated Press may have shown why? Apparently, she has millions of dollars invested in Sudanese companies that continue to fund the genocide.

Cindy McCain, whose husband has been a critic of the violence in Sudan, sold off more than $2 million in mutual funds whose holdings include companies that do business in the African nation. The sale on Wednesday came after The Associated Press questioned the investments in light of calls by John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, for international financial sanctions against the Sudanese leadership. On Wednesday, Rogers said: "Senator and Mrs. McCain remain committed to doing everything possible to end the genocide in Darfur." For the McCains, the Sudan-related investments are among scores of different investments listed in his financial disclosure documents. Cindy McCain is heiress to a Phoenix-based beer distributing company whose fortune is in the $100 million range. Sen. McCain is regularly ranked among the richest lawmakers in Congress.

Classy family.......

BEIRUT | Sunday (Smile) at Music Hall, Tix On Sale

2008-05-15T01:55:58Z

It's been quite some time since we had anything to write about Beirut, but we're always happy to post about them. Well, Beirut just announced a show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday, May 16th. Stars Like Fleas will open. Tickets are $20 and now on sale.........

INDIE ROCK TRIVIA NIGHT | Zach Galifianakis + Les Savy Fav + Win Tickets By Answering Trivia

2008-05-14T20:27:25Z

New York Magazine's next NYxNY event will be Indie Rock Trivia Night hosted by Zach Galifianakis, with a live performance from Les Savy Fav. The event is May 21st at the HighLine Ballroom. Tickets are $25 and now on sale. We got two FREE sets of tickets to give away. Answer the following five questions correctly (or at least three right if these turn out to be really hard) and email the answers to productshopnyc@gmail.com with the subject "INDIE ROCK TRIVIA CONTEST". Here are the questions: 1. What legendary indie rock group reunited to open up for U2 on their Zooropa Tour? 2. What surprise name did The Strokes use when they last performed a surprise show at the Mercury Lounge? 3. What was the name of the band Beck played bass in when he lived in New York City? 4. Blonde Redhead take their name from a song by this group. 5. Maxwell Demon is the persona of Brian Slade in the movie Velvet Goldmine. In real life, Maxwell Demon was a band that featured which famous glam rocker?

POLITICAL JUNK | Ultra-Conservative Mississippi Elects Democrat

2008-05-14T14:14:23Z

The ultra-conservative Mississippi Congressional District 1 held a special election for their open congressional seat and they elected Travis Childers, the Democratic candidate! This is the third seat the Republicans have lost in the House of Representatives this year! Not a good sign for things to come. And on a related news, Hillary "Graceful Exit" Clinton won a meaningless West Virginia primary, while Barack "The Nominee" Obama picked up two more superdelegates this morning. In the last week, Obama has picked up thirty superdelegates, eighteen of whom were previously pledged to Hillary.........

UNION HALL | Bar In Fight To Save Liquor License & Stay Open Later Than Midnight

2008-05-14T13:50:24Z

Bumpershine tipped us off to this. We knew that Park Slope's Union Hall was being targeted by the police and some locals with "an allergy to noise," but did it really warrrent members of Community Board 6 of the City of New York, to vote 6 to 2 in favor of a, “motion that denies Union Hall a renewal [of its liquor license] unless the business’ owners sign a contract stipulating that they will take measures to ameliorate noise, such as stopping the sale of alcohol after midnight"?!?!?!?! Tonight is big Community Board meeting. You should show up. Here's the scoop:

Community Board 6's advisory board lead by Lou Sones (the owner of Brazen Head) is taking action against Union Hall of Park Slope. They are recommending the removal of their liquor license based on a group of about 5 people from Union street, with no facts generated to prove any violations. I repeat... THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY UNION HALL'S LIQUOR LICENSE WITHOUT A SINGLE VIOLATION! If this is allowed it could set a chain-reaction through the night life scene. If they can deny the renewal of a liquor license for an establishment with no violations they will be able to close down anyone they like. DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN! The General Board will be meeting on this and other matters at the address and time listed bellow. Show up in numbers with signs stating your support for Union Hall and Brooklyn Nightlife. The press will be there and we have to put the pressure on. Wednesday, May 14, 6:30PM Borough Hall Court Room 209 Joralemon St Brooklyn, NY

JOHN OLIVER | Two UCB Shows: Dave Hill Explosion &

2008-05-14T04:06:20Z

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart's John Oliver will be two doing two excellent events at New York's UCB Theatre. On Wednesday, May 21st at 7pm, Oliver will tape a full stand-up performance of "Political Monster" for BBC Radio 4 series. Tickets are $10. On Thursday, May 22nd, Oliver will be a guest on The Dave Hill Explosion with Guided By Voices' Doug Gillard. Those tickets are $5..........

LAURA MARLING | Live on Blog Radio + Mercury Lounge

2008-05-14T03:56:18Z

The wonderful Laura Marling was kind enough to take some time away from touring with Adam Green to hang with Team PSNYC at Serious Business Recording Studio in Soho, where we recording an amazing five-song session and interview for this week's Sirius Blog Radio. (A special thanks to Travis Harrison for producing the session) The session and interview will air on Channel 26 on Thursday at noon and midnight. Laura will return to New York City to headline a show at the Mercury Lounge on June 18th. See her before she wins the Mercury Prize and plays much, much bigger venues...... DOWNLOAD: Laura Marling - "I'm A Fly"

WE ARE SCIENTISTS | "Chick Lit" Video + Tour

2008-05-14T03:51:50Z

The trio-now-duo We Are Scientists (apparently one of them was more into Mathmatics) have a new album to promote and will play two New York City shows, a hometown show on July 31st at the Music Hall of Williamsburg and August 1st at the Bowery Ballroom. Their new album is Brain Thrust Mastery. "Chick Lit" is the first single and video......

TILLY & THE WALL | New Album & Tour (Bowery, Music Hall)

2008-05-14T03:42:46Z

Tilly and the Wall's third studio album will be called O. It will be released on June 17, 2008 through Team Love Records. They've lined up two New York City shows, one at the Bowery and one at Music Hall of Williamsburg....... DOWNLOAD: Tilly & The Wall - “Cacophony” TILLY & THE WALL TOUR DATES Jul 4 2008 Richard on Richards Vancouver, British Columbia Jul 5 2008 Neumo’s Seattle, Washington Jul 8 2008 Great American Music Hall San Fransisco, California Jul 10 2008 Echoplex Los Angeles, California Jul 11 2008 EpiCenter San Diego, California Jul 12 2008 Modified Phoenix, Arizona Jul 13 2008 Club Congress Tucson, Arizona Jul 16 2008 Granada Dallas, Texas Jul 17 2008 Emo’s Austin, Texas Jul 19 2008 One Eyed Jack’s New Orleans, Louisiana Jul 22 2008 Social Orlando, Florida Jul 23 2008 Jackrabbits Jacksonville, Florida Jul 24 2008 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia Jul 25 2008 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina Jul 26 2008 Black Cat Washington DC, Washington DC Jul 27 2008 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Jul 29 2008 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York Jul 30 2008 Bowery Ballroom New York City, New York Jul 31 2008 Paradise Boston, Massachusetts Aug 2 2008 Mod Club Toronto, Ontario Aug 3 2008 Hartwood Acres Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Aug 6 2008 Abbey Pub Chicago, Illinois Aug 7 2008 Sokol Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska

BUILT TO SPILL | Performing "Perfect From Now On" at Terminal 5, Dinosaur Jr + Meat Puppets To Open

2008-05-14T03:35:46Z

The show of the fall? Following some ATP performances, Built to Spill will perform their near-perfect Perfect From Now On at Terminal 5 on September 25th and 26th. As if that wasn't enough, Dinosaur Jr. AND the Meat Puppets will be opening up the show. No word if they will each also perform one of their full classic albums. Tickets are a cheap (for this) prices $32 and go on sale Thursday at noon.