The Shangri-Las

"1969 and you're 15 years old. For the previous three years you've been swamped in lysergic symphonies, marathon guitar solos (even worse: drum solos) and blissful acoustic drippie-droning about pixies and bed-sits. The raw garage thrash that careered out of the '64 UK R&B explosion seem like a distant memory. Even the Stones had a touch of blurred vision in '67 before getting back to blues basics on Beggars Banquet. In '69, there were only mavericks, madmen and geniuses to rely on, like Jimi, the Doors, Beefheart and Tim Buckley, maybe the Velvet Underground if they survived. It would be a few more months before Mott The Hoople came along to sow the seeds of UK punk rock. Read More

Singer-pianist Norah Jones collaborates with a new producer and new group of musicians for the new sound of The Fall. Her voice tastefully blurred by reverb, Jones sings with warm, relaxed presence, writing and co-writing songs that are more pop- and rock-oriented, atmospheric and bottom-heavy than those of her previous three albums. Read More

There's a scene at the end of "Lost in Translation" when Bill Murray chases down Scarlett Johansson on a crowded Tokyo street for a last goodbye. Read More