Ear on TV: Week of 06.07.10

On Tuesday, Dinner With the Band continues its excellent booking run with a guest appearance from the reformed Murder City Devils, marking the punk legends television debut. Having Spencer Moody screaming for his supper in Chef Sam Mason's living room is just as tantalizing as the menu: Midnight Burritos washed down with Aqua Verde (Tomatillo-based Bloody Marys). Even though they reunited back in 2006 it's only recently that they'd started working on a new album, set to be released sometime in 2010, and they'll preview . Just like the menu for DWTBand, it's something worth salivating for.



Meanwhile, why is it that chicks dig robots all of a sudden? Between the futuristic style choices of Lady Gaga, the dancing of Ke$ha and basically all of Janelle Monae's act, it's no wonder that womandroid pioneer Grace Jones is reportedly poised for a comeback. Ever the follower, Christina Aguilera has now entered into the fray this week with her rather tepid release, Bionic, and to support it she's taken to the airwaves.

Besides last night's performance in The MTV Movie Awards, she's appearing on Letterman Wednesday, and then it's a VH1 doubleshot on Sunday night, with an episode of the iconic documentary series Behind the Music*, and a special edition of Storytellers. For the latter, she stuck mostly to her classics, including a powerful take on "Fighter," one of her biggest hits (see video below). Her new album may be critically panned, and she may have had to postpone her tour because of a rumored low ticket sales, but you cannot deny that voice. (Ok, maybe you can.)

Playlist: Picks for the week
Monday, June 7
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Hole
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Kings of Convenience
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Mishka (REPEAT)
TBS: Lopez Tonight: Hanson
VH1: Behind the Music: DMX
Tuesday, June 8
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Sarah McLachlan
IFC: Dinner With the Band: Murder City Devils
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Sting
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Circa Survive
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Surfer Blood (REPEAT)
Wednesday, June 9
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Massive Attack (REPEAT)
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Christina Aguilera
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: OK Go
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Phish
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: The Living Sisters (REPEAT)
Thursday, June 10
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Damian Marley & Nas
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Alanis Morissette
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Angels & Airwaves (REPEAT)
TBS: Lopez Tonight: Lil Jon with LMFAO
Friday, June 11
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Miike Snow (REPEAT)
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Allison Moorer
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Against Me!
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Circa Survive (REPEAT)
SUNDANCE: Live From Abbey Road: Bat for Lashes, Starsailor (REPEAT)
Saturday, June 12
NBC: Saturday Night Live: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (REPEAT)
Sunday, June 13
HBO: Treme: Various artists from New Orleans
VH1: Behind the Music: Christina Aguilera
VH1: Storytellers: Christina Aguilera

The 5 Craziest Moments from Sasquatch 2009

It was quite the eventful Sasquatch! Festival this year. Oh sure, anytime you throw that many people in a confined space with entertainment and their own plentiful supply of drugs and alcohol, crazy things are bound to happen. But this year, there were some exceptional moments.

Top 5 Crazy moments from Sasquatch

1. Couple have very public sex during the Decemberists set, but experience The Hazards of Love when security comes and busts them:


2. The entire Monotonix set on Monday.
The Israeli band are usually guaranteed to have the craziest moment at any festival they perform at, and it took a live sex act to knock them off the top. Here's a short video of some of the highlights... you must make it to the end.
Insanity.

3. Murder City Devils' Spencer Moody goes on a crazy drunken rant against "the jocks" in the audience; makes out with audience; and rubs a photographer's face in his crotch (not cool).
Crazy, but in the end, kind of annoying.

4. Entire King Khan & the Shrines set, but especially when Saxaphonist Ben Ra pulled down his pants and tucked his package under for the great song "I Wanna Be a Girl." Ra's little dance recalls the creepy scene of Buffalo Bill dancing in Silence of the Lambs ("Would you f*ck me? I'd f*ck me. I'd f*ck me hard.")

5. Kevin Whelan from The Wrens was on fire the whole show, throwing his bass into the stratosphere and then into the audience, topping it off with a leap so high off the top of his bass cabinet, that folks swear my photo of it is doctored somehow when I show them.

Climax to my favorite set from the festival.

Honorable mention goes to Of Montreal's theatrics on Sunday night, and Tim & Eric's always zany antics in the comedy tent on Saturday night.

Anybody else got some craziness to add?