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The Simpsons Movie

Doh! Look for this coming Tuesday's release of The Simpsons Movie soundtrack in a special, Homer-approved deluxe "donut" edition. Only available at the "big box" stores, the Adrenaline Music CD comes packaged in a pink donut box with a yummy donut CD case inside. While Green Day is reportedly to appear in the film, sporting their own cover of The Simpsons' theme song, the film's soundtrack is all Hans Zimmer, intriguing me with song titles "Thank You Boob Lady," "World's Fattest Fertilizer Salesman" and "Trapped Like Carrots." Only 25,000 copies of the donut edition have been made. Green Day's theme cover can be found in a CD single due out the same day...

Television Alert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno hosts Suzanne Vega Wednesday, Puddle of Mudd Thursday, Marilyn Manson Friday and Sum 41 Tuesday. The Late Show with David Letterman plays Alice for the White Rabbits Thursday and hosts Nick Cave's Grinderman on Monday and The National Tuesday. Late Night with Conan O'Brien welcomes Pegi Young Wednesday and Fountains of Wayne Thursday. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson presents Mott the Hoople founder Ian Hunter Friday and The Saints Monday. And The Henry Rollins Show on IFC features musical guest is Shane MacGowan Friday.

New Releases Coming Tuesday
Trey Anastasio - The Horseshoe Curve (Rubber Jungle) Afro-Cuban big band adventures, available on CD and LP; David Byrne - Live From Austin, TX (New West) CD or DVD, recorded for Austin City Limits in 2001; Johnny Cash ­ The Great Lost Performance (Island) 18 rare, live tracks recorded at Asbury Park, NJ's Paramount Theatre in the summer of 1990, featuring duets with Lucy Clark and June Carter Cash; Peter Criss - One For All (Silvercat) all new from the original KISS drummer with guest bassist Will Lee; Deepfield - Archtypes and Repetition (In De Goot) featuring a must-hear cover of En Vogue's "Don't Let Go"; The Doors - Live In Boston '70 (Midnight Archives/Rhino) three CDs documenting an April night at the Boston Arena when madness rode high; The Eat - It's Not The Eat, It's the Humidity (Alternative Tentacles) two-CD or two-LP set in the label's "re-issues of necessity" series, collecting 30 odd, rare tracks from these nutty, political Florida punks and a disc of live recordings; David Garland - Noise In You (Family Vineyard) with guest Greg Saunier of Deerhoof; Emily Haines & The Soft Skeletons - What Is Free To a Good Home (Last Gang) CD EP; Peter Himmelman - The Pigeons Couldn't Sleep (Thirty Tigers) featuring the bonus DVD documentary, Rock God, in the first pressing; Lonnie Jordan ­ War Stories (Fantasy) new solo album from the War cofounder, featuring a Latin take on the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" and new recordings of War classics; Talib Kweli - Ear Drum (Warner Bros) with guest Norah Jones; Tracy Nelson - You'll Never Be a Stranger at My Door (Memphis International) fantastic return of the Mother Earth vocalist, with covers of Country classics like Ernest Tubb's "Thanks a Lot," Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me" and the Everly Brothers' "I Wonder If I Care As Much"; Portugal. The Man - Church Mouth (Fearless) third-eye winking, psychedelic Alaskan trio skipping through flowered fields of Led Zeppelin, poppy-seed Soul and bluesy MC5 wangle dangle; Will Stratton - What the Night Said (Stunning Models On Display) with guest Sufjan Stevens on oboe; Sum 41 - Underclass Hero (Island); Tegan & Sara - The Con (Vapor/Sanctuary) with guest drummer Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie and bassist Matt Sharp of The Rentals; Three - The End Is Begun (Metal Blade) hot off tour with Porcupine Tree; Tiny Vipers - Hands Across the Void (Sub Pop); UNKLE - War Stories (Surrender All) on helmsman James Lavelle's new boutique label, this new album features the single "Burn My Shadow" with Cult vocalist Ian Astbury, as well as guests Josh Homme, Twiggy Ramirez, David Catching of Eagles of Death Metal, and Matthew Caws of Nada Surf; also available in a limited-edition two-CD set with bonus instrumentals and a 50-page booklet.

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