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Pork here.

Okay, so I won’t blame you if you aren’t running to your local record store today. It’s one of the . . . leanest New Music Tuesdays in record-release history. I’m not even putting together one of those fun little carousel displays because I really only want to spotlight stuff we should all be excited about . . . or at least interested in! Besides, I don’t want to be waving that Cannibal Corpse album cover in front of you all.

Tho I will admit that the single from The Fray is growing on me, (listen):

[audio:The Fray - You Found Me.mp3]

other than that, it’s a weak week…although William disagrees. He thinks the good old gay standbys save the week with releases from k.d. lang, Liza, Barbra, Morrissey, and Xanadu! William’s gay like that.

Think I’m exaggerating about the lack of blood-rushing releases? Look for yourself.

The List: (New releases for Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009)

Bentley Dierks – Feel That Fire

Black Gold – Rush

Cannibal Corpse – Evisceration Plague

Melinda Doolittle – Coming Back To You (me?! really?!?…please)

Ruthie Foster – The Truth According to Ruthie Foster

The Fray – The Fray

Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew

Boney James – Send One Your Love

Ben Kweller – Changing Horses

Ladyfinger (ne) – Dusk

Liza Minnelli – Liza’s at the Palace

Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel – Willie and the Wheel

Aaron Tippin – In Overdrive

The Von Bondies – Love, Hate and Then There’s You

Josh Wink – When a Banana Was Just a Banana

Wynonna – Sing: Chapter 1

Various Artists – He’s Just Not That Into You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack featuring My Morning Jacket, Keane, The Cure, Scarlett Johansson, R.E.M., Wilco and many more.)

Various Artists – Spectacular (Music From The Nickelodeon Original Movie)

and in the Box Set, Best Of, Digitally Available, Reissued, Remastered, Repackaged and Renewed Departments you will find titles from Air Supply, The Allman Brothers Band, Angelo Badalamenti, Bulletboys, Tevin Campbell, David Cassidy, Chicago, Rita Coolidge, Bill Cosby, Christopher Cross, Dokken, John Hiatt, The Isley Brothers, The James Gang, Susanna Hoffs, Hot Tuna, Al Jarreau, Julian Lennon, Leona Lewis, Little Feat, Los Bravos, Ministry, Morrissey, Maria Muldar, Graham Nash, Prince, Suzi Quatro, Otis Redding, Simply Red, Randy Travis, UFO, Wendy & Lisa and Kim Wilde.

In this week’s “How You Doin’” Department:
First, your eyes must’ve slipped right to it above in The List, but in case you missed it…Liza’s at the Palace drops today.

Rhino Flashback re-releases Morrissey’s Southpaw Grammar 14 years after its original release. No sign of any remastering or bonus tracks, but I’ll keep you posted.

k.d. lang’s “Live in London With the BBC Concert Orchestra” is released today. 86 minutes of vocal and musical bliss. How can that be a bad thing?

and don’t miss the Xanadu: Magical Edition which is somehow different than last year’s Magical Music Edition . . . perhaps it doesn’t include the bonus CD soundtrack.

aaaaaand Barbra Streisand stars in the special 2-disc, DVD release of Yentl: Director’s Extended Edition

OOooOO…how you doin’?”
[audio: Wendy Williams - OOooOO...how you doin'.mp3]