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THE REPLACEMENTS' Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? (streaming in full from AOL Music this week) got an impressive 8.8 in an insightful review o­n the Pitchfork: "The Replacements were the perfect band for a certain breed of American rock critic. They started out vaguely punk, but nothing about them was threatening, political, or arty; they were regular guys– scruffy, Midwestern, anti-fashion, and anti-pop; they hid an emotional vulnerability beneath cases of beer and f***-up hijinks; they could've been huge, but the record-buying public and the New York suits never figured out what they had." Unsurprisingly, the band that would mock MTV with "Seen Your Video" o­n Let It Be doesn't have a ton of video floating around the 'net but the video from Sept. 5, 1981 at 1st Avenue's 7th Street Entry in Mpls., which has plenty from Sorry, Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash and the Stink EP, has found its way from the Twin/Tone site to YouTube, as well as footage from a Feb. 4, 1986, soundcheck at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. After signing to Sire, the band was required to make videos for Tim, resulting in the infamous clip for "B*stards of Young." Then the label demanded the band actually appear in the videos for Pleased To Meet Me, resulting in the video for "The Ledge," which I first saw the opening night of that tour at 1st Ave. The band followed up with "Alex Chilton," which is identical or near-identical, save for the music. The video for "Achin' To Be," from Don't Tell A Soul, is much more conventional, as is "Merry GoRound," which is o­n All Shook Down, but is a virtual re-write of "I'll Be You" from Soul.

ROBERT POLLARD is auctioning the painting that graces the cover of GbV's Mag Earwhig LP and has details o­n his next solo album, due October 10th.

BREAKUP SONGS: the Funtime OK blog posted a bunch o­n June 13th, which you can stream via the Hype Machine. But I don't know how you can overlook the Greg Kihn Band.

EDDIE VEDDER has dedicated Pearl Jam's new album to his late, great friend, Johnny Ramone, telling Rolling Stone that he, Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, Vincent Gallo and Rob Zombie, spent hours at Ramone's house, where he would play them music (on a jukebox, not a guitar) and show film clips of acts from Gene Vincent to the Dead Boys.

TILLY & THE WALL: I just blurbed 'em yesterday, but at Chromewaves, Frank has a good review of their Toronto gig, with a gallery of pics (including percussionist Jamie Williams tap dancing up a storm). Loads of music links, too.

SEEN YOUR VIDEO: I'm not sure what possessed The Seeds to play "Pushin' Too Hard" o­n 60s sitcom The Mothers-In-Law — or what possessed NBC to let it happen. But I think we're all better for it.

BOB MOULD tells Billboard about Blowoff, his new joint project with Richard Morel, which doubles as the moniker for their monthly DJ party at Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club. Bob claims that musically, "It's all over the place." "Hormone Love" is now available for free MP3 download from Blowoff's website, or you can stream it from MySpace. It's kinda Sugar-y.

GARY GLITTER has a date. at the People's Supreme Court in Vietnam today, appealing his convictions for committing obscene acts with two underage Vietnamese girls.

SMOOSH: The tween sisters, already garnering generally favorable reviews for Free To Stay (coming next week), continue to give good quote to papers like the Boston Globe: "We tried to think of something like `smash,'" Chloe says. "So we picked Smoosh (pronounced like push). But we kind of spell it wrong. There's, like, no way to spell it. So at first, like, o­ne person pronounced it as Smoosh (pronounced Smooosh) and then everybody pronounces it that way. And I like Smooosh better anyways." You can check 'em out via the Hype Machine. I recommend "Find A Way."

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET are back and folks at Stereogum are taking guilty pleasure in it.

PETE DOHERTY UPDATE: Just when you think the troubled singer cannot surprise you, Doherty declares he is determined to get clean after Jesus Christ appeared before him in a dream. Indeed, Doherty is also said to want to be baptized.

BRADGELINA gets a a thank-you letter from Namibian president for birthing the Chosen One in their nation. Beast Week Ever beats me to the obvious joke. TMZ reports o­n the modifications to Pitt's Malibu pad designed to reduce exposure to the paparazzi. And when Jennifer Aniston tried to show her congratulations to her ex o­n the birth of his baby daughter, her phone call reportedly was rejected.

BRITNEY SPEARS supposedly told Matt Lauer that, like Bradgelina, she will move to Namibia to give birth to her second child in the interview airing today o­n Today and Friday o­n Dateline NBC. No doubt the pop tart would like to escape the press that reports when she decides to change a dirty diaper at the Victoria's Secret cash register or to carry her baby o­n her lap in another car. Remember, as she told Lauer, "We're country."

COLIN FARRELL isn't o­n that list. is it because he's off the market at the moment?

NICOLE KIDMAN: Her alleged priest is leaking details of her upcoming wedding to Keith Urban. Her friend, Ren�e Zellweger, is speaking now instead of holding her peace. And Star magazine thinks she looks preggers.

EMINEM has reportedly agreed to star in a movie remake of Have Gun — Will Travel. But it won't be a Western.

THE McCARTNEYS: Larger — and definitely NSFW — scans of the latest Heather Mills porn find are now floating 'round the Internets.

LINDSAY LOHAN and THE FRENCH HOTEL: Their uneasy truce apparently has ended, over Greek playboy Stavros Niarchos.

THE 15 PEOPLE YOU MEET listening to DVD Commentaries, courtesy of the A.V. Club. I laughed, because they're true, though there are plenty of good o­nes and some exceptional. For example Jack Nicholson o­n Something's Gotta Give, in which he talks about the movie, other movies, his methods and is generally crazy Jack.

MANDY MOORE: Amid rumors that she dumped Zach Braff comes speculation about her new co-star and pictures of her having a beer or two. or more at a Dodgers game. NTTAWWT.

DARYL HANNAH, arrested at a political protest in L.A.'s South Central Urban Garden o­n Tuesday, speaks from her jail cell. Just don't expect "Letter from Birmingham Jail," okay?

DAVID HASSELHOFF: Is there anything he can't do? I would say he can't top his video for "Hooked o­n a Feeling," though his rendition of "Secret Agent Man" to promo Hi-Def Bond movies for the VOOM network comes close — what it lacks in sheer goofiness is almost compensated with over-emoting pretension.

IRAQ: At ITM, Omar notes that Baghdadis are preparing for Operation Forward Together with anxiety and hope that it may stop or even reverse the deterioration of security in the capital. He also notes that Pres. Bush's visit also seems to have boosted spirits there. Holly Miller is against the invasion of Iraq, but rejoined the National Guard to serve there with her son. Army Capt. Phillip Carter, a 30-year-old military police soldier who is a lawyer in civilian life, is helping an Iraqi convict as a test case to prod the new judicial system to adhere to the rule of law.

HADJI GIRL: The BBC reported that the US marines have launched a probe into a video posted o­n the internet that apparently shows a Marine singing about the killing of Iraqi civilians. The BBC story, while quoting a few of the lyrics, fails to mention the lyrics talk about the Marine shooting members of an Iraqi woman's family after they confront him with automatic weapons. Indeed, the full lyrics have both the girl and her family using the terrorist passwords from Team America: World Police, showing not o­nly that the song is about an insurgent ambush (as opposed to randomly killing civilians), but also that the song is intended to be a joke. The Marine involved has apologized. But with investigations of incidents like Haditha o­ngoing, it was clearly dumb to videotape it and post it o­n YouTube. He nedds to be trained in the concept of the "Strategic Corporal."

DETAINEES IN DESPAIR? The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe seem to think conditions aren't so bad at Guantanamo Bay. An Afghan delegation just back from a 10-day visit to the US detention center said that conditions there were "humane." The New York Times ran an op-ed by former detainee Mourad Benchellali, claiming he was picked up by mistake after spending months with his brother at an al Qaeda training camp. He doesn't mention that his brother and father were just sentenced o­n convcitions for planning attacks against the Eiffel Tower and other targets with explosives in support of rebels fighting Russian forces in Chechnya. Investigators arresting them found equipment, including a protective suit, and chemicals including the highly toxic ricin. Mourad rejoices that he now has a lawyer and judge to hear related charges in France, but he fails to mention that French prisons are the worst in Europe, with cells like dungeons in the Middle Ages. Or that the Gitmo detainees have lawyers pursuing their cause all the way to the US Supreme Court. Of course, it's an op-ed, so The New York Times will see no need to mention any of that, either.

DEER comfort Sammy the cat, who was diagnosed with kidney failure. Awww.

SNAKEBIT: If you take a job at the pet shop, be careful with the King Cobra. And if you're out drinking in the woods, don't try to kill a coral snake with your bottle.

A FUGITIVE'S DOG ended a winding, bumpy police car chase by biting his owner in the face.

A GOAT cannot substitute for a lawn mower in Manhattan. Not even in Manhattan, Montana. Not even if it's cute.