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For anyone into David Byrne and St Vincent, there's currently a free EP with unreleased, live and remixed material on offer here. And here be one of the tracks...

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I'm going to kill whoever drew Laura against Caroline Wozniacki in the first round of Roland Garros. :persuazn:

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Anyone Roland Garros-ing this year?

One reputation as a big-game bottler shaken off by Robben, another acquired by the referee for not issuing Dante with a deserved second yellow for the penalty incident. Like many before him, the ref decided that because it was a huge final, some of the rules didn't actually have to be applied properly. He saw the foul, gave the penalty and realised Dante would have to walk, but didn't have the gumption to see it through. Such a tough break for Dortmund. Still, a breathtaking game with a brilliant atmosphere. Hats off to both teams and their fans.

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^ A statement of intent from Monaco today, with Porto's Joao Moutinho and James Rodriguez confirmed to sign for a combined fee of €70m. Also, Champions League football now on offer to future Europa League winners. So now in theory a club could win the Europa, take part in the Champions League the following season, stall in the group stages, drop back down to the Europa and continue the cycle while also dropping down their domestic league. An unlikely scenario I suppose, but a weird one all the same.

Pepe and Shawcross together? Mind your ankles! Predictions for 2013/14, part one of one... Tony Pulis takes charge at Madrid. Switching to the classic British 4-4-2, Benzema and Higuain are moved to the wings, with Ronaldo up front to get on the end of Crouchy's knock-downs. Ozil, Modric and Coentrao are dropped for their lack of height. At the back, Shawcross and Pepe hit the La Liga fops with assorted 'reducers' while Pulis attempts to accuse all and sundry of play-acting. Lionel Messi finally decides to give this Premier League lark a try and scores 120 goals in his debut season for a newly minted Arsenal, to cries of 'aha, but could he do it on a cold wet night at the Bernabeu?' from the rogues gallery on Soccer Saturday. The Stoke board, having been turned down by Roberto Martinez, Gus Poyet, Pep Guardiola and Arsene Wenger, revert to the 'more of the same' approach and get Lawrence Dallaglio in.

What an utterly trippy (and seemingly never-ending) episode that was. As proof...

Despite Famke's presence, this is turning into a bit of a question mark for me. It appears to be set post 'Last Stand' so clearly, it's not quite the movie we thought we were getting. The latest trailer makes it look better than the first couple did, though.

Official trailer #2.

JJ unveiled a previously unseen clip from STID during a recent interview with Conan O'Brien, featuring (for reasons not altogether clear to me) John Harrison angrily taking a shower to hilarious dramatic music.

Yet another new trailer.

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Arctic Monkeys debuted new track 'Do I Wanna Know' last night in California. Sounds vaguely like a stab at a Bond theme.

Really, really like that one.

I hope Pulis goes to Real Madrid.

Collaborative effort by Marina and Charli XCX. A pleasant surprise all round.

Also really liking this Howling Bells-esque number by Brooklyn band Widowspeak.

Collaborative effort by Marina & The Diamonds and Charli XCX. Another pleasant surprise!

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New David Bowie video, starring (amongst others) Marion and Gary Oldman. Bloody and blasphemous in equal measure.