• The "ignorance is bliss" mentality of SpongeBob SquarePants turned the freckle-cheeked barnacle into the prince of the Nickelodeon television network, but in two weeks he graduates to the big time with his own feature-length motion picture. The chipper little spiv gets help from a gushing fellowship of superstar fans on the soundtrack, with his theme song performed by Avril Lavigne, Motorhead's "You Better Swim," and Wilco's "Just a Kid." Due in stores this coming Tuesday, the Sire Records CD, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Music from the Movie & More, features the long-anticipated release of the Flaming Lips' contribution, "SpongeBob & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy," and other new tracks by Mike Simpson of The Dust Brothers, Ween, Plus Tech Squeezebox, and Prince Paul with The Waikikis. Not enough for you to feel the love? SpongeBob and his pal Patrick the starfish both step up to the mic for two numbers - "The Best Day Ever" and "Under My Rock." Crabby patties, indeed.
• In other film news, next week Inside Out Records is releasing a stunning new hypnotic score from Kevin Moore of Dream Theater, calling himself Chroma Key on this unique labor-of-love project. Entitled Graveyard Mountain Home, the CD accompanies a "lost" school-guidance film, of the type shown to the 1950s and 1960s generations of innocence as lessons in morals, manners, and citizenship. Moore discovered the film in the public-domain archives in all its ragged, fuzzy, time-aged beauty and fell in love with the sad tale of a boy who tries to repair a radio to speak with his dead mother. Slowing the film to half speed and creating a new, personal soundtrack, the result is pure magic. A special edition of the disc comes with a bonus DVD of the film and music together, and a Quicktime version of the film is contained on each CD.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno swings with Chingy on Friday; The Late Show with David Letterman welcomes Nelly on Monday and Jimmy Eat World on Tuesday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien boasts Jet this evening overnight, William Shatner on Friday overnight, Patti Scialfa on Monday overnight, and Fatboy Slim on Tuesday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly features The Paybacks both Thursday and Friday overnights; and Jimmy Kimmel Live hosts Wyclef Jean on Thursday overnight, The Shins on Friday overnight, and Fabolous on Tuesday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, November 9:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
A.C. Cotton - Notes for the Conversation (Ahab Was Right Records) excellent full-bore home-grown rock 'n' roll via Portland, Oregon, showing off terrific songwriting in a raw, bluesy swath
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (Fearless) re-issue from 2000, expanded with rare tracks
Bagman - Trax (Underground Inc) new from Lee Fraser of Sheep on Drugs
Bambix - What's in a Name (Daemon) kinetic, hyper-speed metal-punk from the Netherlands
The Bee Gees - Number Ones (Polydor) 19-track collection with a bonus DVD of their U.K. appearance on An Audience with
Jim Capaldi - Poor Boy Blue (Steamhammer/SPV) new from the Traffic drummer, with guest Steve Winwood
Vanessa Carlton - Harmonium (A&M) produced by her boyfriend, Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind, with guests Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac
Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken (Anti/Mint) recorded live with guests Carolyn Mark and Kelly Hogan
Chingy - Powerballin' (Capitol) with guests Janet Jackson, David Banner, and Nate Dogg
The Coctails - Popcorn Box (Carrot Top) three-CD box set in the shape of a concession-stand popcorn bag
Ani DiFranco - Trust (Koch) DVD filmed over two nights earlier this year in Washington, D.C.
Fabolous - Real Talk (Atlantic) with guests Lil' Mo and Sean Paul
Fantomas - Delirium Cordia (Ipecac) limited-edition two-LP picture-disc set in a gatefold sleeve
Foetus - "Not Adam" (Birdman) four-song CD EP from J.G. Thirwell
Friends of Dean Martinez - Atardecer (Evolver) featuring the bossa nova beat of "Coppertone"
Glide - Curvature of the Earth (Cooking Vinyl/Spin Art) new solo album from Echo & the Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant
The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express, Tallulah, and 16 Lovers Lane (Jetset) expanded two-CD re-issues of these three albums from 1986, 1987, and 1988, featuring bonus videos and thick booklets
The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead Movie (Monterey Video) two-DVD re-issue of this 1977 film, now with three audio options, a commentary track, 95 minutes of additional footage, and a "making of" documentary
Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People (Atlantic) with guests John Oates of Hall & Oates, Paula Frazier of Tarnation, Cat Power, Jack Johnson, Barrington Levy, Del the Funky Homosapien, Mike Patton of Faith No More, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, and Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos
Darren Hayes - The Tension & the Spark (Columbia) solo album from the Savage Garden vocalist
HBO's Thinking XXX - original motion picture documentary soundtrack (Emperor Norton) with Ladytron, Goldfrapp, Rabbit in the Moon, Peaches, and the Velvet Underground
HelloGoodbye - HelloGoodbye (Drive-Thru/Sanctuary) debut EP of synth pop
The Innocence Mission - Now the Day Is Over (Badman) benefit album of standards and lullabies
Iron Maiden - The History Of Iron Maiden Part One: The Early Years (Sanctuary/Metal-Is) two-DVD set with footage from 1979, 1980, and 1983
Elton John - Peachtree Road (Universal) featuring the single "Answer in the Sky"
Kings of Leon - A-Ha Shake Heartbreak (Hand Me Down/RCA) import-only sophomore release
Aimee Mann & The Young Snakes - Aimee Mann & The Young Snakes (Lemon) lost album from this pre-Til Tuesday group
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Real Live! (Just a Minute) two-CD live concert from 2001
Powderfinger - Vulture Street (Artemis) domestic release of this Australian hit
The Prefects - Amateur Wankers (Acute) collection of recordings from late 1970's, when the band blossomed alongside The Clash, Wire, and Joy Division in the class of '77
Psapp - Tiger, My Friend (Leaf) Rolling Stone magazine calls this group one of 10 artists to watch
Queen - Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl (Hollywood) CD or DVD set from 1982
Saint Etienne - Travel Edition: 1990-2005 (SubPop) 18-track best-of with two new songs
Derek Sherinian - Mythology (Inside Out) with guests Zakk Wylde, Steve Stevens, Steve Lukather, Alan Holdsworth, and more
Britney Spears - Greatest Hits (Jive) featuring her new cover of Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative" and a bonus EP of six remixes
Team Sleep - Team Sleep (Tone Def/Maverick) new from Chino Moreno of the Deftones
Thirdimension - Permanent Holiday (Hidden Agenda) sophomore release from Sweden
David Thomas - Monster (Cooking Vinyl/Spin Art) expanded re-issue of this four-CD box set from 1997, profiling the Pere Ubu and Rocket from the Tombs founder
Richard Thompson - Live in Providence (Spin Art) DVD filmed last year with four cameras, featuring bonus archival footage from the BBC and The Old Grey Whistle Test
Vanilla Fudge - Then & Now (Fuel 2000) featuring a cover of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"
various artists - Give 'em the Boot IV (Hellcat) featuring rare tracks from Joe Strummer, Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, and more
various artists - What's the Word, Volume One (Underground Inc) spoken-word project with Jello Biafra, Little Annie of Crass, Alan Vega of Suicide, Jarboe of The Swans, and more
• In other film news, next week Inside Out Records is releasing a stunning new hypnotic score from Kevin Moore of Dream Theater, calling himself Chroma Key on this unique labor-of-love project. Entitled Graveyard Mountain Home, the CD accompanies a "lost" school-guidance film, of the type shown to the 1950s and 1960s generations of innocence as lessons in morals, manners, and citizenship. Moore discovered the film in the public-domain archives in all its ragged, fuzzy, time-aged beauty and fell in love with the sad tale of a boy who tries to repair a radio to speak with his dead mother. Slowing the film to half speed and creating a new, personal soundtrack, the result is pure magic. A special edition of the disc comes with a bonus DVD of the film and music together, and a Quicktime version of the film is contained on each CD.
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno swings with Chingy on Friday; The Late Show with David Letterman welcomes Nelly on Monday and Jimmy Eat World on Tuesday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien boasts Jet this evening overnight, William Shatner on Friday overnight, Patti Scialfa on Monday overnight, and Fatboy Slim on Tuesday overnight; Last Call with Carson Daly features The Paybacks both Thursday and Friday overnights; and Jimmy Kimmel Live hosts Wyclef Jean on Thursday overnight, The Shins on Friday overnight, and Fabolous on Tuesday overnight.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, November 9:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
A.C. Cotton - Notes for the Conversation (Ahab Was Right Records) excellent full-bore home-grown rock 'n' roll via Portland, Oregon, showing off terrific songwriting in a raw, bluesy swath
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (Fearless) re-issue from 2000, expanded with rare tracks
Bagman - Trax (Underground Inc) new from Lee Fraser of Sheep on Drugs
Bambix - What's in a Name (Daemon) kinetic, hyper-speed metal-punk from the Netherlands
The Bee Gees - Number Ones (Polydor) 19-track collection with a bonus DVD of their U.K. appearance on An Audience with
Jim Capaldi - Poor Boy Blue (Steamhammer/SPV) new from the Traffic drummer, with guest Steve Winwood
Vanessa Carlton - Harmonium (A&M) produced by her boyfriend, Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind, with guests Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac
Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken (Anti/Mint) recorded live with guests Carolyn Mark and Kelly Hogan
Chingy - Powerballin' (Capitol) with guests Janet Jackson, David Banner, and Nate Dogg
The Coctails - Popcorn Box (Carrot Top) three-CD box set in the shape of a concession-stand popcorn bag
Ani DiFranco - Trust (Koch) DVD filmed over two nights earlier this year in Washington, D.C.
Fabolous - Real Talk (Atlantic) with guests Lil' Mo and Sean Paul
Fantomas - Delirium Cordia (Ipecac) limited-edition two-LP picture-disc set in a gatefold sleeve
Foetus - "Not Adam" (Birdman) four-song CD EP from J.G. Thirwell
Friends of Dean Martinez - Atardecer (Evolver) featuring the bossa nova beat of "Coppertone"
Glide - Curvature of the Earth (Cooking Vinyl/Spin Art) new solo album from Echo & the Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant
The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express, Tallulah, and 16 Lovers Lane (Jetset) expanded two-CD re-issues of these three albums from 1986, 1987, and 1988, featuring bonus videos and thick booklets
The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead Movie (Monterey Video) two-DVD re-issue of this 1977 film, now with three audio options, a commentary track, 95 minutes of additional footage, and a "making of" documentary
Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People (Atlantic) with guests John Oates of Hall & Oates, Paula Frazier of Tarnation, Cat Power, Jack Johnson, Barrington Levy, Del the Funky Homosapien, Mike Patton of Faith No More, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, and Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos
Darren Hayes - The Tension & the Spark (Columbia) solo album from the Savage Garden vocalist
HBO's Thinking XXX - original motion picture documentary soundtrack (Emperor Norton) with Ladytron, Goldfrapp, Rabbit in the Moon, Peaches, and the Velvet Underground
HelloGoodbye - HelloGoodbye (Drive-Thru/Sanctuary) debut EP of synth pop
The Innocence Mission - Now the Day Is Over (Badman) benefit album of standards and lullabies
Iron Maiden - The History Of Iron Maiden Part One: The Early Years (Sanctuary/Metal-Is) two-DVD set with footage from 1979, 1980, and 1983
Elton John - Peachtree Road (Universal) featuring the single "Answer in the Sky"
Kings of Leon - A-Ha Shake Heartbreak (Hand Me Down/RCA) import-only sophomore release
Aimee Mann & The Young Snakes - Aimee Mann & The Young Snakes (Lemon) lost album from this pre-Til Tuesday group
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Real Live! (Just a Minute) two-CD live concert from 2001
Powderfinger - Vulture Street (Artemis) domestic release of this Australian hit
The Prefects - Amateur Wankers (Acute) collection of recordings from late 1970's, when the band blossomed alongside The Clash, Wire, and Joy Division in the class of '77
Psapp - Tiger, My Friend (Leaf) Rolling Stone magazine calls this group one of 10 artists to watch
Queen - Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl (Hollywood) CD or DVD set from 1982
Saint Etienne - Travel Edition: 1990-2005 (SubPop) 18-track best-of with two new songs
Derek Sherinian - Mythology (Inside Out) with guests Zakk Wylde, Steve Stevens, Steve Lukather, Alan Holdsworth, and more
Britney Spears - Greatest Hits (Jive) featuring her new cover of Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative" and a bonus EP of six remixes
Team Sleep - Team Sleep (Tone Def/Maverick) new from Chino Moreno of the Deftones
Thirdimension - Permanent Holiday (Hidden Agenda) sophomore release from Sweden
David Thomas - Monster (Cooking Vinyl/Spin Art) expanded re-issue of this four-CD box set from 1997, profiling the Pere Ubu and Rocket from the Tombs founder
Richard Thompson - Live in Providence (Spin Art) DVD filmed last year with four cameras, featuring bonus archival footage from the BBC and The Old Grey Whistle Test
Vanilla Fudge - Then & Now (Fuel 2000) featuring a cover of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"
various artists - Give 'em the Boot IV (Hellcat) featuring rare tracks from Joe Strummer, Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, and more
various artists - What's the Word, Volume One (Underground Inc) spoken-word project with Jello Biafra, Little Annie of Crass, Alan Vega of Suicide, Jarboe of The Swans, and more
