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Jul
13th
Sunday
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Music: JellyNYC Pool Party w/The Breeders 
Brooklyn's McCarren Park Pool (once the world's largest public swimming pool) hosts grunge-rock legends The Breeders. The party starts at 2 p.m.
Look for more pool parties every week this summer, with upcoming performances from Liars, MGMT, The Tings Tings, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Aesop Rock and more.
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Jul
15th
Tuesday
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TV: Jakob Dylan on Jay Leno 
Jakob Dylan performs on The Tonight Show on NBC. David Duchovny guests.
TV: KT Tunstall and Daryl Hall on Conan O'Brien 
KT Tunstall and Daryl Hall perform on Late Night on NBC. Yes, together.
Music: New Music Releases 
• Bajofondo - Mar Dulce (feat. Elvis Costello, Julieta Venegas,Nelly Furtado and more) (Surco/Decca)
• Black Kids - Partie Traumatic (Columbia, U.K.)
• The Grascals - Keep on Walkin' (Rounder)
• The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (produced by John Agnello, feat. J. Mascis, Patterson Hood, Doug Gillard) (Vagrant)
• Toby Lightman - Let Go (download only) (T Killa Music)
• Madonna - Give It To Me (six remixes of new single available, download only) (Warner)
• John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love and Freedom (produced by T Bone Burnett) (Hear Music)
• Nas - Nas (Produced by Jermaine Dupree) (Def Jam)
• O.A.R. - All Sides (Everfine/Atlantic)
• Bruce Springsteen - Magic Tour Highlights (download-only live EP) (feat. Alejandro Escovedo, Tom Morello, Roger McGuinn) (Columbia)
• Randy Travis - Around the Bend (Warner Bros. Nasville)
• The Vines - Melodia (Ivy League, Austrailia)
• Andy Yorke (Thom's brother) - Simple (Aktive, U.K.)
REISSUES
• Bill Cosby - It's True! It's True! (1969) (Rhino Flashback)
• Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961) (Rhino Flashback)
• Fats Domino - Best of Fats Domino Live, Vols. 1 & 2 (double disc) (Curb)
• Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head (1971) (download only) (Buddha)
• Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), Aretha Arrives (1967), Lady Soul (1968), Aretha Now (1968), Aretha in Paris (1968), Aretha Franklin: Soul '69 (1969), This Girl's In Love With You (1970), Spirit in the Dark (1970), Aretha Live at Fillmore West (1971), Young, Gifted and Black (1972), Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973), Sparkle (1976) (ALL DOWNLOAD ONLY) (Rhino/Atlantic)
• Fu Schnickens - Greatest hits (download only) (Jive)
• Geto Boys - Best of the Geto Boys (download only) (Raps-A-Lot/Asylum)
• David Gilmour - David Gilmour (1978) (download only) (Columbia Legacy)
• Merle Haggard - Best of the '90s, Vols. 1 & 2 (double disc) (Curb)
• Ed Harcourt - Until Tomorrow Then: The Best Of (download only) (Astralwerks)
• James - Gold Mother (1990), Millionaires (1999), Pleased to Meet You (2000) (download only) (Decca)
• Brenda Lee - Greatest Country Songs/Greatest Gospel Songs (Curb)
• Delbert McClinton - The Great Songs: Come Together (1995) (download only) (Curb)
• The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967), In Search of the Lost Chord (1967), On the Threshhold of a Dream (1969), To Our Children's Children (1970), A Question of Balance (1970), Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971), Seventh Sojourn (1972) (All Polydor/Universal)
• Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy (1985) (Rhino Flashback)
• Jason Ringenberg - Best Tracks and Side Tracks 1979-2007 (Jerkin' Crocus)
• Carly Simon - Torch (1981) (Rhino Flashback)
• The Sleepy Jackson - Miniskirt (2000 EP), Devil Was In My Yard (2006 EP), God Lead Your Soul (2006 EP) (download only) (Astralwerks)
• James Taylor - In the Pocket (1976) (Rhino Flashback)
• Franki Valli and the Four Seasons - The Motown Years (Double Disc) (Hip-O Select)
• White Lion - Pride (1987) (Rhino Flashback)
• Various - The Golden Age of American Popular Music: Jazz Hits from the Hot 100 1958-1966 (Ace, U.K.)
• Various - The Greatest R&B Hits of 1957 (Acrobat, U.K.)
MUSIC DVDs
• Iggy & The Stooges - Escaped Maniacs (MVD Visual)
• Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan (Eagle Vision)
MUSIC BOOKS
• Life with my Sister Madonna by Christopher Ciccone and Wendy Leigh (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)
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Jul
18th
Friday
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TV: Minus the Bear on Jimmy Kimmel 
Minus the Bear performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Maggie Gyllenhaal guests.
Film: Heath Ledger's final film, The Dark Knight, hits theatres 
The Dark Knight—featuring the late Heath Ledger as The Joker—hits multiplexes everywhere.
Music: Pitchfork Music Festival opens in Chicago with "Don't Look Back" 
The Pitchfork Music Festival kicks off in Chicago with "Don't Look Back," featuring Public Enemy, Sebadoh and Mission of Burma each performing one of their classic albums (respectively, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back, Bubble and Scrape, and Vs.). The festival runs through Sunday July 20, and also features The Hold Steady, Animal Collective, Vampire Weekend, Dizzee Rascal, Fleet Foxes, Spoon, Dinosaur Jr., Ghostface and Raekwon, The Apples in Stereo, M. Ward and more.
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