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<B><I>Unbreakable<br>
(A Retrospective 1990-2006)</I></B><br>
Elektra/Rhino

Now that we're perched upon the precipice of the <I>Simpson Movie</I> opening&mdash;at least a decade too late&mdash;I, by chance, I caught the Hullabalooza episode with the Smashing Pumpkins this week, the one where Homer becomes part of the "pageant of the transmundane," by being shot in the stomach with a cannonball.

"You can just buy this at the Coop&mdash;and you've never done it before? <I>What were you thinking?</I>"

We report, you decide.

The ad team at Dolce & Gabbana seems to think it can be. Would Charles Mingus’ “Moanin’” become a best-seller if more people knew it sounded so cool—or if the millions who watched <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMWofLZ6gH8">this TV commercial</A> knew that’s what they were hearing? Could it be that jazz just needs shrewder marketing? (The whole song can be heard on Mingus’ great 1959 album, <I>Blues & Roots</I>.)

Alexis Petridis reviews Paris Hilton's debut record. "She sings like a woman who has heard of something called singing, can't be sure of exactly what it might entail, but is fairly certain you do something a bit like this."