Pop links: The Specials! Simon! Kirby! Orson Welles! Amadou and Miriam!

The BBC reports on The Specials reunion tour. Man, I loved that band...

Any anxiety about whether the band were up to it was swiftly pushed to one side with the set opener, Do The Dog, which got the punks, mods, rockers and skinheads off their heels and onto the balls of their feet, where they stayed for the next 90 minutes.

Here they are on British TV from earlier in the month:



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Newsarama offers a preview of the newly released "The Best of Simon & Kirby."





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From Booksteve: Orson Welles sends up his radio past on "Laugh-In."

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The awesome Amadou and Mariam perform on NPR.