THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:WOLFGANG'S VAULT: According to the Wall Street Journal, Bill Sagan picked up a ton of vintage rock posters, photos. shirts, tickets and other memorabilia when Bill Graham Presents sold…
Read MoreBEHOLD KONG: THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD!OF COURSE I ran to the cinema opening day for Peter Jackson's incredible re-telling of the 1933 classic, which managed to meet my high expectations…
Read MoreHOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: With Christmas just around the corner, you might consider getting me one of these:The price might seem a bit steep fully assembled, but the kit version is only 17…
Read MoreNOTE: Our site admin Lance says the site had an issue with IP addressing yesterday, so if you missed Monday's entry, just keep scrollin', scrollin', scrollin'…THE DECEMBERISTS: Colin Meloy officially announces the…
Read MoreTHE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe topped the weekend box office, with an estimated 67 million in receipts. That seems like a lot — it beats Defamer’s…
Read MoreHELLO THERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…Bun E. Carlos, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen and Tom Peterssen. Live at the Gypsy Tea RoomARE YOU READY TO ROCK? My law school friends in Dallas, Shahin and…
Read MoreIRON & WINE and CALEXICO are doing more press supporting their joint EP and tour. Sam Beam talks to the Boston Herald, while Calexico is at JAM.KEXP: The University of Washington–owned music…
Read MoreDECEMBER 7, 1941: A “date which will live in infamy.” I'll be watching Tora! Tora! Tora! tonight. BTW, the first nation invaded by the US after entering WWII was Morocco, then Algeria,…
Read MoreTHIS TIME FOR SURE!A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS airs tonight on ABC.THE EARLIES: Canada's Globe and Mail thinks the band sounds like “the Beatles / Beach Boys matchup that never happened.” It's also…
Read MoreSEX DEGREES OF SEPARATION: Who to avoid in Young Hollywood's polluted ecosystem.TIMEWASTER ANSWERS form Friday can be found — among other places — at Stereogum.PATE SIGHTED by Ken King at Art of…
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