EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING: Improv Everywhere stages its own rooftop U2 concert.A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS emerge tonight from the “Where Are They Now?” file to perform “I Ran” (of course)…
Read MoreIS THERE A BUSTLE IN YOUR HEDGEROW?THE SONOGRAMS OF CLASSIC RECORDS: Airwindows, a CD mastering outfit, shows you what classic records look like to help sell their services.SLEATER-KINNEY'S Carrie Brownstein tells the…
Read MoreHOPE THAT CLICKING FINGER IS LIMBER:MEMORIAL DAY HANGOVER: There are plenty of ways to support our troops. Chicago Boyz links to groups helping wounded soldiers. Winds of Change links to a slew…
Read MoreI DID NOT PLAN to update for Monday, but as people seem to have been stopping by the site over the weekend, I thought I would offer a couple of bonus links…TOM-KAT…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:“Memorial Day has become a paganistic ritual of the passage of spring, when the good people of America open their swimming pools, fire up their barbeques, forgetting or ignoring…
Read MoreSLEATER-KINNEY: The band's new album, The Woods gets a whopping 9.0 on the Pitchfork, with the reviewer claiming it “marks a significant transformation for the band.” Indeed, as of presstime, MetaCritic's compilation…
Read MorePHIL SPECTOR: The written story is that prosecutors can introduce some (but not all of the) evidence that the famed music producer had a history of threatening women with guns in Spector's…
Read MoreCOUNTING CROWS FRONTMAN and Sideshow Bob look-alike Adam Duritz denies claims by jailed escort agency boss Jason Itzler that Duritz was one of his best clients. Itzler told Page Six, “He used…
Read MoreSUMMER MUSIC: The Guardian asked a wide swath of music folk (with links at the end of the piece) for their feel-good hits of the summer. Those who know me well will…
Read MoreYOUR WEEKEND STARTS HERE:FRIDAY TIMEWASTER: Today, we're kickin' it old skool adventure style in the Crimson Room.DYLAN DAYS kick off today in Hibbing, proving that Bob Z is the exception to the…
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