NEXTFEST 2005, a collection of exhibits about the future of exploration, entertainment, transportation, science and medicine, communication, design, defense, was held at Chicago's Navy Pier the other day, so I went armed…
Read MoreTHE POSIES/BIG STAR: The Posies' first album in seven years comes out tomorrow; Billboard has a preview. It also looks like there will be a new studio album from Big Star in…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …IN ELIZABETHTOWN, the upcoming film from Cameron Crowe. The basic premise is vaguely reminiscent of Garden State, but I looks like Crowe will put his distinctive stamp on…
Read MoreCLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH: The band's forthcoming self-titled album knocks down a 9.1 on the Pitchfork scale. I agree with the reviewer that there's some Talking Heads-by-way-of-a-more-fun-Arcade Fire vibe there; I…
Read MoreRETURN OF THE SMASHING PUMPKINS? On the same day Billy Corgan puts out his first solo album, he places a a full-page ad (Adobe Acrobat pdf) in today's Chicago Tribune, stating in…
Read MoreFOO FIGHTERS performed an exclusive album-release concert in Roswell, NM for 500 winners of an online trivia contest. Foo frontman Dave Grohl said he is a huge fan of UFOs, as the…
Read MoreKARL MUELLER, bass player and founding member of Soul Asylum, died Friday morning in his Minneapolis home, apparently of complications from esophageal cancer. He was 41. RAY DAVIES will release his long-in-the-works,…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:FRIDAY TIME-WASTER: A version of Super Breakout that even allows you the option of making your own custom levels.THE NEXT MAGNET magazine will feature some bands near and dear…
Read MoreTOM WAITS is suing Warner Bros. over the royalty rates for downloads of his early recordings. Somewhat similar suits have been filed by voice artists from classic Disney films when those movies…
Read MoreTHE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS:NO SPOILERS: Imho, Ebert got it right this time. Batman Begins works as a movie with “more emphasis on story and character and less emphasis on high-tech action,” though…
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