I'M BAAAACK from Dallas, where I was visiting with Shahin and Terrie Khoshbin — two of my best friends from law school, or anywhere. I was helping set up and fill Shahin's…
Read MoreSORRY KIDS! I’ve been out of town, but there will be some linky love you on Tuesday. Y’all come back now, y’hear?
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: FRIDAY TIME-WASTERS: John Cleese helped with a Flash-based “reimagining” of Star Wars. It's long, so a big time-waster as well. And be forewarned: there are many juvenile sex…
Read MoreJAYHAWKS OLSON AND LOURIS REUNITE IN AMES, IOWA: Why did I have to read this from Reuters!? Next time I come through town, heads will roll!KINGS OF LEON: PC people (i.e., non-Mac…
Read MoreKINGS OF LEON get a rave review for their new disc from Rolling Stone.ROBERT POLLARD is auctioning stuff from his personal collection on eBay.CAT STEVENS: The singer turned Muslim activist Yusuf Islam,…
Read MoreNEIL YOUNG: The Thrasher's Wheat blog has started an online petition to have Young's 1973 album Time Fades Away released on CD. Young can be a stubborn guy, but On the Beach…
Read MoreCLAUDE PATE AND THE GRAMMYS: ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION!One of the areas where the Grammys did well this year was in its awarding of Lifetime Achievement Awards. Among the honorees were Janis…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:FRIDAY TIME-WASTER: Band to Band interactively charts the degrees of separation between bands.RYAN, BRYAN AND ROBBIE: Ryan Adams recently had someone booted from his Nashville gig for requesting “Summer…
Read MoreJOE STRUMMER has a locomotive named in his honor.PETE DOHERTY UPDATE: He's trying to rehab, so the Babyshambles have pulled out of their NME awards gig.GLENN REYNOLDS (the Instapundit) takes a well-deserved…
Read MoreWILCO is the future of music, according to an article in Wired by Larry Lessig. That's not a musical opinion, however; rather, Lessig is talking about the band's use of the internet…
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