Weekend Update
IRAQ PRE-ELECTION NEWS has a short shelf life, so I thought I would post some links while they were still fresh: Insurgent attacks have climbed ahead of the vote starting tonight. The…
Read MoreIRAQ PRE-ELECTION NEWS has a short shelf life, so I thought I would post some links while they were still fresh: Insurgent attacks have climbed ahead of the vote starting tonight. The…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:ALT-RADIO: The Big Ticket is all over the debut of “The Current,” KCMP 89.3 in Mpls, the first two hours of which included Earlimart, Jim White, Ani DiFranco, Luna,…
Read MoreMUSICTHING: It's like Gizmodo or Engadget, but musical. If you need info on a headless folding banjo, this is the place.ON THE PITCHFORK: Wilco announces an expanded version of A Ghost is…
Read MoreLUCINDA WILLIAMS, TIMOTHY LEARY, LEADBELLY, THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS AND A CAST OF THOUSANDS: MSN Music has teamed up with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to make nearly 35,000 historic songs available for download. The…
Read MoreCHARLOTTE HATHERLEY: Mojitos and a Fender Jag make her 80s-stylin' video for “BASTARDO” pop. You can stream it from her home page. ON THE PITCHFORK: A review of the two new discs…
Read MoreIT’S THE MOST DEPRESSING DAY OF THE YEAR, according to Dr. Cliff Arnall, so take a few moments to cheer yourself up with the following: RILO KILEY is profiled in advance of…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: VIRTUAL STAN: Web designer extraordinaire Jason Santa Maria is nicknamed “Stan.” As a gift, one of his friends, Rob Weychert, created Virtual Stan. Hear him sing “Roxanne.” DO…
Read MoreBLUES LEGEND ROBERT JOHNSON may have been recorded at the wrong speed. CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN has its gear stolen…again. FUEL singer Brett Scallion dropped the f-bomb at Tuesday’s Inaugural Youth Party (albeit…
Read MoreKINKY FRIEDMAN, the “best-selling author, country singer and friend to the stray dog,” will run for Governor of Texas in 2006. NEW JIBJAB CARTOON, just in time for Inauguration day. CATS AND DOGS are getting…
Read MoreJOHNNY RAMONE memorial unveiled; Nicholas Cage, Vincent Gallo, Rick Rubin, Rod Zombie and others attend. THE RASPBERRIES: Ken King will kill me for not noticing they were coming to Chicago (Actually, Ken…
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