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LUCINDA 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…

CHARLOTTE 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…

IT’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…

THE 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…

BLUES 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…

KINKY 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…

JOHNNY 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…

MLK DAY: The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't set out to be a great man. He was a Baptist pastor in Montgomery, Alabama, until he became involved in the the 382-day…

SEE THE REPLACEMENTS circa September 5, 1981, in glorious Quicktime, courtesy of Twin/Tone Records. There's even a clip of “Hey, Good Lookin',” which was o­n the flipside of the “I Will Dare”…

THE LAYAWAYS: A shameless plug for Sylvia's boss, but I've disclosed it and have received no compensation, avoiding any Armstrong Williams problem. Plus, I’m all in favor of cool bosses. The Layaways…