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Wow - I don't know if I've ever seen that. Some things that jump out: Hell Is Chrome John Stirratt Electric Guitar & Background Vocals Jim O'Rourke Bass Muzzle of Bees John Stirratt Piano & Background Vocals Leroy Bach Bass

Here is a great clip of the band playing Tarpit in what looks like J Mascis's attic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baxuj9l0pZQ

TMZ details Zooey's finances: http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/04/zooey-deschanel-financial-net-worth-divorce/#.TwXP8FaRnTq

Going to see them (with Cracker) in a couple of weeks. Saw them a bunch a long time ago but I don't think I've seen them in about 20 years.

Motel Blues In this town television shuts off at two What can a lonely rock & roller do The beds so big & the sheets are clean Your girlfriend thinks you are nineteen The Styrofoam ice bucket's full of ice Come up to my motel room treat me nice I don't want to make no late night New York Calls I don't want to stare at those ugly grass mat walls Chronologically I know you're young But when you kissed me in the club you bit my tongue I'll write a song for you, put it on my next LP Come up to my motel room, sleep with me There's a bible in the drawer, don't be afraid I'll put up a s

Was pretty disappointed by this. The first half has some interesting stuff and interviews with a bunch of the original No Wave musicians but then it switches to the early 2000s and presents bands like the Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the Liars as the next generation of NYC bands. And then it cuts back to old timers like Lydia Lunch who complain about how these new bands have nothing to them. It's a false comparison to begin with and the old timers just come across as cranky.

I first knew Will Oldham (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) as an actor. He was great as a teenage preacher in John Sayles' movie Matewan.

At TT's?

For $51.7 million. Wow ...

Just got this email from the YLT mailing list: Hi everybody, especially those of you with tickets to next week's shows, We strive to make our Hanukkah shows unpredictable, and in one unfortunate regard we've outdone ourselves this year. I'm going to be a little vague here, but I had a pretty serious health scare earlier this month. I'm well on the way to recovery, but I've not yet been deemed ready to Rock. The good news is . . . well, the good news is I'm on the way to recovery . . . but vis-à-vis next week, the good news is that I've been deemed ready to sit in a chair and play the

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tS2orIE2QUQ#!

Brian Wilson to reunite and tour with the Beach Boys: Hollywood, California – December 16, 2011 – The founding members of The Beach Boys, one of the world's most legendary bands in popular music history, will reunite for a global 50th Anniversary CELEBRATION in 2012. Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks will come together for a new studio album and commemorative catalog releases with Capitol/EMI and a 50-date international tour to begin in April with a headlining performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ("Jazz Fest") as well as ot

I think the song itself is OK - and there is a very nice solo piano version floating around. But to my ears, the version on the album sounds like bad 1980's adult contemporary rock that would be found on the Miami Vice soundtrack or a Lionel Richie album. I just don't care for the cheesy keyboards, the sax solo, the guitar sound. Given how much I like every other song he has put out as Bon Iver, this song just seems out of place and doesn't work for me.

Good one. I like that album much more than I like anything by Modest Mouse.

Thanks for the heads up. I am a fan of Zhang's films, although I have not seen any of his more recent work.

When I saw Bon Iver several months ago Beth/Rest got one of the louder crowd responses. At first I thought people were being sarcastic but then I realized they weren't ...

New Magnetic Fields album out in March. US, Canada, and European tour dates announced and many pre-sale tickets are on sale: http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/ March 6 - HUDSON, NY | Helsinki Hudson March 7 - PHILADELPHIA, PA | Union Transfer March 11 - MINEHEAD, UK | All Tomorrow's Parties March 14, 15, 16 - AUSTIN, TX | SXSW March 18 - VANCOUVER, BC | The Vogue March 19 - SEATTLE, WA | Neptune Theater March 20 - SEATTLE, WA | Neptune Theater March 21 - PORTLAND, OR | Roseland Theater March 23 - LOS ANGELES, CA | Orpheum Theater March 24 - OAKLAND, CA | Fox Theater March 26 - CHICAGO, IL |

Beth/Rest still confuses me ...

Beltmann - wow, thanks for recommending this powerful movie. Watched it last night and I am still thinking about it. It was at once both beautiful to watch and horrible to imagine those events.

Ryan Adams covering Galaxie 500 the other night: http://blog.thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2011/12/09/listen-ryan-adams-covering-galaxie-500-s-quot-blue-thunder-quot-last-night-at-the-orpheum.aspx