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Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
The grammar nazi in me cringed when I first heard the title (can sugarcane be used as an adjective?) but it became a little easier to hold in check once I discovered that “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane” was the name of a forthcoming “mostly acoustic” Elvis Costello record due out in June. Stereogum has the 4-1-1.
Online overkill – Week of March 16
Good, bad, annoying and indifferent, these were the topics that burned a hole in my RSS feed this week. AIG. The best thing about this outrageous story being EVERYWHERE this week were the photos like this one of Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo accompanying blog posts about the insanity of taxpayer-funded bonuses for poorly performing executives. Barack Obama’s NCAA picks. […]
Saved by the FNL 90210
Rumors are swirling that suggest diehard Friday Night Lights fans might not have to beg, plead and send light bulbs to NBC to keep the show on the air for two more seasons. As much as I love this show and would like to see it continue, I too wonder what would happen with some […]
Join our bracket-breaker
We have a group bracket again over at the New York Times Web site. You can join it by clicking HERE. As in previous years, the winner gets free music and bragging rights for a whole year like last year’s winner Kevin Wolf.
Dylan No. 46 announced
Bob Dylan’s 46th release was officially announced today by Columbia Records. Together Through Life, his first new studio album since Modern Times in 2006, will be released on April 28, according to a press release.
Online Overkill – week of March 8
Good, bad, annoying or indifferent, these are the stories that got the most play or not enough in my blog reader this week. The coming evangelical collapse. As much as I enjoy Michael Spencer’s Internet Monk blog, I thought he went a little thick with the sensationalism on his evangelical collapse posts back in January. […]
WBC Magic
WOW. Who said lightning doesn’t strike twice? As a diehard Cubs fan, I hate that Carlos Marmol was the guy to blow it, but I’m officially sold on the World Baseball Classic now thanks to those crazy underdogs from The Netherlands. Incredible.
Glowing and wild-eyed
“In a music landscape often dominated by twenty-somethings and their casio beats, Dan Zimmerman descends from the mountain glowing and wild-eyed, the madman prophet singing molassed-gravel sonnets and with a burlap sack of rattlesnakes slung over his shoulder. A supreme joy and danger to listen to.” -Michael Kaufman, of Asthmatic Kitty, talking about the forthcoming […]