News and Notes 
Beware of new Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
A release date for an album PR folk are calling Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s “biggest” and “most ambitious” yet has been set for March 17, 2009. The album, to be called Beware, is slated for release on Drag City. Pitch Perfect PR’s ambitious in its own right press release has this description of the new record: […]
News and Notes: Fake news, no onion
A week after anarchists planted fake USA Today cover wraps with the headline “Capitalism Wins At The Polls” in newspaper boxes around the country (I found a stack of them at my bus stop), corporate pranksters The Yes Men have reportedly succeeded in producing and distributing entire copies of a fake 2009 New York Times edition […]
News and Notes: Merton documentary to debut
Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk who was one of the most important spiritual voices of the 20th century, is celebrated in a new PBS documentary by filmmaker Morgan Atkinson. Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton will air on Dec. 14, 2008, a few days after the 40th anniversary of Merton’s death on Dec. 10. […]
News and Notes: Hypermiling word of the year
A word coined in 2004 for attempting “to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techniques” has been named the 2008 Oxford Word of the Year, according to the Oxford University Press USA blog. Hypermiling beat out frugalista (a person who leads a frugal lifestyle, but stays fashionable and […]
New Loney Dear record announced
From a press release: The Polyvinyl Record Co. is pleased to announce the signing of Sweden’s Loney Dear, who will release its new album, Dear John, on the label on Jan. 27, 2009. “We are so excited to be working with Loney Dear. Loney, Noir has been an office favorite since it came out so […]
News and Notes: Netflix for Mac
In case you are a Mac user and haven’t heard or figured it out yet, the Watch Instantly feature that used to be the only reason I envied my wife’s PC is now available to Mac users. It’s still in beta, but so far it’s worked pretty well for me. If you’re looking for […]
‘Literally’ annoying phrases
Some Oxford University researchers recently “put their heads together” and compiled a top 10 list of irritating and overused phrases, some grammatically incorrect and others just plain annoying. The list appears in a new book called “Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare.” Here they are from the home office in Oxford, England. 1 – […]
News and Notes: Time running out to see Danielson doc
If you haven’t seen it already, time is running out on Pitchfork TV’s one-week screening of Danielson: A Family Movie. Click HERE now to watch. There’s only one day left. For trivia’s sake, some of the footage in the film was shot at a Tangzine show at Kemble Memorial UMC in Woodbury. Tangzine Editor […]