Happy Friday and Stuff

What a beaut of a day...misc stuff....

Bob is BACK!! Robert Pollard will be touring again kids. Sounds like a show at the Southgate House (THE SOUTHGATE HOUSE!!!!!), the Metro, and a show in NY City...late November / early December. We will most definitely be in Newport and Chicago. NY...we will see. HELL YEAH!!!

Not "official" I guess, since nothing's up on the Robert Pollard website just yet, but I'm sure there's been word around Postal Blowfish, which I haven't peeped in quite a while. Maybe it's time to lurk a bit...

Here's the scoop from Paste Magazine: Robert Pollard Announces New Albums, Return to Stage.

How much longer will Bob continue to tour? If you're aware of what happened last fall, there's gotta be some serious doubts. To NOT be at the Southgate House for this show would be just plain dumb. To be there would be pretty much EVERYTHING.

oh..., and if you haven't heard, his 2 new albums will be released on Merge in October. Very nice.
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The Thome-ster is town!! Which means I'll be welcoming his "entourage" (well, ok...Clarke and his entourage) in about 3+ hours. More to report on Monday.

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Pitchfork Fest in 1 month!!! If you snoozed on tickets for Friday's Sonic Youth show, or the 3 days passes...you're outta luck. Sold Out! Single day Saturday and Sunday passes ARE still available.

confid to Dennis if you're checking in: a lil bird told me yens are "out." that pretty much sucks. COME ON!! LET'S GO!! At least make it out for Sunday's line-up.

Here's the Klaxons (Sunday). They've been playing this track on XMU. Heard their live act is "interesting" and "fun." We will see.

(left click to play; right click to download)
::The Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow::



Check out their myspace page for more

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One more note from those 2 La Liga matches last Saturday. I'd heard that Barcelona offered Zaragoza 15,000 pounds/player if they would've beat Real Madrid. And...this is perfectly legal (although you can NOT pay someone to lose, obviously). That's kinda cool. If any of you futbol affectionatos know about this...I'd love to know more.

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MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP!


Sid's the Man. Youngest player since Gretzky to get the Hart Trophy. Maybe more impressive, he was voted the MVP amongst his peers, getting the Pearson Trophy as well. Gino Malkin gets the Calder as the Rookie of the Year. It's a beautiful thing.

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and finally...