The News: Because you can’t spell Madcap without DC

We’ll be brief today, there’s quite a bit going on. 

–Salon.com writes about and talks with Chuck Klosterman about his first novel Downtown Owl.

Here’s a short excerpt from that article: But Chuck Klosterman seems to be getting a little sick of Chuck Klosterman. Even his most distinguishing quality — his ability to ramble endlessly, but meaningfully, about the ephemera of American culture — is wearing on him these days.

In his September 2008 column for Esquire, he writes, “I find myself growing more and more depressed about all the things I used to love … It’s not difficult to be the cop in the car watching the meth lab, but you will drive yourself sad. You’ll find yourself thinking, Maybe the meth lab will blow up … But it doesn’t blow up. It just sits there, falling apart and declining in value, while the people inside lose their teeth and get crazy high.”

– Weight in on Vh1’s list of the best rap songs. Where’s tech? Here’s a short bit about it. 

-Myspace Music will launch sometime this morning. Sadly, all our major labels will be taking a part in this as will amazonmp3, Mcdonalds, State Farm Insurance, Toyota, Jamster Ringtones and perhaps ticketmaster at a later date. Read more at DMN.

 

-From Salon.com‘s How the World Works, an article about Bush’s speech about the current economic situation.

-Barack Obama in Men’s Health magazine??? Read more

The latest on Travis Barker from the AP.

Sep 24th, 2008 | COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina police officer says he listened in disbelief as two men he saw running from blazing plane wreckage described how they escaped the inferno. Lt. Josh Shumpert said Wednesday he later learned the men were former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM. Shumpert had kept the badly burned men talking as they waited for medical help Friday night after the crash in Columbia. The musicians were the only survivors. Two pilots and two passengers were killed. Barker told Shumpert they slid down the plane’s wings before rolling around on the ground to put out flames on their clothing. He said Barker was screaming and seemed to be in intense pain.

And that’s all for today, enjoy your Thursday.

Smashing Pumpkins 20th Anniversary Tour

As previously stated on their website, The Smashing Pumpkins are set to embark on a twenty stop, twentieth anniversary tour. While the tour will not include half of the original band, they’ll continue touring and recording under the band’s original name. Here are the dates. Oh, and the “Black Sunshine and White Crosses”… When the band plays two dates in the same city they plan on playing different sets so that fans won’t see the same songs twice… 

10-26 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre (Bridge School Benefit)
11-01 Cleveland, OH – Palace Theatre
11-03 Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall (“Black Sunshine”)
11-04 Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall (“White Crosses”)
11-06 New York, NY – United Palace Theatre (“Black Sunshine”)
11-07 New York, NY – United Palace Theatre (“White Crosses”)
11-08 Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata
11-11 Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall (“Black Sunshine”)
11-12 Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall (“White Crosses”)
11-14 Boston, MA – Wang Center (“Black Sunshine”)
11-15 Boston, MA – Wang Center (“White Crosses”)
11-16 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
11-18 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre (“Black Sunshine”)
11-19 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre (“White Crosses”)
11-21 Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre (“Black Sunshine”)
11-22 Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre (“White Crosses”)
11-26 St. Louis, MO – Fox Theatre
11-30 San Diego, CA – RIMAC Arena
12-02 Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre (“Black Sunshine”)
12-03 Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre (“White Crosses”)

The News: Because you can’t spell Hardcore without DC.

The best of the best courtesy of the internet!

–Pitchfork interviews David Byrne.

-Download Bob Dylan’s latest offering at amazon.com

-T-Mobile has another announcement regarding the Google Phone. Read here

-Not that you should care, but friends of Fabakis The Birthday Massacre put out another album. We played  ashow with them when we were in the 9th grade… Check out a review of their album on PopMatters and try to remember when your heyday was. Fabakis does not endorse The Birthday Masssacre in any way shape or form.

–PopMatters also reviewed Chuck Klosterman’s first novel Downtown Owl. Check it out.

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-Are you planning on voting? Do you like Wilco and or Fleet Foxes? If you answered yes to either of those questions, pledge to vote on Election Day and receive a mp3 copy of Wilco and Fleet Foxes cover of “I Shall be Released”. Pledge your vote.

Ah, a forgotten gem…

 

Listen/Download:

The Zombies–Care of Cell 44

 

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