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Pitchfork lets us know the Mojave 3 tourdates:

10-29 Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Palace
10-30 Chicago, IL – The Abbey
11-01 Minneapolis, MN – TBA
11-03 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
11-05 San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s
11-07 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
11-08 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
11-10 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

I need to move to Chicago.

I was an emusic member for over a year, it was great. I ended my account awhile back, and it looks like many people are about to do the same.

eMusic, having been acquired by Dimensional Associates LLC, has eliminated its all-you-can-download plan (the only thing that made the service worth the $10 a month), in favor of a 40-download-a-month plan, with a “premium” $15 plan that gets you 60 tracks a month. The whole point of digital music is the risk-free grazing — downloading things on the chance that you’ll like them, downloading songs for an occassion (such as Christmas songs, or the time I made my Dad a three-CD set of different versions of “Stormy Weather”), and other forms of no-risk, all-you-can-eat entertainment. Well, eMusic was fun while it lasted. Bye. (full story)

To put it in perspective: for $10 you could have downloaded the entire Matador Records catalog. Tell me something better than that, and I’ll shine your shoes. Unfortunately, this deal is now gone.

Congratulations to our friends Loretta for being the 7th most added record today on nationwide college radio according to CMJ this week. 89 radio stations reported that they were added to their playlists.

Good numbers. Keep up the momentum!

Fred Durst and his Limp Bizkit bandmates were sued today in Chicago by 172 concertgoers who claim they were ripped off when the rap/rock group ended a July performance after only 17 scintillating minutes. (full story)

There’s so many other Limp Bizkit jokes to make, but I’m taking the high road here.

In other news, the donewaiting.com humor column/fan shrine Durst Watch will be returning soon, with a new team of writers.

Rolling Stone gives the new album four stars. I am really loving this record.

I love that MTV show. My favorite Jessica Simpson line: “I have bubbles in my tummy…It’s just air. It’s not stink. Promise.” More comedy gold found in that link.

Mick & Stevie are doing a webchat tomorrow night for the Vic & Gill programme on BBC Radio One. You can ask questions now by visiting this link

I bet you were wondering how the Glasgow Frank Black concert was. Luckily for you, donewaiting.com was there. Tell us, Steve:

Seriously, they play three Pixies songs, and each time, the audience erupts, and I wonder how it must feel to be out on the road in 2003, with people only coming to see you for a glimpse of a band from a dozen years ago. And, as the Catholics energetically romp through Cactus, I wonder how they?re feeling about the ever-increasing clamour for a Pixies reunion. And I feel sad, and I feel bitter, and I feel guilty. And I?ve still got mixed feelings, amplified by this gig, about a Pixies reunion. But I know that I?d be there. I still haven?t listened to the new album. (full review)

Yes, I know we’re becoming a Ted Leo fansite. But when the guy puts out the best album of the year (so far), we do what we must do. Read our review of Ted’s Los Angeles show here and/or check out a review of Ted’s recent Cleveland concert there.

My good friend Steve Slaybaugh spent eight days on the road with Two Cow Garage, writing about the whole experience. It’s now live and ready for you to read.

While MTV might have you believe otherwise, life on the road for most rock ?n? roll bands is not an endless series of parties and orgies moving from one city to another on gigantic, plush tour buses. No, for most acts the tour circuit is a hard road, with uncertainty at every turn: Will anyone come to the show? Will the van break down? Will there be enough money for gas to get to the next town? Will there be any left over to eat? (full story)

It really is a great read.