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The Rub is one of our favorite music blogs. In fact we had the author, Paul Cox, write last week’s Tuesday Three.

I went to the blog today and was greeted with this message:

I’m currently getting more enjoyment out of reading other people’s blogs than I get writing in my own. I didn’t want to put up an official goodbye message or anything because that seems either a bit conceited or unnecessarily cryptic. Besides, there’s a good chance I may come back to it. I’m just taking (at least) a couple weeks off to clear my thoughts and decide whether or not I wish to continue.

If The Rub comes back we’ll be right there loving it like we always did. If not we still think Paul is a nicey.

I wish there was a travelling music festival that interested me. Seriously.

The musical lineup, on two stages, was unambitious. On the main stage were Audioslave, Incubus, Queens of the Stone Age, the Donnas, the Distillers and Jurassic 5 ? grunge, punk and a smattering of hip-hop, as if music’s vanguard hadn’t changed in a decade. There was no electronica, no garage rock, no rhythm-and-blues and only a nod to the emo that now reigns on college campuses, with the band Billy Talent. The second stage seemed designed to deter listeners, with narrow entrances and competing noise from karaoke singers. Moby’s recent Area festivals have now out-Lollapalooza’d the founder. (full story)

Washington Post has a really good write up about the end of The Dismemberment Plan. Looks like everyone in the band will be up to something interesting, one way or another.

[found via largehearted boy]

Chip Midnight writes the donewaiting.com column Atomic Ned but he’s also the d()()d who runs Swizzle-Stick.com.

Recently Chip received word that one of his Swizzle writers, Ryan Nelson, died. He has written a very moving tribute to Ryan and you can read it right here.

As mentioned earlier this week, donewaiting.com favorite 84 Nash are playing in Los Angeles this week. Tonight they’re at the Viper Room. Go there. Fall in love. Rock till you die. Buy the bands alcohol. Tell the lead singer Kevin that you’re from donewaiting.com and he’ll love you as much as you love their music.

Go. This is not a recommendation, this is an order.

So old.

From a Rolling Stone Interview:

Are you surprised by how much this record upset some people?

I think I feel bad for them because I wanted them to like it. I wanted them to have enough flexibility to say, “Well it’s not what I expected, she’s never going to make Guyville again but the tunes are kind of catchy and I can enjoy them.” I didn’t intend to hurt anyone, and I wasn’t trying to make anyone upset or let them down. I just made a record that I really like, and I worked pretty hard on it. I’m the kind of person that likes all sorts of music — I just want to hear really good music and I don’t care what it is. I assumed, I guess too much, that other people feel that way. Music is art and can be enjoyed at many levels for different reasons, but I think for a lot of people it was like I was in office and had an affair. There was a sense that a scandal had happened.

And, of course, our conversation about this record in the donewaiting.com message board continues to rage on and on.

Friday relief: girls in bikinis using power tools with some electroclash music behind it. Requires Quicktime.

This year’s models, in more than one way.

(I have no idea why I’m linking this)

Steve Miller, writer of the donewaiting.com UK column England Made Me gives us a nice account of Buffalo Tom and where they fit into his life:

I know that a lot of people see Buffalo Tom as workmanlike, as little more than a footnote to the whole college rock slacker Winnebago of the early nineties, but a lot of people can be wrong, and overlooking Buffalo Tom means they?re missing out on a substantial back catalogue of wrought guitar anthems and tender ballads. (full story)

A very pleasurable read.

So many announcements!

We’re happy to unveil to beautiful designs of the first ever donewaiting.com t-shirt. Check them out, y’all!

If everything goes according to plan, we’ll have them ready in time for the next donewaiting.com show on August 16 @ Red-16. But there’s a catch.

Our initial run of t-shirts is very limited, so we’ve decided to take pre-orders on the sizes. If you’re interested in buying one, and are in the Columbus OH area, please send an e-mail to tshirt@donewaiting.com with your size preference (youth sizes available) and your phone number, and we’ll get the t-shirt to you by August 16. We’re only accepting the first 30 emails from Columbus OH people. The price is $12.

If you’re not in the Columbus OH area, and are interested, send us an email and we’ll let you know when the second run of t-shirts are done (September).

The shirts are brand name 5.5 oz. Heavy Weight Pre-Shrunk 100% Cotton T-Shirts. They are going to look so freaking cool. All money earned from the sales will go back into the site.

In time we’ll have a nice automated credit card purchase plan for the site, but right now we’re hella D.I.Y.