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Said between me and “Randy” via AIM regarding Field Day Festival:

randy: sigur ros and radiohead are sure to fuck all night!
duffy: i hear you gotta pay extra to watch that
randy: would you join in?
duffy: do i get an autograph?

The AIM names have been changed to protect the guilty.

Just like the betrayal of Judas to Christ, Evanescence turns their back on Jesus:

Provident Music Distribution, the Christian distribution arm of Zomba, says it will no longer handle Wind-Up Records act Evanescence for the Christian retail market, Billboard Bulletin reports. The move follows published reports in which the band used profanity and made clear that it does not want to be known as a Christian act. (full story)

If you’re like me, you probably didn’t even know Evanescence was a Christian band.

Do you love The Decemberists yet? If not, you will. Soon. Very soon. Here is where they will be on tour:

April 17th (8:30 PM) San Diego, CA, Canes Bar & Grill*
April 18 (8:30 PM) West Hollywood, CA, Troubadour*
April 19 (9 PM) San Francisco, CA, Great American Music Hall*
April 23 (9:00 PM) Eugene, OR, WOW Hall*
April 25 (9:00 PM) Seattle, WA, Crocodile Cafe*
April 26 (8:00 PM) Portland, Oregon, Aladdin Theater*
April 29, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
May 3rd, Top Hat, Missoula, Montana.
May 4th, Myrna Loy Center, Helena, MT.
May 7th, 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN.#
May 9th, Gunther Murphy’s, Chicago, IL.#
May 10th, Catacombs Coffee House, Madison, WI.#
May 12th, Middle East, Boston, MA #%
May 13th, Knitting Factory, NYC#
May 15th, The Quiet Storm, Pittsburgh, PA #
May 16th, Beachland Tavern, Cleveland, OH.#
May 18th, Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA#
May 19th, Replay Lounge, Lawrence, KS#
May 20th, Lion’s Lair, Denver, CO,#
May 21st, Kilby Ct., Salt Lake City, UT.#

*supporting Mason Jennings
# with Jeff Hanson.
% with Mary Lou Lord.

You can get a taste of the band by downloading this MP3: I Dreamt I Was An Architect.

Umm:

LESBIAN pop duo Tatu are calling on girl fans as young as FOURTEEN to join them naked in a mass photo shoot. Sexpots Julia Volkova and Lena Katina, who are both 18, plan to use the picture on the cover of their next album. (full story)

I just don’t know what to say.

Out here in the world of donewaiting.com, we have a New York/New Jersey music column called Bridges and Tunnels by musician Stephen Mejias. He does a fine fine job.

However, as we might suspect, there are other people in NY writing about music. There’s three blogs I recently found and really like. A lot. Please, show them your linkage love:

If you want, you can listen to the entire new Pete Yorn album here via Real Audio. So far so good. I really liked the first one, so I have big expectations for the new record.

And if you don’t like Pete because of his good looks, you really need to get over yourself.

Gawker, one of my favorite NYC gossip sites, went to a recent Fischerspooner concert and have now posted their review. A taste:

Before Wednesday, I had never seen the band perform, but I was already sick of them thanks to near-daily mentions in the Village Voice and overexposure to hipster infestations in Williamsburg that invariably entailed running into someone who would induce small fits of white-hot rage by beginning sentences with “my friend is, like, friends with [Fischerspooner frontman] Casey Spooner, and, like…” (full review)

The rest of the review is a real enjoyable read, so make with the clicky. And then check out the rest of the site.

Shut yo’ mouth!

I gotta be honest: I’m not as excited about Radiohead like I used to be.

That’s all. For now.

I don’t even know where Portsmouth is, but since the review was written by donewaiting.com’s very own Steve Miller, I’ll assume it’s from out there in Englandland.

Anyway, here’s a taste of his touching review:

But I still feel strangely disconnected. Every time the show threatens to take off, with Stolen Car, or Someone?s Daughter, it comes crashing back down to earth again with Pass In Time or Blood Red River, and if it?s not that, Beth?s grounding us in reality by telling a crap joke, or dedicating a song to Mother?s Day, or singing Happy Birthday to somebody in the front row. (full review)

I’ve seen Beth before and she’s good live, not great. I think I’ll stick with her first two albums instead of the live event, thanks.