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WOXY has launched a new blog, The Futurist. It’s being managed primarily by Joe Long, WOXY DJ and owner of donewaiting.com’s distant cousin (twice removed) blog, Each Note Secure.

I’ve always thought the idea of a blog on WOXY was a bit of a no-brainer so it’s good to see it’s finally happening. Real nice design, too.

Count on Ted Leo to combine promotion of his most excellent new album with a good cause by teaming up with PETA2 for a fun giveaway. Here’s the skinny from Touch & Go:

It’s your turn to put the words in Ted’s (and Chris’s and Dave’s) mouth. The top ten entries to submit a caption for the following Ted Leo and the Pharmacists press photo will win a Ted Leo and the Pharmacists scarf, autographed copy of “Living With the Living,” Ted Leo prescription pads and a bunch of other fanboy gems.



The grand prize for the best caption we find will receive all of these prizes plus two tickets to the Ted Leo and the Pharmacists spring show in their city, a Peta2 “I Am Not A Nugget” hip bag and other sweet Peta2 items.



Send entries to contest@tgrec.com. Captions should be pasted into the body of the email (no attachments) and describe, in the participants words, what is taking place in the photo. Please, limit captions to 50 words maximum.

The contest ends Thursday, April 5 at 12:00 a.m. The entries will then be delivered in an electric car to Mr. Leo’s doorstep, where he will read each and every single one (no mash notes, please) and render his decision on who wins. Good luck!

Click the above image to enlarge for a better view of what you’ve got to work with, baby.

As Brooklyn Vegan has reported, Columbus rapper/producer Blueprint is doing it big. Print is playing the Rock the Bells Hip Hop Festival, which also has performances by Wu-Tang, Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, MF Doom, Mos Def and pretty much everyone else that has been important recently. The Festival takes place in California and New York.

In other Weightless Show News:

Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove and Envelope will be embarking on a national tour this Spring.

29 Mar Casa Cantina (Ohio University) Athens, Ohio
30 Mar Loading Dock Traverse City, Michigan
31 Mar Twins Bar Duluth, Minnesota
1 Apr The Aquarium Fargo, North Dakota
4 Apr Oasis Cafe & Pub Fairborn, Ohio
5 Apr Topcats Cincinnati, Ohio
6 Apr Hangar 9 Carbondale, Illinois
7 Apr Uncle Pleasants Louisville, Kentucky
8 Apr The Hideaway Johnson City, Tennessee
9 Apr The Emerald Lounge Asheville, North Carolina
13 Apr The Terrace Pasadena, California
14 Apr The Honey Bee Hive San Diego, California
15 Apr The Vaudville Cabaret Tuscon, Arizona
16 Apr Cafe Hookah Las Vegas, Nevada
18 Apr TBA Santa Fe, New Mexico
19 Apr Zeppelins Pub El Paso, Texas
20 Apr The Limelight San Antonio, Texas
21 Apr The Mooch & Burn Tulsa, Oklahoma
22 Apr Blue Room at Billards Springfield, Missouri
23 Apr The Sapphire Lounge Columbia, Missouri
24 Apr Picador Iowa City, Iowa
25 Apr The Waiting Room Omaha, Nebraska
26 Apr Monks House Of Jazz Salt Lake City, Utah
27 Apr The Green Room Reno, Nevada
28 Apr Mustang Club Modesto, California

Music consumption moves at an uncomfortable rate for a lot of music bloggers. You barely spend any time enjoying a new album before you’re off downloading and listening to something new that’s not out for 3 more months. I can usually keep up with the race, but man I’m falling behind lately.

I place the blame mostly on the death of my computer. Since early February, I’ve had to share an iBook with my girlfriend. Besides the usual “I WANNA USE THE COMPUTER NO ME” fist fights, things are generally very civil. I can partition out my own iTunes library and do my thang. But because I’m jacking her hard drive space, I’ve downloaded less, ripped less things into iTunes, and ultimately, less albums onto my iPod. Less consumption.

I’m just getting around to listening to the new LCD Soundsystem record. I’ve not downloaded that National single, nor have I listened to the Panda Bear album. I mean, I’m still enjoying the new Air album and OMG that’s like 3 weeks old!!!!!!!!!!!

In the end this is probably a good thing. Re-train my brain to enjoy listening to music pre-internet, when I actually remembered song titles and lyrics.

You can now pre-order Wilco’s upcoming Sky Blue Sky from MusicToday. T-shirts and a double vinyl set (which includes the CD) are also available.

Check out the good here.

The A.V. Club: So, answer the CMJ suits: Why not go to a bigger label?

Ted Leo: There’s three things I have to say about that. The first one is “Because, fuck them.” That’s been my whole life—just fuck this whole world. The second thing is that I actually have thought about it, and I think it would be a really bad decision for me. I think someone of my age, and who makes the kind of music that I make—they would have to make their investment in me pay off. Especially with the current state of the major music world, they’d have to completely change my M.O. I would, for better or for worse, wind up alienating, I’m 100 percent sure, a large percentage of the audience I’ve built for the last 20 years. In some ways, you want to be able to retain your freedom to do whatever you want, so also fuck the naysayers if that ever happened, but at the same time, I know why they’d be upset. Because I grew up a punk kid who felt the same way. I just don’t think it would work, on any front.

Read the full interview here.

• NPR Bites Back: Files Motion Against RIAA Internet Rate Increase
  You can mess with college students. You can mess with Apple and Microsoft and Sony. But when you mess with NPR you’re getting a fight!
  (tags: npr riaa radio)
• The Hold Steady – “Stuck Between Stations”
  new video

You can stream new albums by Ted Leo, El-P, LCD Soundsytem and more over at Spinner.

Keep up with our SXSW coverage over on the SXSW blog.

A lot of details to be posted on Pitchfork tomorrow. Confirmed bands so far:

Girl Talk
Powerhouse Sound
Cat Power
Clipse
Grizzly Bear
Professor Murder
Jamie Lidell
Of Montreal
…and more!
— This time it’s three days long. July 13-15 (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The location remains the same — Union Park, Chicago, IL — and the tickets will go on sale this Monday (March 12) at 12pm CST.

Since the festival has added a third night to the event (!), prices will be as follows:

$45 for a 3-day pass

$35 for a Saturday/Sunday 2-day pass

$25 per day for Saturday & Sunday

$15 for Friday only

There will be a limited number of 2-day and 3-day passes for sale, which are not expected to last long.

– Pitchfork teaming up with “All Tomorrow’s Parties” for this event.

– More details on http://pitchforkmusicfestival.com