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Hip-hop artist Eminem will proceed with a concert in Denver Thursday despite a tour-bus crash near Kansas City that sent 12 people to hospitals. (full story)

Looking to jam with other likeminded musicians but can’t seem to find any in your neighborhood? The internet has the answer.

Ninjam is a program to allow people to make real music together via the Internet. Every participant can hear every other participant. Each user can also tweak their personal mix to his or her liking.

[credz]

The Shins Will Change Your Life is a blog that just quotes parts of album reviews that are a little over the top. No links, no commentary, just the parts of reviews that make them both great and terrible.

An example:

With no bad tracks here, Maria Taylor has produced a glorious record. On first listen there may not be much to distinguish it from the seemingly endless line of female singer/songwriters, but after a few plays the subtle nuances of the album work their way into your brain, and you’ll soon be wondering how you’ve lived so long without having these songs in your life.

Congratulations to donewaiting.com writer Chip Midnight for becoming a dad for the third time. Welcome to the world Piper Amelia Midnight:

Chip is well on his way to creating his all-girl Patridge Family band!

Sorry for the lack of updates the last few days, I’ve been a nonstop puking machine. I think the horror is over, though.

ANYWAY …

Listen to some tracks of the upcoming Devendra album here.

[credz brooklyn vegan]

Sigur Ros is maintaining a site on Flicker to share photos while they’re tour.

(via kottke.org)

For those of you who prefer a more web-based experience when listening to podcasts, might we recommend Odeo. It’s from the dudes that brought you the Blogger tool.

You can find the donewaiting.com podcast on Odeo here.

They realized that interrupting the Pink Floyd reunion to cut to an MTV VJ might not have been the best thing. Whoopsies.

Acknowledging it blew last weekend’s coverage, MTV and sister channel VH1 will air 10 straight hours of musical performances pulled from the Live 8 shows on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. ET/PT. VH1 will carry the special from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; MTV will pick it up from 3 to 8 p.m.

And here’s the most interesting news: the special reprise of the Live 8 shows will run without commercials. (full story)

The Decemberists have announced their “Flight of the Mistle Thrushes” tour for late 2005! The rotating slate of opening acts includes Cass McCombs, Sons and Daughters, Built to Spill and Petra Haden and the Sellout Choir.

The full list of tour dates is here and a special non-Ticketmaster pre-sale has been arranged here!

While going through some old records he was recently given as a gift, Captain Exploder came across a little known compilation featuring garage rock bands from Columbus, OH. The album was recorded in 1966, and Mr. Exploder was kind enough to convert the vinyl to MP3s. Get all the mp3s here!

I love this sort of thing.