And, as usual, no one from Kansas City is on it. Yet. (You will be glad to know, however, that Dananananaykroyd, from Glasgow, is.)
A coworker was wondering aloud today whether the festival would be as big this year because of the economy. Many of the unsigned acts that flood the city -- playing free shows any place that will have them, paying all their own expenses, sleeping in the van and so forth -- probably won't be able to go this year. And in past years, that's precisely how Kansas City
After guitarist Ryan Caddell left Marasmus a few months ago, the group scrapped most of its existing recordings. Only "Casket Made of Ivory" remains on its MySpace page. Fortunately for fans, that lone remaining track is pretty fucking great, balancing technicality, groove and vocal malevolence. Singer Devon Ferrara vows anything that bears the squiggly-sharp Marasmus logo must meet or exceed the standards of that song.
Roy Edroso's Rightbloggers: Exploring the right Wing Blogosphere appears courtesy of our sister paper in New York City, Village Voice.This week Time magazine
had an interesting feature on the Obama Administration's alleged
realization that it needed to strike back at "what the White House
believes to be misleading or simply false claims..." You have to wonder
what took them so long -- and whether such a counter-attack could
possibly do any good.As we've shown here ceaselessly, the rightblogge
A-Ha announced yesterday that they were calling it quits after 25 years as a band:
The group have announced they will mount a farewell tour before disbanding. Only the final date, in Oslo on 4 December 2010, has so far been confirmed.
"We are retiring as a band, not as individuals," the band reassured fans in their statement.
"Change is always difficult and it is easy to get set in one's ways. Now it is time to move on."
The fact that A-Ha was still together was news, which is what makes this
