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31 Down, 21 To Go "Armegeddon in Retrospect" (52 Books, 52 Weeks)
Armegeddon in Retrospect collects twelve unpublished essays and stories by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and was published last year on the first anniversary of his death. With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continuing, the world wide financial meltdown, the satire and wisdom of the author ...
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Shorties (Mountain Goats Tour EP, Cure Covers, and more)
The Mountain Goats have released a 4-song tour EP online, Satanic Messiah , and are releasing the digital version on a "pay-as-you-go" format. There will be 666 double-7" vinyl copies available on the band's tour and in limited numbers at mail-order outlets. Stream Just Like Heaven: A ...
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Daily Downloads (Henry Clay People, Ford & Fitzroy, and more)
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: DM Stith : "Thanksgiving Moon" [mp3] from Curtain Speech EP (out December 9th) DM Stith : "Be My Baby" [mp3] from Curtain Speech EP (out December 9th) other DM Stith posts at Largehearted Boy Ford & Fitzroy : "Las Vegas Blush" [mp3] from  ...
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Book Notes - Peter Selgin ("Drowning Lessons")
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. Every year I look forward to the announcement of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction winners. No literary honor has introduced me to more ...
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Shorties (Richard Belzer the Writer, Liz Phair the Writer?, and more)
Richard Belzer talks to USA Today about the co-author of his novel, I Am Not a Cop! "He would take what I wrote and get it in shape. He was the Ezra Pound to my T.S. Eliot," referring to Pound helping Eliot edit his works. Liz Phair a budding novelist? The Los Angeles Times ...
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Daily Downloads (Wilderness, My Morning Jacket, and more)
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Age Rings : "Caught Up in the Sound" [mp3] from Rock and Roll Is Dead other Age Rings posts at Largehearted Boy Anya Marina : "Move You" [mp3] from Slow & Steady Seduction, Phase II (out December 9th) other Anya Marina posts at Largehearted ...
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Book Notes - Jonathan Carroll ("The Ghost in Love")
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. Jonathan Carroll does magic with his latest novel, The Ghost in Love . He creates not only a story, but a world (complete with ghosts, the angel of ...
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Book Notes - Eric Grubbs ("POST")
Music blogger Eric Grubbs (founder of Theme Park Experience ) has published a book, POST: A Look at the Influence of Post-Hardcore-1985-2007 . The book is already earning comparisons to Michael Azerrad's essential Our Band Could Be Your Life . The Dallas Observer wrote of the book: ...
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Shorties (Crooked Fingers, Patterson Hood, and more)
Crawdaddy! interviews Crooked Fingers frontman Erich Bachmann about releasing the band's latest album on their own. Crawdaddy!: You’ve worked with a number of different labels over your career—Warm, Merge, Saddle Creek. You have a good sense of how independent labels operate, as well as have ...
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Daily Downloads (Volcano Suns remasters, Hospital Ships, and more)
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Hospital Ships : "Bitter Radio Single" [mp3] from Oh, Ramona (out October 21st) Hospital Ships : "Baby for J." [mp3] from Oh, Ramona (out October 21st) Hospital Ships : "The Shots I Drank" [mp3] from Oh, Ramona (out October 21st) other ...
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Try It Before You Buy It (October 7th Music Releases)
Try It Before You Buy It features free and legal music downloads and full album streams from the week's music releases . MP3 downloads and full album streams from music released this week : Annuals: Such Fun full album stream "Confessor" [mp3] Bob Dylan: Tell Tale ...
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Note Books - Kim Salmon (The Darling Downs)
The Note Books series features musicians discussing their literary side. Past contributors have included John Darnielle , John Vanderslice , and others. Kim Salmon was a member of the Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon, and The Surrealists, and his current band is the duo, the Darling ...
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Shorties (Chrissie Hynde, Liz Phair, and more)
Rolling Stone interviews Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders . NPR is streaming Liz Phair's West Hollywood performance of Exile in Guyville . Pitchfork interviews Lambchop's Kurt Wagner. Pitchfork: How does your background in visual art inform your music? KW: With ...
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Daily Downloads (Shearwater, Annuals, and more)
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Anavan : "Boom" [mp3] from Cover Story (out November 11th) other Anavan posts at Largehearted Boy Annuals : "Confessor" [mp3] from Such Fun other Annuals posts at Largehearted Boy Au Revoir Simone : “Lark (Ruff And Jam’s remix)” from ...
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This Week's Interesting Music Releases October 7th, 2008)
I have been streaming tracks for the last week from Bob Dylan's latest album in his "bootleg" series, Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol. 8 , and am looking forward to picking up a copy of the 2-disc release tomorrow. I only wish I could afford the $100+ deluxe edition , which ...
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This Week's Interesting DVD Releases (October 7th, 2008)
The eleventh season of The Simpsons hits store shelves tomorrow. Fans of the show are often split about when the series peaked, but any season that includes the brilliant "Tomacco" and "Missionary: Impossible" episodes deserves a spot in my media library, Other television releases ...
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Shorties (Ryan Adams, Girl Talk, and more)
Neal Casal talks to the Des Moines Register about the new Ryan Adams and the Cardinals album, Cardinology . "I think this record will be the turning point where fans will really get comfortable with the change," Casal said. "They're still getting all the personality and dynamics he ...
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Daily Downloads (Mercury Rev, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, and more)
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Hush Arbors : "Follow Closely" [mp3] from Hush Arbors (out October 21st) other Hush Arbors posts at Largehearted Boy Marcio Local : "Samba Sem Nenhum Problema" [mp3] from Luaka Bop's 3 Inches of Music Series (LBOP-3003) (out October 14th)  ...
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30 Down, 22 To Go "Potential" (52 Books, 52 Weeks)
Potential is subtitled, "The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag," and captures the cartoonist in a brutally honest fashion during the emotionally challenging time of young adulthood. Perhaps the most impressive thing about this graphic novel is that it is an actual memoir, ...
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Shorties (Robert Pollard, Pretenders, and more)
Robert Pollard talks to the Chicago Sun-Times about his songwriting and collage artwork. The reason it works, Pollard said, is because he doesn't approach anything he does as a conventional songwriter. "I consider myself a collage artist," he said. That claim is now validated by ...
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