in more news of the weird, my hometown has it's own scene report, which doesn't even look that lame. the nyabinghi is a great little club if you ever blow through on I-80 on tour or towards points west, stop by to meet some real hardcore biker types who do a mean karaoke.

other news: bulgarian folk music rules. was reading 'may it fill your soul,' by timothy rice and listening in on the enclosed CD, which is a great idea and not just bc the book was published in the mid-90s. the gaida, a sort of (how can i define this w/o being a classist, racist asshole?) bagpipe with a turkish flare, has the loveliest drone i've heard since the verve's 'storm in heaven.' esp. when a weird talking lilt is added. check it out.

am listening to the capitol years album and not hating it like i hated their asskissing 'meet yr acres.' i haven't spent much time with the 'dead, but i think i might like this more if i had.

more news of the weird: big champagne is the most amusing cottage industry to arise from the 'download revolution' since the proliferation of words with the suffix -ster started in '01. those guys are doing the right thing: skimming free info from the pirates and then selling it to the majors as 'early adopter' marketing info so that the labels will know how to market their $19 CDs. EXCELLENT! now, all we need to do is nuse this internet thing and everything will be normal again.