notes for today

Bob Dylan hit #1 with Modern Times. Good for him. With Johnny Cash gone for a couple of years now, there are only a few historically significant singer-songwriters from the mid-1900's still putting out work. Dylan, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and the Rolling Stones (I know, I know).

We got our new LocalRec gear today, and it's dynamic. And Atlanta people, make sure to check out our friends with BLINK at the Granite Room for an art show/walk. For more info: www.graniteroom.com

So have you seen or heard that Justin Timberlake is covering Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in his live shows? He's also covered "Tennessee" by Arrested Development. Throw in having members of Three 6 Mafia on stage (as well as T.I.) and playing guitar and even beat-boxing and rapping (and not badly - according to reports) I will admit it ... I wouldn't mind seeing J.T. in concert. He's an easy target for a lot of the music snobs out there, but face it, the guy has talent.

Sony is cutting distribution of the PS3 to half what was originally projected. $1k holiday gift anyone?

While I (note: no "we" here) am killing my cred with some people, I'll go ahead and admit that in 1995, I really enjoyed Everclear. "Heroin Girl" and "My Sexual Life" are two of my fav songs from that time-frame. I saw a note today that the drummer from Everclear is in some group called the Oohlas. They're on Island Records (welcome back by the way) so who knows.

Finally, today's video is from everyone's band de jour, Hot Chip. Yes, I know this song is getting close to "Crazy" and "D.A.R.E" overplay status, but what the hell. But for several days I've had a DeadJournalist.com reader request that I post the video, so chaulk this one up for the people.

PS - I have an interview that I've been working on for a couple of days, so it will go up today or tomorrow.