Here are my three favorite entries for the Wilco ticket contest I offered up last week. All three are very good (two are from Ghost ! All song titles have four syllables!), but “Pieholden Suite” nudged just a bit ahead of the pack. Thanks to everyone! Now, then:
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“Pieholden Suite” / Sheila [...]

The cover of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s third LP It’s Blitz! features a striking high-speed camera-captured image of Karen O’s hand smashing a raw egg, sending its innards flying out in the shape of a Y. The 25th letter, of course, has become emblematic for the band in two distinct ways. First and [...]

Hopefully soon, I’ll be able to post two things: some thoughts on 2009 songs and albums thus far (Phoenix, “My Girls,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs, AC Newman, Royksopp), and more excitingly, my take on some of the best stuff to come out of Indiana lately (the Broderick, We Are Hex, Push/Pull, I’m looking in your direction[s]). [...]

Spotted and snapped, oddly enough, while buying my niece a giftcard at the same store.

I’ve never done a concert ticket giveaway before (or any sort of giveaway, for that matter), but this one is too good to pass up. Here’s the sitch: I’ve got two tickets for Wilco’s forthcoming show at the IU Auditorium (April 16th, next Thursday) for two lucky people, because I happen to be [...]

When Jandek played Indianapolis for the first time back in 2006, it was crazy enough to see the guy himself, on what would turn out to be a still-going, cult-expanding (disintegrating?) tour. As he still apparently does, he picked up some local Indy people for support, and here’s part of what I wrote about [...]

“The e-mail, which began, “We’re thrilled that you’ve been admitted to UC San Diego, and we’re showcasing our beautiful campus on Admit Day,” was sent to the entire freshman applicant pool of more than 46,000 students, instead of just the 18,000 who had been admitted, Brown said.”