I haven't gotten the FF album yet, but that's all good news.

I'm one of those people who think that Daniel Johnston album is brilliant.

Me, too.

I'm curious enough to accept an invite from msbelle if/when she gets them.

Turns out I don't need one. I clicked on the "interested in joining" link, entered my email address and a few hours later I was sent an invite.

Oh... unless the invite came from msbelle? But there was nothing on it to indicate that.

nope, not from me. Everyone interested should just do that.

[link]

On April 18, The Village Voice’s music editor Chuck Eddy was fired by Village Voice Media. Mr. Eddy is the 17th employee to leave the paper, either by resignation or termination, since Village Voice Media—then called New Times—assumed control in November. The paper lists 60 editorial positions on its masthead.

According to Voice staffers, New Times has also dismissed The Voice’s three-person fact-checking department and laid off two of the five copy editors. Last month, Mr. Lacey killed interim editor Ward Harkavy’s blog, the Bush Beat. The end-page essay has been discontinued. Voice writers now have to use the New Times stylebook, and according to a source, there are words—including “meta” and “subversive”—that are now banned from the paper.

Someone needs to start a new paper in New York...

Hey, what's Joe Jackson up to these days? He's playing at the Somerville Theater at the end of June with Graham Maby & Dave Houghton. Is it going to be that crooney shit that may permanently blind me due to my eyes rolling back too far in my head, or is he rocking out again?

Wow. I may not agree with or like Chuck Eddy that often, but he sure as hell doesn't deserve that treatment.

I may not agree with or like Chuck Eddy that often, but he sure as hell doesn't deserve that treatment.

No joke. He also wrote the saddest "I just got fired" e-mail ever: [link]

... it would of course be great to keep getting unfathomable piles of promo CDs to listen to every day. Problem is, I can’t tell you yet where to send them; in my neighborhood in Queens, turns out there’s a 10-day waiting list for PO Boxes. As soon as I have one, I’ll be sending you another email, letting you know where to send the music you want me to hear. Meanwhile, if you have ideas about where I should go from here, or if you just want to drop me a note ...

That really sucks. Chuck did a great piece for the Bubblegum book and was very helpful. He doesn't deserve that.

Fucking New Times.

Would it be rude for someone that didn't contribute to the mix to download tracks from those that did? I'm asking for a, er, friend.

I don't think that's rude. Go to.

I am curious if we need to shuffle the schedule to let those who haven't contributed do so sooner than later.