The new News Leak is out.  Read it all, but here are highlights:

Some dumbshit evidently thought it would be a good idea to let Liz Phair make another album, as she's working on the follow-up to the godawful one she shat two years ago.

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Son Volt's first studio album since 1997's Wide Swing Tremelo, titled Okemah and the Melody of Riot, is set to make its arrival July 12. Mainman Jay Farrar produced - in fact he's the only original member of Son Volt involved in this half-assed revival.

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[How about a clip with no Obscenities]

Stephen Malkmus, a.k.a. the ex-member of Pavement with the most female fans, will see his third solo album, Face The Truth, released May 23rd on Domino.

I saw Sin City yesterday. Can't say enough good things.

Been listening to "T.V. On The Radio CD", entitled desperate youth, blood thirsty babes.  You know that scene in High Fidelity  where Cusack plays the Beta Band and everyone in the store buys the CD.  TVOTR have that same sort of "this is new, and cool, and I am going to like every song so let me buy the cd right now" kind of sound. Except unlike the Beta Band, you probably will like every song.  Except the aformentioned stinker.

I wouldn't bring this up except that I allready grafted some S&S material on this post. The lead singer of  TVOTR is quoted as saying, post 9/11: "You had this horrible tragedy, followed by this maniacal, blind patriotism which was almost as scary.".

Makes you want to run out and buy their CD, doesn't it?