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Bonjour, tout le monde. Yes, we are speaking directly to the center of the universe, France - because if they don’t hear at least un peau de their native tongue, they just won’t listen! And even if they do listen, they’re gonna argue. But Joanna Newsom is not afraid, she was born to do this. Tour France, that is. Can you be just as heroic? Vive les reves and all that at her shows in Nantes, Rouen and Bordeaux. Or in Spain, where she’s increasing... (read more)

Los Angeles, before you head to M Bar or whatever this Friday, head on over to the Volcom store on La Brea to check out legendary Drag City recording artist Jennifer Herrema as she jams with another singer of note: Wino, of metal monsters St. Vitus. The pair will be riffing on some classic Sticky Fingers-era Stones tunes.

Jennifer's been busy working on her full time gig as leader of RTX, slaving in the studio over tracks for a new album we've been promised for... (read more)

Father Yod’s Source Family story has been told in many ways -- most viscerally through the many musical recordings Ya Ho Wha 13 and its shifting incarnations produced and provided via open spiritual channels through the years. But as we’ve mentioned previously, the story is also communicated through various ritual (including a DVD!) and visual goods, including books and pamphlets. Nothing to date has so excited our six senses as the brand-new “Father Yod and the Source Brotherhood” comic book adventure, written by Isis... (read more)

Hey gang, we know winter's only just begun, but if you're like us, you're probably already planning your getaway - either heading west from the cold and snow back east or heading south from the rain and cold out west, huh? We understand. As the globe begins its end times, there's hardly a safe place to go to find that perfect combination of weather elements. Here's something we don't consider often enough - what about a cruise? Yeah, mostly likely, you'll end up trapped on... (read more)

As the rich carpet of the future unrolls before us, the rich tapestry of the past is increasingly available to us with little regard for time and space! Case in point: this awesome site where you can find NY-based live events of all kinds that have been captured for posterity much in the manner of what we once called “bootleggers.” But to paraphrase Jerry, once we’re done with it, it’s all theirs — and this was the word of Bonny after having performed for the... (read more)

Drag City welcomes you to 2011, the year of the apps. Oh wait, apps have been around for a while, huh? OK, genious, how often have you heard of a Drag City artist toting a fresh app for your little pocket do-mab watchajiggy? Leave it to "America's Funnyman" to be the first with an iFon application. We hear it's pretty simple - download the app, then anytime you're faced with a "yes or no" situation, shake the fuck outta your phone and Neil will tell... (read more)

GOODBYE

Yes, goodbye and farewell to everything that 2010 came to symbolize, as well as everything it actually was! As all the tomorrows of this year have turned to yesterday, we've turned the page. We've got no use in those days gone by. Because you see, man cannot live in the past, he has to live today (and speaking of living, anyone interested in a little back-catalog? Whoop! Time-space continuum dysfunction! Back the presentÂ…) and look towards tomorrow. Which we do every day. We're sorry... (read more)

Twas five days before Christmas and all through the house, everyone was shaking, even and especially our personal main man o' the cloth, Brother JT! He's known the deep dark signs of the cross since he was a swaddlin' babe, and now that he's almost grown (but really, when do you ever stop?), here's his tribute to everyone's favorite jesus (other than their own personal pan-jesus)...the baby jesus!

"Booty for Xmas (Hot Nuts)"

And in the good ol' X-Mas spirit, it's free to you... (read more)

It's going on right now and it's going to go on for a Jerry Lewis-like amount of time! It's Second City's ninth annual Letters To Santa music and improv event, staged in coordination with the Hull House to gather money for the underprivileged of Chicago .

They've got personalities like Jeff Tweedy , Steve Albini, Robbie Fulks and members from the current casts of the Second City revues. There'll be laughs! There'll be music! There'll be improv! And this year, there'll be Bill "Sweet... (read more)

Speaking of having one on someone: Far be it from us to suggest that the late-night landscape is changing in any way...but if Joanna Newsom's making her third stop of the year on yet another show, it surely can't be getting worse! This time, she's gracing the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theatre to cap off a show an episode of The Late Show with David Letterman. The adorable Paul Rudd is the non-musical guest, followed by Joanna doing...who knows? You'll have to... (read more)