Various Artists

1. Look for the November 2009 print edition of Christianity Today for a short review of the new Mountain Goats album and a longer one of the two Bifrost Arts CDs. I'll be doing a few more reviews before the year is over (Joy Electric, Amy Millan, the Rentals, maybe Weezer if I can bring myself to do it), but this is about it for the more substantial music-writing stuff of 2009. I think.

2. The Books are on tour, check the dates and this cool video:

11/19 Waltham, MA Rose Art Museum
11/21 Bellingham, WA Mainstage
11/23 Los Angeles, CA Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
11/24 Seattle, WA Triple Door (2 sets, early and late)
11/25 Vancouver, BC The Clutch
11/26 Calgary, AB Broken City
11/27 San Francisco, CA Noe Valley Ministry
11/28 San Francisco, CA Noe Valley Ministry
11/29 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
11/30 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
12/01 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center

3. This cracks me up.