Menomena - "Wet And Rusting"

The Shins - "Australia"

Dinosaur Jr - "Been There All The Time"

Feist - "My Moon My Man"

COACHELLA: DAY TWO REPORT
COACHELLA: DAY ONE REPORT

Band of Horses will be performing at New York Magazine's Bad Art Auction hosted by Zach Galifianakis at the Hiro Ballroom on July 10th.

Buy art for a good cause. Zach Galifianakis helps us to curate a lineup of artwork that will make you wince, writhe, and wonder why its not already in your living room. Zach will take us through an evening of art that he's created, bought, found, stolen and maybe even inspired. After all the art is sold, a band of fellow Carolinians of Zachs (and one of our all-time favorite bands) will play an intimate set for those lucky enough to get in to the Auction. As a private charity, all proceeds of the auction will go to New York Cares.

Tickets are $30 and include a year subscription to New York Magazine.

In related news, Brooklyn Vegan says that Modest Mouse's big show at Keyspan Park in Coney Island on August 8th has been moved to Greenpoint's McCarren Park Pool on September 8th. While it is up in the air if Band of Horses and Clipse will still be available to be on this bill, Love as Laughter has confirmed that they are still opening..........

The schedule for Austin City Limits has been posted and the conflicts are pretty massive. Ouch.......

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Blonde Readhead vs Peter Bjorn & John
LCD Soundsystem vs M.I.A.
Spoon vs Queens of the Stone Age
Bjork vs The Killers

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
White Stripes vs Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys vs Muse
Andrew Bird vs Steve Earle

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
DeVotchKa vs Midlake vs Rodrigo y Gabriela
Ben Kweller vs Grave Potter & The Nocturnals
Lucinda Williams vs Bloc Party
Wilco vs My Morning Jacket
Ghostland Observatory vs Reveredend Horton Heat vs The Decemberists

Have I mentioned how much I love Nick Cave.........

Bruce Springsteen endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President, an endorsement that may actually help him with working-class white voters in Philadelphia. Here's what the boss wrote on his website this morning:

Dear Friends and Fans:

LIke most of you, I've been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where I stand. Senator Obama, in my view, is head and shoulders above the rest.

He has the depth, the reflectiveness, and the resilience to be our next President. He speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past 35 years, a generous nation with a citizenry willing to tackle nuanced and complex problems, a country that's interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit. A place where "...nobody crowds you, and nobody goes it alone."

At the moment, critics have tried to diminish Senator Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships. While these matters are worthy of some discussion, they have been ripped out of the context and fabric of the man's life and vision, so well described in his excellent book, Dreams From My Father, often in order to distract us from discussing the real issues: war and peace, the fight for economic and racial justice, reaffirming our Constitution, and the protection and enhancement of our environment.

After the terrible damage done over the past eight years, a great American reclamation project needs to be undertaken. I believe that Senator Obama is the best candidate to lead that project and to lead us into the 21st Century with a renewed sense of moral purpose and of ourselves as Americans.

Over here on E Street, we're proud to support Obama for President.

Bruce Springsteen

Seperation of Chuch and State? Maybe if you're a heathen! It's been no secret that numerous public schools in the bible belt and beyond already "teach" the bible, but now a Democrat State Representative is pushing for an actual bill that would make studying the New Testament mandatory law.

A proposal that would allow the state Department of Education to develop a curriculum for the academic study of the Bible in public schools has passed the House.

The legislation sponsored by Rep. Mark Maddox, a Dresden Democrat, was approved 93-3 on Tuesday. The companion bill unanimously passed the Senate last week.

Both chambers must now work out differences in the legislation before it heads to the governor for his consideration.

The bill would require school districts to teach the course with an approved textbook in a manner consistent with the state and federal constitutions.

The legislation prohibits the use of any religious test or association when assigning teachers for Bible courses.

For the record, when Rep Maddox appeared on MSNBC this morning and was asked if this class would include other religious bibles like the Old Testament or the Koran or the Book of Mormon, he laughed and said those weren't American traditions..........