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As most of you know, CMJ (click here for schedule) is happening here in NYC this upcoming week. I have been trying to put together a comprehensive list of great shows that I will try to make it to and if you are in town, who you should try and see. I think I am going to set up another Category on my side bar for the week so you can always check there to see what I have listed. So for right now I am going to start with:

TUESDAY OCTOBER 31st.

KEXP.ORG presents FREE SHOWS:

Head like a Kite 10am (TIX available here) Head Like a Kite - Noisey at the Circus
Apples in Stereo (TIX SOLD OUT) 2p
What Made Milkwaukee Famous (TIX SOLD OUT) 4p

Pianos (CHECK OUT ALL OF PIANO’s CMJ SHOWS here)

10pm - Birdmonster , Birdmonster - Cause You Can

just added:

Fontana’s - Costumes a MUST
rsvp to: werewolves @ themusebox.net

We are Wolves - 11:20p

Forward Russia! - 12:10a *BV says FR! has cancelled.!*
one more addition:

Apple Soho Store: CSS 3pm (see more shows here.)

Check out these pictures I took of them at Pitchfork HERE.

EARFARM IS HAVING A SHOW THAT NIGHT TOO CHECK IT OUT HERE.

Say hi to Matt, he’s a super guy!

Please feel free to comment if you see anything great and ill try to add it on to the list. THanks tpg.

So before this man was Har Mar Superstar. Before he was Sean Na Na.. Sean Tillman was in a group called Calvin Krime from Minneapolis. Please check out two songs from their record, You’re Feeling So Attractive, below.

Calvin Krime - Die Beautiful

Calvin Krime - 411 North 6th Street

BUY THE RECORD HERE.

U2 and Green Day have joined forces with my friend Chris Milk, to do a video together for Katrina Relief.

SEE THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OF THE VIDEO HERE.

As some of you know, Heatmiser, was Elliott Smith’s band, when he wasn’t recording solo material. On my way home from having coffee with my friend Wes this morning, this song came on. I realized it is my favorite Heatmiser song that Elliott doesn’t sing on. Check it out…

Heatmiser - Why did I decide to stay?

“add me to the list you stopped with blanks
or how about a rundown of the top 100
where do i rank
did i even make the list
or did i make a big mistake”

Also check out this little bit that Kevin, Elliott’s biggest fan, wrote about the 3 year anniversary of Elliott’s death HERE. Also, if you have any suggestions for a name for his soon to be weekly bit on thepunkguy.com, leave him a comment.

Not the band, the feeling… Thanks to those who wrote or called with their concerns. I appreciate it. My friend Wes sent me an rare Elliott Smith song. So I am going to post it for you. This should put me in a better mood, yes?

Elliott Smith - These Days (Nico Cover)

Ok I know I have posted a few times about this band before in the past but check out the new song from Detektivbyran (I think it means Detective Bryan or Bureau) from Sweden. (I know, weird, me liking Swedish music.) Anyway, this song is like Beirut without the vocals. Let me know what you think cause I dig it.

Detektivbyran - Dansbanan

BE their MYspace friend here.

Absolut Noise, a great Swedish music blog, has just posted up 3 Refused songs for you to take.  Refused will always be one of my favorite HC / Punk bands.  Their album, The Shape of Punk to Come, is one of the records I have absolutely obsessed over.

GET THREE SONGS FROM REFUSED HERE.

Masters of the blog world Cold War Kids have some cool covers at My Old Kentucky Blog here.

So today I got my first package from a record label.  To many of you, this doesn’t mean much but this act somehow validates my existence in the, er, um, _____osphere…  (I really despise that word)..  So I figured I would keep some stats on how much closer I get to be World’s Best Grandpa, I mean, Blogger.

Packages received by labels: 1

Cease and Desist letters: 1

How many times Stereogum has linked me: 1

Rank Technorati has me at: 53,035 (I started at like 900,000)

Average Hits per day:  Justen who runs the site says 400 to 500, my sitemeter has me over 150

Average Hits per day by people I don’t know: 30, maybe.

Links to other Blogs: 50

Most comments I have received on one post: 12

Amount of money I lose on this site a year:  All of it.

Ever feel like you are starting to unravel?  That’s how I have been feeling as of lately..  When you’re in this mood, do you suggest something calm (alla singer / songwriter) or something to match the feeling (aka metal or something fast annoying)??  If anyone can help out, let me know.