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Ryan Adams & The Cardinals’ New EP Out This Week!
October 23rd marks the release of a new EP from Ryan Adams & The Cardinals. Entitled “Follow The Lights,” the EP will feature both new and old compositions, several of which were recorded live in the studio this summer. The two new [...]

Fab One - New York Times
He’s handsome, a little goofy, he can sing and act, and if Jim Sturgess, who is English, can do a credible American accent, his movie-star future seems certain
‘What’s a Girl to Do When a Battle Lands in Her Lap?’ - New York Times
Ignorant about the wars, Penrose knew his mother [...]

America’s Favorite Cities 2007 | Travel + Leisure
Philly has America’s least attractive people
(tags: travel)

Ruined Music » Blog Archive » Oh it turns me off when I feel left out
Is This It ruined by the cold hard town of New York City
(tags: thestrokes music)

Tory Tells All in Exclusive Interview! I’m not sexy, and Tyra feared me. - IvyGate, the Ivy League blog
ANTM alumn tells all.
(tags: antm television tv realitytv)

The Knitting Factory was running an HOUR late tonight, so I JUST got home now and I’m dead tired. St. Vincent did not go on until AFTER 1am. Torture to my stamina and my feet.
Anyway, I don’t have time to go through the zillion photos I took tonight, so I’ll just leave this picture of [...]

Last night I only went to one venue and stuck with it the whole night. I decided to make it a night at the Oh My Rockness show at Knitting Factory.
Got there in time to see the last few songs of Monomen (from Norway, and not the Mono-Men, like CMJ seems to think) at the [...]

On the first night of CMJ I took it kind of easy. I headed to an early show at Crash Mansion featuring local act, the pre-teen rockers Care Bears on Fire. You may remember them from their New York magazine article? The Bears’ lead singer (Sophie) and drummer (Isadora) wore matching skirts and stripey tights [...]

V MAGAZINE | BLOG | 10.03.07 THE SHAPE OF OUR LIFE
Geordon Nicol and Scott Meriam count down the top 50 Misshapes looks ever

Although the White Stripes are not touring, you can still revel in Stripey love. Check out this interview on MTVu. Jack and Meg talk about how the Raconteurs helped the Stripes music, and of course–hating the internets and the digital world and how they fight against the instantaneous gratification by focusing on “long-lasting satistfaction.” Oooohhh [...]

I realize it’s CMJ week, but personal commitments and work have kept me from even vaguely figuring out who to go see. What are your suggestions for the “must see” bands of CMJ? Is this year any better than last year’s event–where I saw 0 concerts?