Allison Weiss (CD Release) +
The Winter Sounds
(Caledonia Lounge)

The Empties
(Tasty World)

It's a busy fall season for the elves, as we bring the tunes to you worldwide. In October, members of Elf Power will be joining with others to bring you the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise tour performing the songs of The Music Tapes, The Circulatory System, Scott Spillane, Gerbils, Elf Power, Olivia Tremor Control, Nana Grizol, Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't and more on the east coast and midwest of america, and then in Novemeber Elf Power joins Vic Chesnutt again on a tour of the west coast...

The Winter Sounds is selling their touring trailer. It was bought brand new for $2200 (plus tax) in March 06. It was used sporadically for parts of 06 and 07 and has been sitting for 08. Here is the link to the craigs list post with some pictures.

NASA's break with shuttle won't be a smooth flight » The signs of a midlife crisis are there: a 50th birthday approaching; a longing for the glory days of youth; a hankering to dump the aging partner of 27 years; and a costly flirtation with a new young thing. This isn't some balding businessman in a sports car. It's NASA.

Jammie Thomas' RIAA Verdict Set Aside: Mistrial Ruled » You'll probably recall Jammie Thomas, the only target of the RIAA to take her case to trial. In October of last year the trial ended in an RIAA victory, with a $222,000 penalty assessed against her --- $9,250 for each of the 24 music tracks she allegedly made publicly available on the Kazaa P2P network.

Low Cost Electrorheology Device Boosts Fuel Economy 20 Percent - Study » Researchers in Pennsylvania report results of laboratory tests and road tests verifying that a simple, inexpensive device attached to a car engine's fuel injector can boost gas mileage by up to 20 percent. That translates into several more miles per gallon, they say, and publish their study in the November 19 issue of Energy & Fuels.

UCLA mathematicians discover a 13-million-digit prime number » The mathematicians have found the first verified Mersenne prime number with more than 10 million digits, putting them in line to win a six-digit prize from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Sunday was a travel day so we hightailed it to New Orleans - made it before sundown and went to the quarter for po boys and gumbo. Within 10 minutes of being in the quarter a hippie ask if any of us were drummers - we gave up Brandon and he nearly ended up playing an open mic night. Hiked down Bourbon, crazy on a sunday night. We saw some damage from Katrina - 3 and a half years later! I love New Orleans and it still feels alive to me in spite of the cover bands, kareoke and cliches. Later - took a bad turn and ended up on Highway 61 somewhere outside Baton Rouge - not one to revisit, nor was the hotel we slept at - do they make body condoms?

Last night the follks at the Varsity in Baton Rouge were amazing - really great crowd, ready to rock and sweat. Jay joined us on Highwater, as well as Patterson. It was a big time and felt good singing Pat's song about the hurricane in a place that lives with that shit. A couple came up to us after the show and said they got engaged during our set - that's a first. I offered to marry em right there as I have my licence.

Today is grillin day - we are in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. and have a cooler full of pork chops, locally made sausage, shrimp, asparagus, corn, rice- I brought a grill we are settin up in the parkin lot for an evening of good food. Tonite's show is at the Bottling Co. - don't know a soul in this town but hope to make some new friends by the end of it.

- don

Members of Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band to play fundraiser for Obama at Penn State » Barack Obama has the Dead on his side again.

Metallica Are Too Bloody Loud » Complaints that music is too loud on CDs are not uncommon these days, because at the mixing or mastering stage of an album the music is all too often compressed hard and pushed into the red in order to get the hardest hitting noise possible, which in turn drowns out many of the subtleties and nuances in the recordings.

Brad Pitt Donates $100,000 To Support Same-Sex Marriage » Brad Pitt recently donated $100,000 to fight the anti-gay marriage proposition 8 which may get passed in California.

Jessica Biel Records An Album » Jessica Biel whoa TMs been dating one the music industries biggest stars Justin Timberlake has reportedly just recorded an album of her very own.

Police continue search for "Butt Bandit" » Police in Valentine, Neb., are stepping up efforts to find a man, dubbed the “Butt Bandit,” imprinting his naked behind and groin on windows in the city.

Naked women get rolled trying to buy pot » Two women visiting Atlantic City got more than they bargained for when they approached a man to buy marijuana and ended up naked on a dirt road outside of town.

Man bills Michigan town $156 for cleaning bathroom » A businessman said he was so frustrated with the condition of a public bathroom in the western Michigan tourist town of Saugatuck that he cleaned it himself, and billed the city $156 for his work.

Abandoned Couch Catches Car in North Hollywood » Despite the rash of abandoned couches around the city, a North Hollywood couch proved to be a silent hero in a car accident on the 10000 block of West Victory Boulevard.

Pilfered primate freed from jail » An 8-foot-tall mechanical gorilla is back home at an eastern Maine flea market-style store two weeks after it was stolen and later dumped in a cornfield in Vermont.