I Ate The Chocodile

Former Radish frontman, Bens collaborator, and all-around awesome musician Ben Kweller is moving to Austin, Texas, and is looking to unload some of his gear on Craigslist. Four of his guitars, a Fender twin amp and a set of speaker stands are up for sale, and at reasonable prices! Sorry folks, there’s no […]

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I had high hopes for my first trip to Kansas City’s Record Bar, the former site of Molloy Bros Irish Pub. The kitschy theme of album-cover-bound menus, the new slogan “eat. hear.” and promise of “gourmet food in a comfortable atmosphere” sound great on paper, but fail in their poor execution. We arrived at […]

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Ben Lee’s “We’re All in This Together” from the album Awake is the New Sleep is featured in Kohl’s new Spring 2008 commercial.
Lyrics:
I woke up this morning
I suddenly realized
We’re all in this together
I started smiling
‘Cause you were smiling
And we’re all in this together
I’m made of atoms
You’re made of atoms
And we’re all in this together.
And […]

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They Might Be Giants’ “No!” was featured last night during a montage of rejected contestants on Fox’s American Idol, eliciting from me quite possibly the biggest grin in the world. I can only hope that Idol will bring them the same recognition it did that awful Daniel Powter “Bad Day” song.
TMBG have been busy, […]

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Coming soon to a venue near you! As I was bringing in the unsold editions of the Kansas City Star at closing time, I noticed a familiar face smiling at me from the top left corner… could it be? Ingrid Michaelson, on the front page! (“Bear is driving! How can that be?!!”) […]

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I just preordered a signed copy of Mike Doughty’s new album, Golden Delicious, along with a limited-edition presale T-shirt that reads “Mike Doughty Digs Me!” in a screen print of his handwriting. The album is scheduled for release on February 19th, 2008 and is available now for preorder through his website and Amazon.com. […]

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