Here’s the Friday roundup; the blogosphere as seen through my eyes:
— Robyn Hitchcock and members of REM (disguised as a Scott McCaughey band called Minus 5) are touring the UK. You can hear them on the BBC 6music this Sunday, January 29th. Program info available here. An mp3 of their musical hijinks plus trombone turned [...]

I missed Dan’s second show at 12 Galaxies. To misquote one of Dan’s own songs, “There’s a green tornado / A green tornado / spinning around in my body.” (translation: I have a chest cold and flu-like symptoms, and wasn’t up to making the drive from San Jose to SF)
You can read someone else’s review [...]

Dan Bern, 23 Jan 2006, 12 Galaxies, San Francisco, CA setlist: (electric) Christian New Year / Never Fall In Love / Hannibal / Clouds / City Of Juarez / Airplane Blues (Lightnin’ Hopkins) / (switch to acoustic) Breathe / Sometimes You Gotta Let Yourself Fall / City Of Models / Baby Bye Bye / Revolution [...]

Today’s internet travels took me to two - count ‘em: TWO - clever blog posts on completely different sites that were posted in a text adventure stylie style. Today I cry small tears of nostalgia.
defectiveyeti.com - Iraqi Invasion
aaroncity’s LiveJournal page — G.I. Joes Adventure 1.0

Why, I’ve been to London to visit the queen.
Okay, no. Actually, I spent the holidays in Northern California watching the Russian River rise. Little or no cell coverage or email access to speak of.
Here are my top 5 albums of 2005 as promised:
1. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
2. Laura Veirs - Year Of Meteors
3. Idaho - [...]