my cabinet is also shrinking

LET THE SEASON BEGIN! An uber-cool re-recording of the Band Aid X-Mas charity single "Do They Know It's XMas?" is being laid down as we speak. It's happening in the UK with lots of bodacious bands, singers and hip hoppers [single out 11/29]. It features THE DARKNESS. Think of it as the XMas UK version of the Marvin Gaye mish mash remake "What's Goin' On?" with all those pop tarts a few years back. [from stereogum ]

Did anybody even watch the American Music Awards last night? Word has it Anna Nicole Smith slurred her intro for Kanye West in a drunken stupor, but the bottom line is, no one gets or cares about AMA's except, like, Usher and Destiny's Child.

Art punk cult heroes Gang Of Four are reuniting for a short tour overseas! US tour slightly possible, marking their return from a stage hiatus since 1981! Before Autumnattic was even BORN. Booya!

Look Ma! I'm in da paper. Read my Mates of State review here (there are typos, courtesy of those darned editors, not ME)

Colin Powell resigns , making him the fourth cabinet member to do so since Bush's re-election, who sees a pattern? But really, Powell leaves a highly regarded and respected position up for the taking. It is probably the most disheartening thing since Bush won or since ODB died. Who will replace him?

Learn physics with Brit ! Surely she has never heard of conductors, vectors or cell structures. She can, however, digress about Marlboro's and Cheetos.

In a battle of the coolest computer animation, the Incredibles once again wins the week by derailing the mediocre Polar Express at the box office. Seriously that movie went nowhere once they got to the North Pole, not even for the inkling of Xmas cheer we Jews have inside of us.

In an astonishing turn of events, I have no one to go to Arcade Fire (Thursday) or Pixies (11/22) with. Takers?