SI.com analyzes which ballparks offer the best value. No surprise here, the Brewers come out on top. See where your team ranks. Here’s my favorite passage from the Brewers Fan Value Index Page:

The ‘hood here is merely an asphalt sea — but it plays host to the greatest tailgating scene in all of Major League Baseball. College-aged Wisconsinites huddle around coolers and pledge their support for Miller products; adults kick back in lawn chairs, grilling meats and swigging MGDs, while their law-abiding kids play catch and have conversations like this one, which I can attest to overhearing in May:
Thirteen-year-old to his friend, while both excitedly observe a nearby tailgate party: “Dude, those guys are getting plastered.”
Friend: “If you want to see plastered, just wait ’til I’m 21.”
– Luke Winn

I doubt I have any readers in Seattle, but you might want to drop the $8 to see OK GO and the Redwalls tonight. Rumor has it that Pearl Jam will be opening the show at the Crocodile Cafe. You can buy tickets here.

I’m currently on tour with JJ. While I’m away, check out the very first episode of Conan O’Brien

I was thinking after Mallie at South of The Mainstream set up a surprise mix CD from her readers what a good idea that was. So, I decided to bring something similar to you guys. Here is what I’ll need:

1. Submit a comment (please don’t say what song you are submitting) on this website saying that you’ll be participating. Once I receive 14, I will close the submission process.
2. E-mail me an MP3 of a song that you would like to see included on the mix. I’m going to cap the number of songs at 14. Along with the MP3 please include your mailing address.
3. If you don’t make the cut, or just plain don’t feel like contributing, you can send me an e-mail requesting a copy of the Mix. I will post the track list when it is finalized.
4. Don’t worry about sending me a blank disc or postage, I’ll cover all that.

So, fellow bloggers here’s your chance to contribute. I’ll make sure your blog gets mentioned along with the song you submit. This should be fun, now send me those submissions!!!

Now here is a random picture of Jessica Alba because it’s Friday.

For the past week, there have been a few iPod wars going on between myself, Jesse at What Comets, Stars and Moons are All ABout, and Douglas at the Armchair Novelist. We decided to make it a best of three, and at the last minute I had some other entries, so please post a comment for the best iPod playlist.

Mine:

1. Sun Kil Moon - Last Tide
2. The Magic Numbers - This Love
3. Supergrass - Roxy
4. M Ward - Deep Dark Well
5. Brakes - Sometime Always
6. Thievery Corporation - Revolution Solution
7. Joseph Arthur - In The Night
8. Sufjan Stevens - Jacksonville
9. Quasimoto - Real Eyes
10. Camper Van Beethoven - Garden Grove

Douglas from the Armchair Novelist

#1: sufjan stevens- “chicago (solo banjo)”
#2: nas- “don’t body yourself (mc burial aka the 50 cent diss)”
#3: tv on the radio- “young liars”
#4: pixies- “hey”
#5: rilo kiley- “spectacular views”
#6: dangerdoom- “space hos”
#7: math and physics club- “graduation day”
#8: the thermals- “out of the old and thin”
#9: the decemberists- “i was meant for the stage”
#10: bloc party- “storm and stress (acoustic)”

Jesse from What Comets, Stars and Moons are All ABout

1. Four Tet - Turtle Turtle Up
2. Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah - In This Home on Ice
3. House of Pain - Over There Shit
4. The Clash - London’s Burning
5. Go-Betweens - Old Mexico
6. Bjork - Joga
7. Luke Vibert - Swing Lite Alright
8. Bright Eyes - Land Locked Blues
9. Radiohead - Thinking About You
10. Pavement - Two States

Finally, my friend Pete shot me an e-mail with his pretty impressive list.

1. Rugged Tranquility - Yesterday’s New Quintet
2. Gravity Rides Everything - Modest Mouse
3. Aaron & Maria - American Analog Set
4. Rolling With Heat - The Roots
5. Knievel - Scud Mountain Boys
6. Paranoid Android - Radiohead
7. Incomplete - Jawbreaker
8. Almost Forgot Myself - Doves
9. Slow Down Gandhi - Sage Francis
10. Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style - Sonic Youth

Sorry for the lack of posting, work is really getting the best of me. Good news, there are new additions to the Vegoose line-up:

» Beck
» Sleater-Kinney
» Devendra Banhart

Here is the low down on some of the late night shows. I’m going to be taking a pass on these unless something better comes along. Otherwise, the casino will be calling my name. Make sure to click the “more” link at the bottom of this post to view the late night performers….

We are also pleased to announce the Vegoose at Night Concert Series, including special performances by Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Galactic and STS9. In addition to their performances at Sam Boyd Stadium, Widespread Panic, Ween, Trey Anastasio, String Cheese Incident, and Phil Lesh & Friends with Ryan Adams will also headline special nighttime events. The Vegoose at Night Concert Series performances will be separately-ticketed shows that will take place on Friday and Monday nights, as well as after the stadium performances end on Saturday and Sunday at such venerable Vegas venues as House of Blues, The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, The Aladdin Theatre, The Orleans Arena, and others. Nighttime shows will run for four nights, from Friday, October 28 to Monday, October 31. An initial listing of the Vegoose at Night Concert Series is below.
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Another iPod war between myself and Armchair Novelist.

Here’s me:

The National - Daughters of The Soho Riots
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
David Byrne - Burnt By The Sun
The Books - Getting The Job Done
Lucero - Bikeriders
The Shins - Young Pilgrims
Ted Leo - 6 Months in a Leaky Boat
Aimee Mann - She Really Wants You
Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes
Ryan Adams - Now That You’re Gone

Now here’s him:

#1: rilo kiley- “the good that won’t come out”
#2: neutral milk hotel- “where you can find me now”
#3: jaymay- “letter”
#4: velvet underground- “european son”
#5: neutral milk hotel- “naomi”
#6: broken social scene- “superconnected”
#7: belle & sebastian- “the stars of track and field”
#8: pj harvey- “no child of mine”
#9: flake music- “the shins”
#10: beulah- “my side of the city (demo tour ep version)”

I’ll admit it, I’m a 6 Feet Under fan. If you saw the final episode and want an MP3 of the song (Sia - Breathe Me) that played while Claire is driving to NYC, then head over to Stereogum. You can read Ruth, Keith, David, Federico, Brenda, and Claire’s obits here.

Crowe Finalizes ‘Elizabethtown’ Soundtrack

Here is the “Elizabethtown” track list:

“60B (Elizabethtown Theme),” Nancy Wilson
“It’ll All Work Out,” Tom Petty
“My Father’s Gun,” Elton John
“i.o.,” Helen Stellar
“Come Pick Me Up,” Ryan Adams
“Where To Begin,” My Morning Jacket
“Long Ride Home,” Patti Griffin
“Sugar Blue,” Jeff Finlin
“Don’t I Hold You,” Wheat
“Shut Us Down,” Lindsey Buckingham
“Let It All Hang Out,” Hombres
“Hard Times,” eastmountainsouth
“Jesus Was a Crossmaker,” the Hollies
“Square One,” Tom Petty
“Same in Any Language,” I-9

Everyone reads You Ain’t No Picasso and yesterday he played host to an ipod war between Annie (a fellow Wisconsin blogger!) and Matt and offered others to submit their lists, which I did. I thought I’d repost it here. I really wanted to refresh the random playlist, but I didn’t.

Royksopp - 49%
Iron and Wine - Freedom Hangs Like Heaven
The National - Lit Up
Willie Nelson - Harder They Come
Uncle Tupelo - Still Be Around
Clor - Magic Touch
David Byrne - The Other Side of This Life
Radiohead - Pyramid Song
Lucero - Here At The Starlight
Thunderbirds Are Now! - Bodies Adjust