please click here. Update: My friend Jen, sent me this link which takes you to a video of Napoleon Dynamite and Bill Gates. Pretty sweet!

If you live in the Madison, Milwaukee, or Chicago areas and love music, Muzzleofbees.com would like you to write about your favorite albums/concerts/etc. No commitments, just write about what you love as often as you like. Drop me a comment or an e-mail and we’ll talk. I’d like to offer extended coverage of all the great music that is going on in and around the city of Madison.

What is it about Christopher Walken that everybody loves? I know he makes me laugh. Apparently, he has made an impression on Wilco as well. Here is a brand new Wilco tune!

Wilco - Walken (right click, save as)

It was mentioned on Pitchfork the other day that Deerhoof will be giving away their new tribute album . Here is a link to the free MP3’s. I saw Deerhoof for the very first time when they opened for Wilco last year at the Orpheum Theatre. Since that time, they have been working on their new album, “The Runners Four,” which has been getting some great reviews from those who have had a sneak peak at the album already (It will be released in October). The track list for the free tribute album can be found below, enjoy!

1 My Diamond Star Car
2 Milking
3 Sophie
4 Milk Man
5 Top Tim Rubies
6 Eagle Rockers
7 Flower
8 The Last Trumpeter Swan
9 Gore in Rut
10 Sealed with a Kiss
11 Wheely Freed Speaks to the People
12 Spiral Golden Town

Many of you probably have your browsers pointed to the Arcade Fire fansite Us Kids Know, which provides the most up to date information on the band that continues to take the world by storm. The official ArcadeFire.com site has been updated and has some pretty cool stuff to check out. I was hoping to catch them in Chicago tonight, but refused to pay what scalpers were asking. I’m really looking forward to seeing them at Vegoose now. Make sure to check out these great photo’s of the Arcade Fire joined by David Bowie in NYC

Taken from TroubledHubble.com

NEWS 9.22.05
Final Show @ Schuba’s

for reasons, both physical and personal, the band has decided to make next thursday, september 29th at Schuba’s the final Troubled Hubble show. it’s been an amazing journey for all of us over the last six years, and we’re so thankful to all of our friends and family for supporting us along the way, not to mention all the amazing friends and fans we’ve met all over the country. you have no idea how much we’ll miss seeing you!

as for the show, happily it’s all ages, so anybody willing and able can attend. if you want to be sure to make the show (especially if you’re traveling), we suggest you buy tickets ahead of time here.

it’s going to be a great show, and we’re excited for the opportunity to end a career that we’re so proud of on a high note. with any luck, we’ll see you there.

Ear Nose and Throat

The Super Eights are from Madison, but they sing songs about every city and state in North America. You’re probably thinking they took the Sufjan Stevens thing a little too far. I’m not sure if they got into their act before or after Sufjan made his proclamation that he would make an album for each state. Regardless, The Super Eights opened for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah last night, and having never heard their music before, I would say they were quite impressive. Enjoy some MP3’s taken from their site:

Texas (live)
Ohio
Illinois
Virginia

Check out this site:

The (s)wheat Spot

11/05 - Jeff Tweedy (solo) - Orpheum Theatre, Madison
Pre-Sale begins Wednesday, September 28 via Music Today
Public on sale begins Friday, September 30 via Ticketmaster at noon Central.

Instead of just getting back from the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah show at the Annex tonight, I should be writing about my attendance at Austin City Limits. All of my bags were packed, I even called the Airline ahead of time, and got confirmation that myself and two friends would indeed be flying right into the eye of hurricane Rita, destination Houston Bush airport. However, the not so fun reality set in once we parked our car, and made our way to the terminal that our flight was cancelled. Of course we explored every option the airport offered us, and even contemplated making the 20+ hour drive, but we took into consideration, that at that time (Thursday) we were’t even sure there would be an Austin City Limits Festival. Austin was expected to get soaked by the after effects of hurricane Rita. The earliest we could have made it to Texas (San Antonio) was Saturday, and at that point we faced the facts and realized we wouldn’t be spending our vacation in Texas.

We ate some horrible airport food, and decided I had better get to the UPS store to overnight my 4 tickets to The Black Keys and Arcade Fire at Stubb’s to my friend Jake, who I was planning on meeting in ACL. I figured he might as well see the show, and hopefully be able to find others to use the tickets. $25 later, for overnight delivery, the tickets never got to Jake. Head over to his site to read how the madness unfolded on his end. In addition to not meeting up with Jake, I was super upset to not see England’s finest, Charlotte and her friend who were traveling from LA. On top of that I was planning on meeting up with some of my favorite music bloggers as well. Chris, from Gorilla vs. Bear, Kevin at So Much Silence, and Dodge holding down the Old Kentucky Blog. I hope all of you had a great time, and please be sure to swing by the comments section or e-mail me your pictures/stories.

I’m not sure how/if I will be able to get a refund for my ACL tickets, a person I spoke with at Front Gate Tickets informed me that there were more than a few who were shut out due to planes not being able to make their destinations. Fortunately, the damage of Rita was nowhere near the destruction that Katrina brought, so there is some light at the end of this tunnel.

I tried to make the best of a bad situation by taking in a few concerts. I saw the Great Lake Swimmers along with the Akron Family at Cafe Montmartre on Friday night. The Great Lake Swimmers are simply amazing. They did beautiful covers of Tom Waits, “Innocent When You Dream,” and Springsteen’s, “I’m Going Down.” I know that I have posted MP3’s of them before, but in case you never checked them out then, please do so now:

Great Lake Swimmers - Various Stages - MP3 from Small Flightless Bird
Great Lake Swimmers - Moving Pictures Silent Films
Great Lake Swimmers - I Will Never See The Sun

Akron Family was horrible, I don’t remember their new album being so terrible, but their live show is enough to wish oneself deaf. My friend and I split about 3 songs in, and that is if you count the first thing they did as a song. Really dissapointing.

On Saturday, I saw, “The Aristocrats,” which is the documentary about the most disgusting joke ever told featuring hundreds of famous comedians. I don’t want to recommend it, but I think guys would definitely enjoy this one.

The Clap Your Hands Say Yeah show tonight was sold out, and because I was going to be in Texas, I didn’t have a ticket. A kid behind me in line had an extra that he sold to me for face value. Show was good, played only about 45 minutes, but they don’t have much material. They started off with two brand new songs. I bought a shirt but I asked for an XL, and got a 2XL, so I don’t know what I will do with that. I took a few pictures, I will see if I can get them uploaded for you to check out.

I’d like to make a plea to anyone who has an extra ticket for either the Minneapolis or Chicago Arcade Fire shows. I would prefer Chicago, but I think I would make the drive to Minneapolis, because I really want to see this band on this tour. So, if you can hook me up with that, I would love you eternally.

Finally, my friend Jen has a blog. Read it daily.