I’ve signed up for another year with my web host, but with spring here and summer on the way, I really want to make some changes around here.

I’m looking to hire someone that is familiar with WordPress to make things nice and snappy on the site. If you’re interested, please contact me and we can talk bidness.

To get things started however, I would like to have a little contest/giveaway. I’m offering a $25 Insound gift certificate to the individual that submits a banner that I decide to use for my new site design. You can e-mail your submissions to me. I really don’t have any particulars that I want to see in the banner, so please feel free to use your artistic creativity.

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I’ve added Blasting Fonda to my blogroll. This blog has a Wilco-releated name, and offers some well-written and insightful album reviews as well as some all-around great info.

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There are a lot of great new releases today. With new albums by Built to Spill, Calexico, and Pretty Girls Make Graves there is plenty of great stuff at the record store near you.

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Hello Gina said it best, “internet friendship = the new black concert t-shirt.”

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Tonight I will be heading to the UW campus to see the Benevento Russo Duo at The Rathskeller. I saw these guys at Langerado, and was truly impressed by their jazzy sound.

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According to More Cowbell, Radiohead will be playing The Auditorium Theater in Chicago on June 19th & 20th. The venue holds less than 4,000 people, so I’m hoping to get tickets to one of these shows.

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Pitchfork reviews the new Streets album and has an interview with Neko Case today.