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Tony Wilson R.I.P.

Bad news: Factory Records founder and all-around music guru Tony Wilson has passed away at 57. Though he had surgery to remove a kidney in January, he was present at April's Coachella Festival to introduce the long-awaited U.S. return of the Happy Mondays. Without Wilson, we would have no Joy Division/New Order, no Happy Mondays and no "24 Hour Party People". And no Creation Records either. The Manchester Evening News has a nice roundup of tributes from those who knew him.

Fun Fun Fun in Austin Austin Austin

Hell Yes: Austin just won't sleep until it has more stomp-ass music festivals than NYC, Chicago and L.A. combined. The Texas capital has upped the ante with the Fun Fun Fun Fest (sounds fun!), set for early November. It'll feature bands such as the New Pornographers, Explosions in the Sky, um... Of Montreal...er, Girl Talk... um, An Old Man Fashioning a Canoe... I mean Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. Also Battles, Okkervil River, Diplo, Final Fantasy, Mates of State, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Emma Pollock (ex-Delgados), Neurosis, Busdriver, the Sword, the Saints, Against Me! and more!

OMG CMJ LOL!!!

Hell yes: For New Yorkers, rich people and music industry people, CMJ is four nights in a non-stop music fantasy land where Patti Smith follows you around and David Bowie crashes at your pad. For the rest of the world, CMJ is a giant jealousy-inducing tease that none of us can ever go to. The event will tease Oct. 16 - 20 in various venues around Gotham City. Only a few acts have been announced so far, including Spoon, Brother Ali, Justice, UNKLE, Del and Rodrido y Gabriela.

Seymore Tours the World...or at least 8 cities

Cool MPLS popsters Seymore Saves the World are hitting the road this month for a mini-tour west of the Mississippi, including three days at "Snowghost Sessions" in Big Sky Country.

8/16 - Minneapolis, Minn. - The Uptown Bar
8/17 - Omaha, Neb. - Saddle Creek Bar
8/18 - Denver, Col. - Quixotes
8/19 - Los Angeles, Calif. - Spaceland
8/20 - San Fransisco, Calif. - Elbo Room
8/21 - Portland, Ore. - Dante's
8/22 - Seattle, Wash. - High Dive
8/23 - Whitefish, Mont. - Snowghost Sessions
8/24 - Whitefish, Mont. - Snowghost Sessions
8/25 - Whitefish, Mont. - Great Norern Brewing Co.

Odds and sods and news

The Hell? Did you know that the Beastie Boys have NEVER played live in their native Brooklyn???! If "No Sleep 'til Brooklyn" is right, then they haven't slept in TWENTY YEARS.

Madge and J. Timberlake, now how heavy is that? Is Timbaland a robot programmed to never say no? He and Timberlake have shacked up with Madonna for her follow-up to 2005's shitty Confessions on a Dancefloor.

Demme-gogue: My man Jonathan Demme has made several stomp ass concert films like this one and this one, and to a lesser extent, this one. Now, he's teaming with Alejandro Escovedo for another awesome one.

Rilo Kiley has a secret for L.A.

Rilo Kiley will be performing a "secret" show at --this rocks -- Eagle Rock’s All Star Bowling Lanes this Friday, August 10, courtesy of the Myspace. This'll be a warm-up gig for their ensuing tour.

A limited number of wristbands will be available starting at 4pm (no lineups before 3)on Friday at the Echo. You'll need a printout of your MySpace profile with Rilo Kiley’s MySpace and MySpace’s Secret Shows in your Top 8. Which you probably already have anyway.

The show is free, all ages and starts at 8pm.

Thanks for the tip again, A-Rom.