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Since 2004 we have used the same "program" (it's actually a server) to deliver this newsletter to you and even back then it was out of date and quite. Lately it's been causing all sorts of problems and we have grown sick and tired of it (especially because it attaches that weird little file every time) . So out with the old and in with new...

So again PLEASE CLICK ON THE "GET ON THE NEW MAILING LIST LINK" and enter in your e-mail address. We will then send you a confirm your subscription link to your e-mail address (to make sure it is really you) . Click on that and you are good to go!

Tickets Back On Sale For Girl Talk

So tickets for the Monday September 17th Starlight Ballroom show with GIRL TALK & DAN DEACON show sold out way in advance. Now lots of people are bummed and paying way to much money for tickets on Craigslist and various message boards. So to sort of combat that - we decided to release 50 more tickets for you !


Purchase Advance Tickets For This RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND
(click the tickets) :

Tickets Also On Sale w/ No Surcharge At The Relapse Retail Store
(608 South 4th St)
Or Call 1-866-468-7619 (toll free)

GOSSIP / LONG BLONDES CANCEL FALL TOUR

(stolen from Pitchfork)

did you read that Rick Rubin story in the New York Times Sunday Magazine last week? (If not, we recommend doing so.) Near the end, Rubin, the president of The Gossip's current label, Columbia, drops this interesting tidbit of information:

"'I saw [the Gossip] at the Troubadour, and they blew my mind'," [Rick Rubin] said. 'It was the best show I've seen in five years. Afterward, I met with the band. They felt stressed, and they were having trouble writing songs. The energy in the room when they were performing was so intense, and I'm not even sure how we'd get it to feel like that in the studio. So we decided to record a live show during their European tour, and we're going to release a DVD of the live album as their first release.'"

That live album and DVD, originally scheduled to be released on November 16, has been pushed back. So apparently, they pushed back the tour in support of it too.

Hmm. One would think that touring is a good way of drumming up excitement for a live album, no matter when the shows take place, but hey, we ain't gonna argue with Rick Rubin.

The Gossip have told us theyll be back in "The Spring of 2008"

One piece of good news here is that The Long Blondes posted on their Myspace page that instead of touring, "We will in fact be spending October and November recording our second album."