Wanna see a trailer for season 3 of 24? Do you? Do you really? Sure you do.

Americana UK has a little Q&A with Jay Farrar about Terroir Blues. Link from LHB.

The Strokes play a show at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga on October 14 to support the release of their sophomore album, Room On Fire. Someday I will figure out why I post about bands I care not one whit about. For now, I will chalk it up as a slow news day.

np – Superchunk / Cup Of Sand

My one movie at the Toronto International Film Festival this year was the North American premiere of Jim Jarmusch’s new one, Coffee And Cigarettes. Less a proper film than a series of related shorts compiled together, Coffee And Cigarettes is a series of vignettes depicting people having conversations about whatever over coffee and cigarettes. There are some recurring themes and motifs, but much of the dialogue was improv.

Featuring an impressive collective ensemble cast, some shorts are more entertaining than others, and they range from the strange and curious to outright absurd. Standouts are the pieces between Iggy Pop and Tom Waits, Jack and Meg White, Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan, Cate Blanchett and Cate Blanchett, and Bill Murray with GZA and RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan. Jarmusch made the films over the course of the past 17 years, starting with the peculiar “Strange To Meet You”, starring Roberto Begnini and Steven Wright.

The screening took place in the soon-to-be-closed Uptown Theatre, which is a damn shame because it’s really a wonderful cinema. But if it has to go, the TIFF is a fine swan song. It was a completely packed house and the celebrity quotient was pretty high, with Jarmusch in attendance along with Cate Blanchett, Meg White and Iggy Pop. Neat-o.

On a related note – Jarmusch interviewed the White Stripes on the release of Elephant.

See the artwork from Belle & Sebastian’s Dear Catastrophe Waitress. Out October 7.

It is my first day back at work after a week off. I have no idea what it is I am supposed to be doing here.

np – Pavement / Brighten The Corners

Dubya drops the dog. Witty caption unnecessary.

Today is the first day in ages where I have nothing I *need* to do. It is also the last day of my vacation. Figures. I’m meeting up with Large tonight to see the new Jim Jarmusch film Coffee & Cigarettes at the Film Festival. I don’t know what I’ll do with the afternoon.

Last night I met up with Azra for some ghetto chicken (read: KFC) and ended up at a rock show with some of her classmates from school. The Mark Inside were playing at the Dovercourt House as part of Anagram’s CD release party. I didn’t stick around for the headliners, but Mark Inside were alright. They had more of a swampy blues-boogie thing going on than the last time I saw them, which was a little more on the New York post-punk tension trip. I preferred them the last time.

np – Metric / Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

Neutral Milk Hotel founder Jeff Mangum has been MIA for years since releasing the transcendent In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. What happened to him? This guy is determined to find out.

Who is Lys Guillorn? I don’t know, but she’s got some heavy hitters playing on her album. Including Dean Wareham, James Mercer and Robert Quine, among others.

Another Soundscapes in-store – Super Furry Animals perform an acoustic set at the store Monday, September 15 at 7pm. Those interested in attending should try to snag a spot, oh, NOW.

Some Lake Holiday news – we’re playing a show at the Silver Dollar Room on September 25 with local synth-pop outfit Pony Da Look and Belgian chamber-popsters Melon Galia. Also, we will be part of a Tribute to Joy Division & New Order night at Sneaky Dee’s the second week of October – exact details to be determined.

np – Chappaquiddick Skyline / Chappaquiddick Skyline

File under: “What the hell were they thinking?” Elton John was the surprise guest at the Harley Davidson 100th Anniversary party in Milwuakee.

Because you demanded it – Family Guy : The Motion Picture.

A round table discussion with former child stars. Dig the tension – Danny Patridge and Screech musta had it out in the parking lot afterwards. Link from The Modern Age.

Travis’ tour for 12 Memories brings them to the Hummingbird Centre for an extra-scary Halloween show, October 31. Okay, it probably won’t be scary in the slightest.

Today was lots of running around, blowing cash on household implements. Desk and bookcase from Ikea – I briefly floated the notion of moving them home myself, but the 90 lb package quickly scotched that idea. They’re being delivered Tuesday night. I also got a load of this and that from Canadian Tire. I am almost all set up, I think. Ah hell, who am I kidding. I have no idea.

np – Guided By Voices / Isolation Drills