The Wonder is reporting that Rhino isn’t just reissuing Marquee Moon, but also Television’s sophomore album Adventure (remastered and expanded, natch) and a Live At The Old Waldorf 1978 album which has been traded as a bootleg under various names, including Live Adventures, Live In San Francisco and Portable Electricity. Hopefully this will be as explosive as The Blow-Up, but with better sound quality.

There’s a new East River Pipe album in the, uh, pipe. Garbageheads on Endless Stun is out on Merge on September 9. Quasi’s “won’t be stocked in Wal-Mart” new album Hot Shit is out the same day.

np – The Jayhawks / Rainy Day Music

Good news is that Half.com now services Canadians (…heh. SERVICES Canadians). Bad news is, it’s a rip-off. Normally, when you buy something off of Half.com, the transaction takes place between yourself and the actual seller – Half just provided the marketplace. For Canadians, however, Half.com facilitates the shipment as well, meaning that if you purchase items from several buyers in one transaction, they are all sent to Half.com first, packaged together, and then shipped to Canada through Borderfree, with additional shipping and duty charges. How much does this come out to, you ask? Well for $10 US worth of CDs, my final bill would have been just under $40 CAN. Uh, yeah. I don’t know who at eBay came up with this business plan, but I hope they don’t have too much riding on it. You’d have a tough time finding anywhere that would end up costing you MORE for used books and CDs.

Oh! This is rich – I just got an email from Half saying, “hey, you left items in your shopping cart last night!” Ha!

np – Big Star / #1 Record/Radio City

Ever wonder what the Hulk has got under those big purple pants?

Some sketches from Darren Aranofsky’s apparently DOA Batman: Year One project. Thanks to Geek.ent for the link.

np – Pavement / Wowee Zowee

I did not get my morning bike ride in today (on account of forecasts of rain all day) and as a result I am all a-grog this AM. I want to go back to sleep.

Pitchfork talks to The Decemberists about who they are, where they came from and where they’re going.

np – Radiohead / Hail To The Thief

I think I’ve found a place to live. I’ve been sitting here hemming and hawing over the rental application for over a day now, not, as I’ve realized, because of reservations about the place – it’s not perfect but it’s pretty damn good – but because I’m getting cold feet about giving up my cushy lifestyle here at my brother’s place. I’ve been here almost four years, long enough to be pretty comfortable here. Maybe too comfortable? I dunno, I figure this is just a phase, and I’ll get over it. I know that getting out on my own is the best thing to do, even if it means giving up laundry in the apartment and having a car at my disposal. Change is good. I will fax in my application tomorrow and hopefully I’ll be looking for boxes and dealing with the logistical nightmare of actually moving soon thereafter.

I don’t think I’m going to the SARSapalooza shin-dig. Now that Metric has announced their July 25 show at the Lula Lounge, I have seven concerts in 16 days – that’s a helluva lot. Somehow I don’t think that capping that run off with hours of standing at Downsview airforce base watching a concert on giant screens with half a million people is what I really want to do. And anyway, I should be making moving arrangements then…

This Snood thing looks to be pretty damned addictive.

I picked up a slightly dog-eared copy of A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius, on the recommendation of, like, everyone. I don’t even know what this book is about. Are there aliens? I hope there are aliens.

Going back home this afternoon as it’s my brother’s 32nd birthday. As a gift, I’m giving him his second bedroom back after 4 years!

np – Wilco / Summerteeth Demos