Please Stand By . . . Casey Dorrell

No, we haven't gone anywhere. As you likely know, I work in retail, and this is a busy time of year. A time of year when it's a good idea to make Casey be at work at 6am in the morning with the expectation that he will still be there at 11pm the same day. A great idea even. A time of year where I'm told by one of my smarter customers that he owns two blue VHS movies which he'd like on DVD. A glorious time of year. A time of year to consume copious amounts of alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol. Because of this, I won't be regailing you with tales of music. Not even the Joel Plaskett show I went to last night. In the meantime, here's some things to keep you occupied: This site beat us in a battle of the blogs competition. Verdict: People are illiterate - Mocking Music continues to be great. A year end list you may have overlooked by Ted Leo himself. Verdict: Ted Leo continues to rock. The Who are going on tour in 2006. Verdict: Baby Boomer bands are the new undead. Stylus gives us some indie band-inspired Haikus. Verdict: These are not funny And yet, they still make me laugh These are not funny Sick of seeing Sufjan on every year end list? Comiserate here. Verdict: Sufyawn is funny, but Sufjan is still great. Seattlest lists favourite books of 2005. Verdict: Books? Music bloggers don't read, we make lists, lots of lists. This saturday, a leap second is added to our calendar. Verdict: At least it's not 1972, they had a whole two seconds added (they were having trouble fitting in a full playing of Don Mclean's American Pie). Download: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Loyalty to My Sorrowful country Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Bleeding Powers Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Congressional Dubcision Sufjan Stevens - Wolverine (Michigan Out-take) The Who - Tommy Demo