Okkervil River to open for Wilco

Okkervil River opening for Wilco? Pretty cool show.

Unfortunately, we raced to Ticketmaster.com and bought two Wilco tix for Keyspan Park thinking Okkervil was playing that show, too. Pays to actually read entire news items. So...who's coming with?

In related news, a few days ago we put together a brief obit for the Daily News on Jay Bennett. Should have posted it on RIB but didn't (as we do almost as a rule). You can read it here.

The Album of the Year site launches!

So yes, we're still alive.

As part of our NYU Web Dev class, we've put together an Album of the Year Web site and are now hosting it on the brand new and glorious mattmarrone.com.

If you'd like the check out the Album of the Year site, click the image to the right. If you're using IE, just kill yourself now and get it over with.

The site is fully functional, so register, login and comment. We reserve all rights to delete any remarks that aren't filled with glowing praise.