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News Fri Dec 10 2010
Friday Quick Links
When we're not doing egg nog shots, we're listening to music, while we're doing egg nog shots.
- Get into the honkytonk Christmas spirit with the always anticipated downloadable Christmas music posted daily by Big Rock Candy Mountain. And it's sounds you won't hear on The Lite, neither.
- Favorite Twitter meme of the week: #fatindiebands.
- Not too surprising that Kanye's latest is ending up on a lot of folks' "Best of 2010" lists, including Carrie Brownstein's.
- Someone just give young Spencer Tweedy a record deal already. Here's his version of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" as a song about mathematics. (If you don't know, his papa is Jeff Tweedy, of WIlco fame.)
- Speaking of Senor Tweedy, the Second City's annual 24-hourfundraiser starting on 12/14 will also host a raffle prize of an at-home concert by same said Tweedy.
- Fake Shore Drive is just totally killing it this week with great posts. Here's the 50 Greatest Chicago Rap Songs....
- ...and then a new track "Kiss Kiss Kiss" from Kid Sister. And a nod to her video for "Do! Do! Do!" up on Perez Hilton.
- Great new dreamy stuff at Coach House Sounds from a Steve Krakow (Plastic Crimewave Sound) side project called Solar Fox.
- WBEZ spends 5 minutes with Jim DeRogatis.
- Jim DeRogatis been making a lot of lists at the Mayor's Office of Special Events this week, but probably not the good kind. He wrote a pretty intense piece speculating on how political connections might play a part in the hiring at MOSE, and how hiring in turn influences summer music festivals. He then got a terse email from the Executive Director, Megan McDonald.
- Quincy Jones vs. Kanye West, and why it matters.
- Archer Prewitt redesigns Busy Beaver Button Co. logo.
- What are you doing New Years, New Years Eve? Some updates have been posted in our NYE music venue roundup.