Pat Travers will be playing at The Myth in Maplewood Minnesota on Wednesday 12/12/07.

Lemonheads will playing at the Varsity Theatre in Minneapolis Minnesota on Tuesday 12/10/07. I had a legendary evening when I saw Evan Dando play the Fine Line a while back, so I'll be at this one. Not too mention the Lemonheads are one of my favorite soft rock, poppy, alternative bands. Plus Evan Dando is so darn hunky.

Behemoth, Beneath the Massacre, Gojira, Job for a Cowboy will be playing at Station 4 in St. Paul Minnesota on Tuesday 11/06/07.

Every Time I Die, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Poison the Well, Underoath will be playing at The Myth, in Maplewood Minnesota on Thursday 10/18/07.

Dillinger Escape Plan, A Life Once Lost, Behold the Arctopus, Genghis Tron will be playing at Station 4, in St. Paul, MN on Sunday 10/07/07. I've been trying to see Dillinger Escape Plan since they were supposed to open for Mr. Bungle, way back when. They never ended up playing. I've missed them every other time they've been to town, so I'm going to this show dammit!

Fishbone will be playing First Avenue, in Minneapolis on 10/02/07. I've seen Fishbone play 6 or 7 times, and they were great every time. They've never let me down. A fun show for all. I think there is only like 2 or 3 original guys left. The band sure has gone thru some lineup changes, but I plan on going to this for sure.

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Here are some of today's new release CDs:

• Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
• Frank Black - Bluefinger
• Go Team - Proof of Youth (Bonus Disc)
• Joe Henry - Civilians
• Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
• Axe Riverboy - Tu Tu to Tango
• Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
• Vic Chesnutt - North Star Deserter
• C.O.C.O. - Play Drums + Bass
• The Deadly Syndrome - The Ortolan
• Ani DiFranco - Canon
• Film School - Hideout
• The Good Life - Help Wanted Nights
• Oakley Hall - I'll Follow You
• Adrian Orange - Adrian Orange and Her Band
• June Panic - Songs from Purgatory
• Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
• Emma Pollock - Watch the Fireworks
• Johnathan Rice - Further North
• Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth

Not much that I'd spend money on. Maybe next week will be more exciting.

I doubt anyone from apple or itunes will ever read this post on this tiny lil blog. This is just a way for me to rant and vent about their stuff.

• Why can't they make a piece of software that will not slow my PC down and hog all of my memory?
• Why can't I create playlists on the iPod as I'm listenting. Need a way to tag songs.
• Why can't there be a way to setup variables. Such as, play only songs that have a play count = 0.

I think the iPod is an amazing thing, and it has changed the way I listen to music. However, there are some improvements that could be made to make it even better.