Blogsmacked: Floating Death Masks And More Free Drinks At CMJ

- Last night’s big show–The Knife at Webster Hall–written up in haiku form. [Merry Swankster]
- “This whole CMJ thing is basically a giant shitshow of free booze and people who know every other person in the universe.” So … is that a good thing or a bad thing? [The Brilliant Mistake]
- What’s most shocking to us about this rundown of last night’s Slits show is that the band apparently hit the stage on time. [Looking Through A Glass Onion]
- Courtney Taylor explains why he isn’t playing CMJ, does not explain how his girlfriend came to be named “Locket.” [Loudersoft]
- A day we thought would never come: The indie kids have started to emulate Eddie Van Halen. [The Battering Room]
- A CMJ photoblogging truism: As the night goes on, the pictures get blurrier. [SuperDee's House]
- Nothing’s more disappointing than a band that reaches for the Arcade Fire brass ring, but only manages to sound like the Dave Matthews Band. [Sound Bites]