In case you were wondering, Ian MacKaye is still alive and well, despite spurious Internet rumors that sparked a flurry of e-mails, Wikipedia updates, and Google searches earlier this evening. The "obituary" that was floating around, which I'm not going to repost for reasons that will become obvious, not only spelled MacKaye's name wrong and misused the comma about eight times, it said that he got hit by a car outside of a Fugazi show (!) in New Jersey before being taken to a hospital in Baltimore (!?). A note to the Dischord offices asking after the "news" elicited the following response: "Thanks for your concern, Ian is fine and all is well. Just an internet rumor." Hooray! To celebrate MacKaye's continued existence, give a listen to his agit-folk duo The Evens, because both their albums are terrific, and criminally underrated:
The Evens [MySpace]
Ian MacKaye is alive. Elvis is still dead [baltmoresun.com]
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NME news editor Paul Stokes shares three "indie rock nightmares" on the magazine's blog, but they're along the lines of "I live with Julian Casablancas" and "this guy from the Klaxons is looking at me!" The world of indie rock has infinitely more disturbing horrors, and while I've never actually had the three dreams I describe below, maybe you will once you've read them. Prepare to Touch And Go...to hell! Eee-heheheheheheheeee!
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Coolest eBay auction in eons alert: Minor Threat drummer/Dischord duder Jeff Nelson is unloading part of his "punk archives, which are being downsized after having recently been deemed to be 'too big' and 'insane'." The haul includes rare hardcore singles, vintage flyers (Minor Threat with Trouble Funk and the Big Boys!), and Dischord/D.C. punk test pressings. Thank goodness I'm already in the hole this month. [