Tonight DJ Will Bestman and Bliss bring Annie to the Black Cat. Very excited! I have to attend my office Xmas party beforehand, so after imbibing on mucho free alcohol there, I'll be at the gig, suit and all. Should be fun.

Like Woah! Bob Hillburn is retiring.

New Travis album on the way. I have no rational explanation as to why I am such a big Travis fan. But I am. There, I said it.

Did everyone catch The White Stripes on the Daily Show? If not, ProductShopNYC has the video. I missed the interview, but the two performances were great. Oh, and if what TuningFork is saying about Jon Stewart is true, my respect for the man just reached new heights. Back in 2002, Stewart said his favorite band was Buffalo Tom. Fuck yeah. Respect.

Worst. Game. Ever. Seriously.

I keep forgetting to link to the Sports Guy's State of the NBA piece. He, like everyone else, is down on the Celtics.

I actually remembered to upload an MP3 for My Forgotten Favorite today. Here ya go:

Blur: Trimm Trabb (MP3)

Second best song named after a pair of trainers ever? I am completely biased about 13. I think it's brilliant, but then again I worked on it back when I was working with William Orbit. And by "worked on it" I mean I did alot of paperwork for the album. Anyways, this is my favorite track off of that record and it popped up on my iPod on Wednesday, the first time I'd heard it in many moons. I love the loop-like drums at the start of the song and the way they sit behind Alex's big, slinky bassline. I still brace myself when Graham comes in with the huge, buzzsaw guitars at the 2:53 mark. I think this record is some of the best playing Coxon did as part of the group. This is a record the band never could have or would have made with Stephen Street. I'll let you decide if that's a good or bad thing.