(Via Stereogum)
• Did ya catch the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction last night? Yeah, me neither. Idolator put together a great cheat sheet, if you want to fake it.
• The PLUG Awards were last week, and I shared my experience, but I neglected to mention any of the winners. Also, our sister site, Metromix, has a pretty cool photographic breakdown of the ceremony.
• Though everyone is pretty much more familiar with covers of Leonard Cohen than his actual recordings, the man goes on tour later this year, Brooklyn Vegan is reporting.
• I just caught an episode of this "Lil' Bush" show last weekend, and it's pretty funny. No "South Park," but still mildly amusing. What I didn't realize is that some of my favorite rock stars are involved with the show, most notably Iggy Pop as Lil' Donald Rumsfeld and Kevin Federline as Lil' Karl Rove! Learn more at Pitchfork.
• Eddie Argos (Art Brut) is a freaking nut! In a good way!
• And, of course, we're always on the look out for good pop music scholarship, so we were delighted to find this map of where exactly the area codes were where Ludacris' hos reside. Evidently, he's familiar with some ladies in the Midway and Wake Islands. According to Strangemaps (the above-linked site): "Only scientists are allowed to inhabit the Midway Islands, and only military personnel may inhabit the Wake Islands. Draw your own conclusion.” Although, 808 also encompasses Hawaii, so that datum is more sensational than anything else.
I was going to try to make this into a post about songs that mention area codes prominently, but the only other one I could think of was 2 Skinnee J's "718." Know any others? Leave 'em in the comments.
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