Live Daily — Garth Brooks [ tickets ], who only occasionally has performed in public since announcing his retirement in late 2000, is planning to get back to work. A Las Vegas Weekly report by Robin Leach says that Brooks will announce plans for a long-term La... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Corb Lund: 2009-09-29, Austin [mp3,ogg,flac] "Highway 87 (Hayes Carll cover)" [mp3] Corb Lund: 2009-09-26, Manchaca [mp3,ogg,flac] "Time to Switch to Whiskey" [mp3] other Corb Lund posts at Largehearted Boy ">Cra... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Mainichi Daily News interviews author Haruki Murakami. The Rural Alberta Advantage visits The Current studio for an interview and live performance. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution profiles singer-songwriter Steve Wynn. The Arizona Republic inter... more info

MTV.com News — Jackson had been in talks to build a 'giant robotic hotel' before his death.By Gabriel Lipson Artist's rendering of the Michael Jackson robot Photo: Timothy Patterson/ André Van Pier Last March, Michael Jackson announced plans for his ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Bloodkin: 2009-08-08, Steamboat Springs [mp3,ogg,flac] "Quarter Tank of Gasoline" [mp3] Bloodkin: 2009-08-07, Denver [mp3,ogg,flac] "Happy (Rolling Stones cover)" [mp3] Bloodkin: 2009-08-06, Denver [mp3,ogg,flac]... more info

MVSW — Everest, Red Cortez @ Hammer Museum Old 97’s @ Music Box Tortoise @ Amoeba Music Gillian Welch @ Largo at the Coronet You Me and Iowa with The Damselles, Rachel Goodrich, Oak and Gorsky, Sara Roberts @ Hotel Cafe Steve Wynn and The Miracle Three, T... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Scott McCaughey w/ Eugene Mirman @ The Bell House (more by Lori Baily) Bassists/guitarist Scott McCaughey and guitarist/bassist Peter Buck collaborate quite a bit. First, they both play in R.E.M. Recently, both backed Robyn Hitchcock as part of the V... more info

TMZ — Steve Wynn was in hot water this past weekend -- for not having hot water.This letter was went out Saturday to all the people staying at his super swanky, 2000-room, $2.3 billion Encore hotel in Las Vegas, apologizing for the "failure of our primar... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Steve Wynn and his band the Miracle 3 will commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the release of Medicine Show with 2 shows in New York City and Los Angeles where they will play the classic album from start to finish... more info

All About Jazz — Original two albums also reissued on two separate vinyl LPs LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Big Star released two albums in the early ‘70s, neither of which set sales records. Yet in the 35 years that have ensued, artists like R.E.M., Wilco, The... more info