WFMU's Beware of the Blog — WFMU's online auction is on, and runs through Oct 12th(-ish). Be sure to check out the offerings right here, including some late-breaking additions (hello, punk 7"s!). Today's featured items include: Tea for Three with Stephin Merritt of Magn... more info

Totally Fuzzy — simon2307 said... From 1973 a rare ? bootleg of Gram Parsons and The Fallen Angels. Buckaroo Still Feeling Blue That’s All It Took California Cotton Fields Cry One More Time A Song For You If You Don’t Love Him (with Emmylou Harris) Hang On Sloop... more info

KEXP Seattle — Earlier this summer, KEXP was proud to present the “Face the Music” series as part of the annual Seattle International Film Festival. We were especially excited about one film in particular, making its Northwest debut: Strange Powers: Stephin Mer... more info

Guardian Music — DIY is now a way to allow a more intimate relationship with a increasingly fickle audience in the context of a shrinking record industryThe drum pattern that opens the Ronettes' Be My Baby was once the most thrilling sound in pop. Now, used in tens, ... more info

KEXP Seattle — Even though we’ve covered a lot of the Seattle International Film Festival’s Face The Music films already on the KEXP Blog, still coming up is the live scoring of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by the Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt and Lemony S... more info

Guardian Music — Peter Gabriel's bleak new album of cover versions has divided fans and the featured bands. He tells Jude Rogers about Radiohead's reaction – and why he's releasing music each lunar cycleI am running late to meet Peter Gabriel, the sapphire-eyed for... more info

KEXP Seattle — Strange Powers directed by Kerthy Fix and Gail O’Hara (USA, 85 minutes) Festival Screenings: June 6, 9:30 PM, SIFF Cinema June 7, 4:00 PM, SIFF Cinema This exquisite and well-balanced documentary about Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields was d... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Austinist reviews a theatrical adaptation of Magnetic Fields' seminal album, 69 Love Songs. In the Oxford American, Beth Ann Fennelly lists the 10 steamiest moments in southern literature. The Guardian lists 10 of the best riots in literature. Americ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Paste reviews the vinyl reissue of Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs album. What the 69 Love Songs reissue might lack in bonus features, it makes up for with the allure of rarity—only 3,000 sets will be produced. It seems the... more info

Pitchfork — -- Every year, The Village Voice (full disclosure: my old employer), hands out the Obie Awards, recognizing achievement in off-Broadway theater. This year, Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merrit won an Obie for the music and lyrics he wrote for th... more info