Very cool, Glam. Did she play in any bands that I might have heard of (if they ever released anything, then I might have heard of them)?

Nah. She played in lots of local LA bands in the late 80s-early 90s and then we were in a band together (how we met - I was the singer). None were signed or anything. Though I will proudly say we recorded demos for free at 2 very high-end studios (Record Plant and Westlake) and we had gigs at the Troubadour and Spaceland. Not too shabby.

I now have over 50,000 songs in my iTunes.

I now have over 50,000 songs in my iTunes.

Wow. I'm only at 14,000-something.

Hypothetical iTunes question for everyone: Let's say you download a song or album that you're curious about. You play it once and go, "Huh, that was interesting." But you doubt you'll ever listen to it again. Does it stay in iTunes?

ION, have people seen this? Courtney Love’s anti-Semitic rants revealed in Jewish magazine

American rock musician Courtney Love’s anti-Semitic views have been revealed in the Jewish magazine Heeb.

Love, who describes herself as Buddhist even though her mother is Jewish, spoke out about her ex-husband Kurt Cobain's legacy.

“Every time you buy a Nirvana record, part of that money is not going to Kurt's child, or to me, it's going to a handful of Jew loan officers, Jew private banks, it's going to lawyers who are also bankers . . .” the New York Post quoted her as saying.

Does it even matter much? I mean, do people read this and think, "Well, she's crazy anyway...."? Or are there still people who care what she thinks who'll go, "Hmmm... antisemitism. If Courtney does it, maybe I should give it a try...."

Tommy: yes, it stays in iTunes.

Jon: 51,688 for me. But I've been culling some of the flab recently.

You play it once and go, "Huh, that was interesting." But you doubt you'll ever listen to it again. Does it stay in iTunes?

Nope, not me, on the same anti-clutter principle that I'm trying to apply to my house.

I am Dana. I am under 12000 in my iTunes and I am constantly culling. I think it is fair to say that there are more than a 1000 songs on there that I have never heard. Sad.

My latest discovery: The Raveonettes. Am loving Lust Lust Lust and Sometimes They Drop By after seeing Lust Lust Lust in a "Best of '08" list on WFMU. eMusic says: "Better than Psychocandy. That's right, we said it." Um, I don't think so... but it's still a great album.

If I think there's a chance I'd play it on the radio it stays. Otherwise, I delete it.

Yep Roc Records Press Release just hit my inbox:

Reinvention reigns supreme in the elastic world of Robyn Hitchcock. His latest incarnation with the Venus 3 (Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey & Bill Rieflin) spawned the critically acclaimed Ole Tarantula in 2006. Three years later this confection of rock stars and underground legends is back in 2009 with the post-modern pop masterpiece Goodnight Oslo. Stabbing horns from compatriot Terry Edwards swim alongside gorgeous harmonies throughout this 10-track snapshot of Hitchcock's version of pop music in a perfect world. Goodnight Oslo features guest vocalists Colin Meloy, Sean Nelson and Morris Windsor who help Robyn sing his way through a dreamy remembrance of 16 years of intoxication. An album of nearly unwavering positivity, Goodnight Oslo shines down with the beautiful "I'm Falling" and the beatific "Up to Our Nex," the latter written for the soundtrack to the stirring Jonathan Demme film Rachel Getting Married. A new era in an already fabled career, Robyn's latest work strengthens the pull of his lunar-like gravity and adds yet another chapter to the myth of one of rock music's most influential undercurrents.

Anyone know about a new Nick Drake tribute?