For the Venn diagram where Bowie fans intersect with Avatar fans, I'll share Emmett's comment while watching the climactic battle between Azula and Zuko in Sozin's Comet: "Azula was who David Bowie was writing about when he wrote 'Queen Bitch.' He knew what he was talking about - oh yeah."

Sasquatch Festival lineup announced

This year, the festival has: Jane's Addiction (feat. all four original members), Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Erykah Badu, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, TV On The Radio, Animal Collective, Silversun Pickups, Bon Iver, Santigold, Of Montreal, Explosions In The Sky, Devotchka, Peter Bjorn & John, Gogol Bordello, M. Ward, The Avett Brothers, Doves, Calexico, Grizzly Bear, M83, Girl Talk, The Gaslight Anthem, The Walkmen, Chromeo (dj set), Deadmau5, Mugison, Sun Kil Moon, Airborne Toxic Event, Blitzen Trapper, Shearwater, BLK JKS, The Wrens, Tobacco, Monotonix, King Khan & The Shrines, St. Vincent, Passion Pit, John Vanderslice, Bishop Allen, Blind Pilot, AA Bondy, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Knux, Ra Ra Riot, The Dodos, Beach House, Arthur & Yu, The Submarines, Owl City, Viva Voce, James Pants, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, The Builders & The Butchers, The Dutchess & The Duke, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele, Fences, School of Seven Bells, Death Vessel, Horse Feathers, Hockey, Point Juncture, WA, The Pica Beats, Loch Lomond, Vince Mira & more to come.

Sasquatch takes place May 23-25 at the Gorge in George, Washington.

Elizabeth Gilbert's TED talk on genius is freaking amazing...and there's a wonderful Tom Waits anecdote around minute 12. [link]

Elizabeth Gilbert's TED talk on genius is freaking amazing...and there's a wonderful Tom Waits anecdote around minute 12.

When she got to the Tom anecdote, I realized she was the reporter from GQ who interviewed him.

And she's the only reporter that ever got invited to his house to meet Kathleen Brennan, but then she couldn't.

But it was a great interview - they obviously had a strong connection, and it's a very moving piece.

Touch & Go is getting out of the distribution biz. This is a big deal for a bunch of small record labels.

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sticks head in thread...Hello?

Never been in here, I think. I need help with a list of songs for a CD I want to make for my sister's birthday. It's an odd sort of song I'm looking for.

It all started with Lee Hazelwood's collaboration with Nancy Sinatra. My sister had this CD she had made of music for the road for a road trip and after we listened to "These boots are made for walkin" I was trying to describe more of the songs they had done together and the hardest to convey was "Pheadra" at least I think that's the name.

So from that song I went (in my mind) to Mike Nesmith's "Joanne", "Rhiannon", "Venus" by Shocking Blue and now I'm trying to find more songs about women with mysterious powers. I'm kinda thinking The Eagles' "Witchy woman" and "Spooky" are kind of on the border of what I want.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Cheesey is a plus, but not necessary. I've even considered "Wildfire" but that might be more appropriate for the supernatural songs I'm also compiling a list of.

The first one that comes to my mind is "She's Actual Size" by TMBG.

"Love Street" by The Doors

"Dark Lady" by Cher?

For a literal interpretation, may I submit "Witchcraft" by Nancy's father?