(Update):
If you happen to be in Athens this weekend, the Junior League of Athens is hosting their third annual Will Rock 4 Food benefit to benefit the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia this Saturday, May 7, 2011, at Terrapin Brewing. This year brings the addition of a food festival from some of the area’s most delicious restaurants. Bring your blankets and tailgating chairs so you can relax on the lawn and enjoy the music and pretty weather. You can find out more at willrock4food.org
Last night’s TimesTalks conversation in New York with Michael and Hugo Lindgren has received a lot of coverage today, and we wanted to share some of the highlights with you. Read more and check out the photos from the evening just below. A podcast is coming soon so stay tuned:
INTERVIEWS AND POSTCARDS…
Also–as it’s been bumped down the ladder a couple of rungs in the news cycle–in case you haven’t see the great interview Michael did with Interview.com, be sure to check it out. Michael calls it [his] “favorite interview I have ever done.”
Bertis’ “Postcard from Our Nation’s Capitol,” posted earlier this week, is also a must read. Find it here.
LIFES RICH PAGEANT REISSUE IN THE NEWS:
As we reported on Tuesday, the band has teamed with Capitol/I.R.S. for the July 12 release of an expanded 25th Anniversary 2CD and digital edition of Lifes Rich Pageant. The new edition features the digitally remastered original album, plus 19 previously unreleased demo recordings cut prior to the album’s studio sessions. Read the full post here and have a look at some of the press coverage following this week’s announcement:
SCOTT MCCAUGHEY VOLUME 1:
Finally, read this great interview with Scott McCaughey … Evidently Part 2 is coming soon!