Quick Links for the Weekend

I'm heading out the door so you may not get another blog post from me for the rest of the day. It'll be hard to get by, I know. I'll be in New Haven tonight for the Spanish Prisoners, among other things. So I'll leave you with two great links I stumbled upon this morning.

I Was Morrissey's Roadie
The Time's did an amusing feature on Morrissey yesterday. One of their writers applied for the job as assistant road manager aka roadie for a Morrissey tour. He didn't last very long. Not much longer than a day actually, but his interactions with the artist and the outcome of the story makes for a good read. Everyone knows Morrissey is a douche, this is just another interesting example.

What You Hear Is Not a Test
Very rarely do I read Pitchfork for their columns. It's a good place to find new music, but other than that I just skip right by. Tom Ewing's column for some reason drew me in this morning. Maybe I was still in a sleepy haze or I just had a feeling it would be good, but it was a pleasant surprise. It looks at the test of time argument when discussing or writing about good music, which makes for a great mini-debate between M.I.A. and Panda Bear. However, it his analysis and then throwing it all out the window that makes this a piece worth reading.