If this post on their MySpace is a trusty source,Weezer is planning on dropping their 7th studio full-length on October 27th. Judging by their recent output, you may want to buckle up.

Les Paul, known best for his work on the solid-body electric guitar and his line of Gibson guitars, passed away today in White Plains, NY of complications of pneumonia at the age of 94. A native of Waukesha, Wisconsin, Paul began his music career as a Chicago jazz and country guitarist, though quickly making the transition to inventing. Aside from hugely progressive work on electric guitars themselves, he was also an innovator in multi-track recording and recorded “Lover (When You’re Near Me)” by himself on eight multi-tracked guitar parts.

The Fiery Furnaces like Obama. They like Obama so much that, in an attempt to build awareness and support for the President’s health care reform initiative, the bro-and-sis team are converting upcoming shows into mini-rallies, a plan made clear by two posts on their MySpace.

Why not have some information at your merch table, letting people know how they can support health care reform? Why not put someone on your guest list who can talk to people about how they can support health care reform? Why not mention that sort of thing from the stage, in the midst of one of your charming in-between-song monologues?

They’re also touring:

08.16.09 Richmond, VA – The National *
08.17.09 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle *
08.18.09 Charlotte, NC – Visulite Theatre *
08.19.09 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge *
08.20.09 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse *
08.21.09 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree *
08.22.09 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
08.23.09 Orlando, FL – The Social *
08.25.09 Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle *
08.26.09 Charlottesville, VA – Fry’s Spring Beach Club *

* with White Rabbits

Photography & Haiku by Andy Cohn

Internet vote night
Not really, but still awesome
Fagan said ‘fuck you’

When talking about improving a movie that needed no improving, Tom Waits would still have made The Dark Knight a better ride. Just think of the casting possibilities. Waits did, however, linkup  with Heath Ledger for the latter’s final film titled The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Joining them on the big screen will be Colin Farrell, Jude Law, and of course, since no bizarre film would be complete without him, Johnny Depp. The three hunks jumped in in 2008 when Ledger’s death put a crimp in the film’s production. What’s more, Farrell, Law, and Depp all agreed to donate their earnings from the film to Ledger’s daughter Matilda who never got written into Ledger’s will.  Check the trailer above. (Via SPIN).