Did you miss us last week? Here are our excuses: we caught a cold, had a birthday, and were up to here with work at our dayjob, for real. We're back now and anxiously awaiting a copy of Or, the Whale's brand new CD Light Poles and Pines to arrive in our mailbox. The few songs we've previewed on their site offer up banjo, steel guitar, and a chorus of male and female vocals......

"I got a meetin' in the ladies room. I'll be back real soon." -- Klymaxx Who's excited for the Art & Soul Festival in Oakland this weekend? What? Well you should be! Three days of music for only $5 a day, and a crazy eclectic lineup of world, jazz, dance, r&b and indie rock that's bound to please everyone. Sure, they've made it a little harder to get to Oakland this weekend by closing the......