FTC makes blog decree; Extraordinaires give it away for free [VIDEO]

Attention deficient? Me, too. Here are a few bits of cultural news that should hold your att…hey, look at that!:

  • My connections to The Extraordinaires: I once attended a show by Ted Stryker’s Drinking Problem, and have spoken with the always extraordinary (and sometimes Extraordinairy) Jacob Wolf, the brains and beat behind Holy Smokes! Booking. Conscience cleared, I can happily share that the former locals recorded a Daytrotter Session that I encountered completely by accident.
  •  Speaking of Holy Smokes!, the booking organization is pairing with UVA’s weekly, The Declaration (for whom—I confess!—I reviewed a Ryan Adams album), to bring Phil Elverum’s Mt. Eerie back to the UVA Chapel. Elverum has played the chapel a few times, but a gig on the heels of his black metal album? It’s going to be the bomb like tick-tick…