COFFEE TALK: Dylan Preps Rarities Collection, Daft Punk Dates a Matter of Time …
Posted on July 29, 2008
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BOB DYLAN during his tire-chasing days

- The Walkmen have released their new record early for charity and a discounted download price of $5.
- The eighth volume of Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series will be a three-disc rarities set.
- Daft Punk are among the artists named in a round of soon-to-be-announced tours.
- Prefix has uploaded a spoken word performance/interview from Saul Williams.
- Batman—yes, Batman—is the Guardian’s “Singles Club” reviewer this week. Apparently he’s a big Nick Cave fan.
- Wanna read Cory Feldman’s thoughts on the Lost Boys sequel? Of course you do.
- Sirius and XM have officially merged.
- Sounds like Lost is about to get complicated again.
- Settle down, Jarvis!
- The entire cassette tape format has reportedly died.
- DRM rules are apparently hampering the digital archiving of music.
- Paste has expanded upon their recent Conor Oberst feature online, with some (kinda) scintillating thoughts on religion and politics.
- Other Music recently spent some time backstage with Stephin Merritt.
- Deerhoof have finalized a fall tour route and the tracklisting to their latest full-length.
- Amy Winehouse is “right as rain” after yet another hospital visit.
- Mogwai spoke to Billboard about their next album.
- SPIN has posted an exclusive Amnesty International PSA featuring Michael Stipe.
- Lykke Li and El Perro Del Mar have linked up for a “Take Away” session.
- Footage from a scrapped White Stripes documentary has leaked.
- The Streets has set a release date for his new record.
- Lightning Bolt, Brian Jonestown Massacre and Les Savy Fav have all been added to ATP New York.
- Now that it’s closed shop, Yahoo Music is offering refunds to its former customers.
A dearly-missed NYC icon makes an appearance in our Single of the Day …

THE ARTIST: Arthur Russell
THE SONG: “The Platform on the Ocean”
WHY IT’S A MUST-LISTEN: Because there’s really nothing like any of Russell’s songs; this one is particularly bizarre and beautiful.
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