The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

If you even think you like classic jazz, or if you just have some time to listen to one of America’s greatest all-time entertainers, get thee over to Popdose now.  There you’ll find a top-notch bootleg of a Louis Armstrong & His All Stars show from 1954.

Now through Christmas, Amazon.com is giving away one free Christmas download per day.  For certain some of them are priced right, but there have also been some good ones thus far.  “Slower Than Christmas” by The Boxmasters (Billy Bob Thornton’s band) seems to have roused the ire of the Amazon community but I found it to be pretty entertaining.

I’ll probably pull some of these for a later article, but you should check out this sweet Flickr slideshow of color photographs from the 1930s and ’40s. They’re provided by the Library of Congress, who had another spectacular collection featured on this very site.

Following up on their earlier report regarding the forthcoming Field Music album, Stereogum provides us with the title track from that album, “Measure”.  It sounds to be a close relation to the music on their excellent Tones of Town album, and of course I’ve already downloaded it.  February 16 can’t get here soon enough…

I always thought that people who asked how God could exist and allow so much suffering in the world were looking at things the wrong way.  But then today I read about plans for a sequel to White Chicks, and I begin to wonder that myself.

Via Stereogum comes word that Field Music is back in action and plans a new album for 2010!!!

The CSI: Miami comic generator. Go nuts.