Back on Sirius Satellite Radio

I will be making a return visit to the Lockridge Report on Road Dog Trucking Radio, Sirius channel 147, to talk about the resolution of Hesperia’s trucking ordinance changes. I’ll be on at noon, Pacific time.

Liz talks to Billboard about going indie — again

This is a few days old, but I never got around to posting it: Liz Phair talked to Billboard magazine about changing record companies, the 15th anniversary re-release of Exile in Guyville, the accompanying documentary and more:

I missed being on an indie. I never wanted to go to a major in the first place, but Matador basically sold me to Capitol, and when they divested, I was left there. It has been a long time since I could do what I wanted. When I was on Capitol, I tried to adapt and make the best of it, but I can honestly say, for the first time in 15 years, I feel creative. I don’t have to start with a mindset that thinks about how to sell the record and works backward.

The re-release was actually ATO’s idea initially, but I did realize that we’d never done the 10th anniversary edition, and it seemed like a good thing to do. I jumped on the idea because I wanted to work on the DVD and revisit the scene that happened around “Guyville” in 1993. I wanted to bring that moment back to life, and it was also a good way for me to establish my independence.

I was recording demos all winter, after taking a few years off, which I needed. The demos were all super cheap, and my friends all lent me their time and got involved. I’m going to start recording in mid-April and hopefully bang this puppy out. I have a strong vision that I can’t quite articulate yet, but I’m hoping it’ll be clear on the album.

On a happier note

That’s the house’s humidifier behind him. It makes living in the desert a lot more bearable.

Virginia Tech Day of Remembrance Webcast

Classes are canceled today at Virginia Tech, and the day is given over to remembering the events at West AJ and Norris Hall a year ago.

As befits a high-tech school that was on the cutting edge of the Internet before the World Wide Web had even been created, all of the day’s events are Webcast.

James in Wonder Woman #19

Almost a decade after Jenn getting married was mentioned on the front page of a newspaper blowing past Wonder Woman’s feet (in 1999’s Wonder Woman #148), James has appeared as a secret agent in Wonder Woman #19 (they restarted the series a third time), on sale now.

(He’s not the blonde guy. The blonde guy, Nemesis, is a decades old character, and two blonde guys out of costume talking to each other can get confusing, as Marvel Comics’ Avengers has shown a number of times over the years. Captain America, Yellow Jacket and Hawkeye all need new haircuts, at a minimum.)

A big thanks to Gail Simone for sneaking him past the velvet rope and into the DC Comics universe!

Go get the issue at a comic shop today, and while you’re there, go ahead and pick up the paperback collections of All-New Atom, Birds of Prey, Gen-13, JLA, Superman or Welcome to Tranquility. (The latter is creator-owned, I believe, so Gail gets the biggest check from that. Buy those first. They’re about a superhero retirement community.)