1. Last week I posted a link to an interview with Alex Dunne of CRIME IN STEREO that was done for Alternative Press. In the interview, Dunne has some not-so-nice words for Bill Wilson, owner of Blackout! Records. Wilson responded to some of the accusations, and Altpress amended the original version of the story to include his rebuttal, which you can now see here. So much drama.

2. In less serious news, I bought a new external hard drive that I think is trying to lull me to sleep. It’s a Maxtor One Touch model that has a pearl white glowing light in the front that expands and contracts like an ocean wave. if I stare at it for too long, my mouth gets droopy and my eyes fixate on the glow.

3. Last election cycle, I mused about the misfortune about not living in a battleground state. I take back the use of the word misfortune. Any day now I’m going to hear an ad that’s going to say “Congressional liberals want to bring the VAT to the United States from Europe, just because they can.” Barf.

4. Hot Topic this week launched their online music store/portal Shockhound.com. The logo features a dog with an open mouth and a lightning bolt coming towards it (or is it away from the mouth, as if the dog was spitting electricity?). Yep.

5. There’s some chatter that CAVE IN has recorded a new four song EP. Let’s hope that’s a go.