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Since we haven't given you any music info recently (Fall TV premiers are pretty time-consuming), here are a few quick hits to end the week. Next week, we should be more on top of things!

Pavement reunion tour - If you know who Pavement are, then this is the most life-altering, world-shattering, orgasmic announcement of all-time. If you don't know who Pavement are, then it doesn't matter. Apparently, there's no middle ground in the debate. I guess that makes sense, but maybe everyone should just take a second to breathe. They're a band, and they're good, and that's about it.

New Moon Soundtrack - I feel like some kind of cosmic joke is going on. First Harry Potter consumes the interests of people over the age of 14, and now these vampire movies with that pale-looking guy and that girl who's always high has a soundtrack that's being filled with the likes of Grizzly Bear, Thom Yorke, Bon Iver, Death Cab For Cute, and the Killers (okay, that one makes sense). To make things more confusing, these bands are writing new material for the soundtrack! I'm waiting for the punchline...

Stephen Colbert: Music Aficionado - You didn't need to read about Colbert in Rolling Stone to know that he's got great taste in music. In the past, he's had TV on the Radio, The Decemberists (many times), and Wilco... and let's not forget Feist and Elvis Costello making a cameo in Colbert's Christmas album! This week, Colbert had on the Flaming Lips, who performed a song from their forthcoming album Embryonic, "Convinced of the Hex." He also interviewed Wayne Coyne, which was pretty great and seen here. In the future, Colbert is also having The Mountain Goats on for some old-fashioned, acoustic emotion... your move, Glenn Beck!


Drake - Oh my God, I don't know how this is happening. How can you go from being a Canadian TV teen star (inherently funny) who's character is in a wheelchair to one of the most popular hip-hop artists anywhere?? It's truly mind-boggling and absurd, but what's even more surprising is that he's not bad. At all. In fact, a couple of songs off the official release of So Far Gone (read: not free on the mixtape) show just how good Drake might actually be. "Fear" and "I'm Goin' In" show an artist who's clearly confident (whether appropriately so or not) and who has something interesting to say. Watch your back, Weezy.

Some Music, Some TV

"Behind The Music: Lil' Wayne" - It's happening tonight, I believe at 10pm, on VH1. If you've ever seen a Lil' Wayne interview, then you know this is basically required viewing. We're talking about a guy who just made about eleventy billion dollars on tour. At the very least, set your DVR!


Ellen DeGeneres as 4th judge on Idol - Guest judges are still around until after the auditions phase, at which point Ellen will undoubtedly serve as a source of funny sarcasm to counterbalance Simon Cowell's douchy sarcasm. [CNN]

Glee - To the delight of former high school show choir members everywhere (and probably current members, too), Glee had its proper premiere last night. We haven't seen it yet, but expect Audra to write about this show, probably with great joy. And let's be honest, Jane Lynch is good in basically everything she does. Hey, I need a reason to watch it too!

Stephen Colbert Interview in Rolling Stone - So I completely forgot why or how this happened, but I got an issue of Rolling Stone in the mail yesterday. One of their cover stories lists 50 reasons to watch TV, and their #1 reason is Colbert. The magazine has a pretty interesting article about Colbert that delves into some pretty heavy stuff (loss of family, religion, work ethic). Online, you can find a couple of extras, including more interview fodder and a profile that wasn't included with the print article.