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Local roots-rockers Trainwreck Riders were hit by a drunk driver Saturday night in Fort Worth, Texas. Bassist Garritt Heater broke his arm,  guitarist Andrew Kerwin broke a rib, and frontman Pete Frauenfelder injured his back. The band also suffered numerous scrapes and bruises in the accident, which flipped their van multiple times and heavily damaged most of their equipment. The band could definitely use your well wishes and assistance. Donations can be made through PayPal to trainwreckriders@yahoo.com or just click here.

Many Web radio stations, small and BIG, are shut down today for today’s Internet Radio Day of Silence, conceived to protest the outrageous fees set by the Copyright Royalty Board. Yahoo!’s blog post has a great deal of information about the fees and how they will ruin Internet radio, and we have also posted about it before, including the ridiculous response from our own Senator Feinstein. Write to your representatives!

Rod Beck, Giants closer throughout most of the ’90s, died Saturday at the age of 38. “Shooter” saved 199 games for the Giants from 1991 to 1997, including 48 in 1993, when he finished the year with a 2.16 ERA. He was also a true mustache inspiration, and sported a mullet for most of the ’90s. And, as the Chronicle’s Scott Ostler pointed out, in 2003, while trying to revive his career after elbow surgery, Beck played for a triple-A team in Des Moines, Iowa, and lived in an RV behind the stadium. After home games, he would invite players and fans back to the RV to party and would buy beer for everyone that showed up. R.I.P.

Nancy Grace is having two babies. She is also secretly married. Ewww.

APE & Noise Pop have joined forces to create the Treasure Island Music Festival w/ Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Thievery Corporation, DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Zion-I, Spoon, M.I.A, Earlimart and more! Tickets for the two day festival are on sale now through Satan.
Saturday September 15
Thievery Corporation, Gotan Project, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, M.I.A., Ghostland, Observatory, Zion I, and more.

Sunday September 16
Modest Mouse, Spoon, Built to Spill, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, M. Ward, Earlimart, and more.

Child-prodigy Zach Condon, better known as the man behind the band Beirut, is set to release a new album this October on Ba Da Bing! records. The currently untitled album is a follow-up to the band’s hit Gulag Orkestar, and was recorded in two separate sessions - at the A Hawk and a Hacksaw practice space, and at Arcade Fire’s studios outside of Montreal. The band will head out on a limited tour of theatres in the Fall, including two dates at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre.
September 23rd - Princeton, NJ - Terrace F Club
September 24th - New York, NY - Worldess Music Series @ Society for Ethical Culture
September 26th - New York, NY - Delacorte Theater
September 30th - Montreal, QU - La Salla Rosa
October 2nd - Toronto, ONT - Danforth Music Hall
October 4th - Chicago, IL Portage Theater
October 8th - San Francisco, CA - Herbst Theater
October 9th - San Francisco, CA - Herbst Theater
October 10th - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon

How ’bout some art? Here’s some from Hong Kong artist Chan Kau On.

“City Under the Rising Sun, Hong Kong”

Check out more of his work here.

On Saturday, I attended the Matt & Kim/The Mall show at Bottom of the Hill for Blahdrey’s birthday. Good times. At one point in the show, Matt pulled out this marshmallow pizza they found at a store, asked who would eat it, so of course I raised my hand. He threw it to me and I chomped into it. Yum yum. Actually, gross, completely disgusting and I feel nauseous just thinking about it still. And The Mall is outta here for New York. Bastards. (And good luck, I hope they have much success on the East Coast.)

PS: Mesh SF Dot Com should be back in full effect after June 11th.

Don’t let the door hit ya’…