You couldn't have asked for a better time to have an ice storm, at least musicwise. There are no major shows going on tonight (and none last night), which means there also are no cancellations. Now if today had been tomorrow, we'd all be wondering whether Dinosaur Jr. was still happening at Slowdown. I have no idea how J and the band are traveling these days. They were scheduled to play Oklahoma City Sunday night -- one day before most of that state went black due to power outages. Tonight they're in Iowa City (hopefully they're already there). There's nothing stopping them now.

That's all I got today, other than to ask you to go to the webboard (here) and list your favorite CDs from '07. I'm in the process now of putting together my year-in-review article for The Reader, so your suggestions are welcome.

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