Quincy Hoist hates trees...

...professes love for zines.

The 100-200 block of West Main

Is an alcoholic internet junky's delight--seems others have followed Genna's lead: laptop wielders sandwiched in Paradise can suck down queer Irish and Adair's wifi... which allows us to bring you this unconscionable excerpting of a Townes Van Zandt bio, (theoretically pegged to a Cowboy Junkies show at the Majestic) by a journo/prof/multi-instrumentalist who last recorded for Crustacean. And this further exploration of the majesty of Shopbop.com.

Shilv presents: an Isthmus Ombudsman-StoryBridge.tv collabo?

We mentioned that Kay Sai and Jay Olsen's StoryBridge.tv might produce material for Isthmus/Daily Page. That was mostly correct.

What we didn't reveal? Shilv inked a similar deal that will generate vlogs exclusive to Shiv/Shill/Shine. A taste of what's to come appears below. Quirky cobranding, huh?

Gentrify your mind...

...at Shiv/Shill/Shine's Madison Pop Fest wrap-up party.

Found in translation

The Shiv/Shill/Shine services page alludes to a variety of different skills and assets we can deploy to help you blow up your business. We neglected to mention our French-to-English pop translation option. PROOF OF CONCEPT: Sh/Sh/Sh agent Ivanka Trump translates the lyrics of "Boule de cristal meth"--or if you prefer, "Boule de crystal meth"--by Montreal's Malajube, who will be playing Memorial Union Music Hall tomorrow night.

Also, we have writers whose last name is not Cameron, who will review mixtapes like Cam'ron's Public Enemy #1. Word to the patron saint Larry David.

Diamond D

Shiv/Shill/Shine reports ineffectually (never got around to donating plasma to fund the excursion) record dig at St. Vinny's annual record sale. When I've been awake too long, my shit starts rhyming.

So it's not ashok, or quite an interview

but there's new audio on Shiv/Shill/Shine, once again covering Madison's shouty Library Mall beat.

I apologize...

...for cluttering up the whimsical pop-culture zone with some media giggles that would've once been this blog's bread and butter. The audio-sharing server is down for maintenance tonight, so I couldn't post the planned teaser of the earth-shattering interview with Ashok. Strike that--audio up... click to hear Ashok Kumar discussing the political imperative of the google alert.