First off, apologies for the delay on my Touch and Go festival post; being a traveling music writer who doesn’t own a Mac laptop makes life rather difficult when it comes to posting on the run. Once I wrestle my photos out of my camera and into a decent format, I promise to get something up. In the interim, here’s the run down of the past week’s news:

Word! Barack Obama gets a Grammy.

Mastadon will soon appear in Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Movie.

Ta-da! A new reason to hate Buck Cherry.

$562,000 will buy you Syd Barrett’s home. Buyer beware: the agent says the estate “provides an excellent opportunity for sympathetic improvement and updating.”

The Village Voice tenure of Robert Christgau is being reflected upon both fondly and with reservations.

Puff Daddy/Diddy gets a little smack down in the U.K.