Friday’s Leftovers: NYE In Rainbows

If you’re working this New Year’s Eve, you can take solace in the fact that Radiohead will be doing the same exact thing — only they’ll be playing songs off of In Rainbows for a worldwide webcast and television broadcast. Those of you who have Al Gore’s Current network on your cable systems will be able to watch the broadcast on your television, while everyone else can follow along on Al Gore’s Internet.

• London’s Mirror reports that The Kinks will reform with their original lineup
• Amazon adds Warner Music tunes to the DRM-free Amazon MP3 Service
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones paid tribute to Desmond Dekker at the Hometown Throwdown in Boston
• Dark Star Orchestra carries the legacy for Deadheads young and old
• RAQ prepares to rock Knoxville on New Year’s Eve
• Greg Kot lists his ten favorite concerts of 2007
• What’s up with the marriage between indie rock and world music?
• Another stomping bass player takes over the Mingus family business
• Billy Joel will play with the Philadelphia Orchestra for a special engagement

And for my final link of 2007, let’s turn our attention to Fiery Furnaces’ new video for Duplexes of the Dead…the linkage will see you in ’08.