Intermezzo: NYC Jazz Fest to Return

Back in May we told you that JVC had decided to stop sponsoring their long-running Jazz Festival series and that no company had stepped up to help George Wein throw this year’s festie. Well, we’re happy to report that an up-and-coming medical technology firm named CareLogic will resurrect New York City’s most prestigious jazz festival starting in 2010.

CareLogic will also help sponsor the Newport Jazz Festival and others across the globe in in Chicago; Monterey, California; Paris, and Manly, Australia.

Here are six links to help you get over the mid-week hump…

• MGMT’s Time To Pretend EP gets the re-release treatment
• Drive-By Truckers new Live From Austin, TX disc is out
• Find out what George Harrison really thought of Allen Klein
• Lewis Black and DJ Logic joined Blues Traveler at Red Rocks
• Tommy Lee of Motley Crue wants to develop a roller coaster
• Merle Saunders Jr. talks about touring with Michael Jackson

Finally, Nine Inch Nails has decided to end their touring career with a handful of shows in NYC, Chicago and LA starting August 22nd. In NYC they’ll be playing Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall and Terminal 5. In Chicago, the Aragon Ballroom. In LA they”ll be at The Wiltern, The Henry Fonda, The Palladium and The Echoplex. Check NIN.com for more details on the tour.