Ace Cowboy

No news is good news, they say. Only, when you’re trying to put together a link dump to start the week, it’s better to have some real, actual news. It seems our corner of the live music world rested this weekend, likely so the Hidden Track Birthday Boys could enjoy themselves without worry. (Ir)Regardless, the Internets have presented some interesting links for us, so let’s get our scroll on, baby…

• The Cure announces its first North American tour in three years
• Video surfaces of Lewis Black getting nailed in the head with a bottle during Gov’t Mule’s Bonnaroo set — where’s Akon when you need’m?
• Glide Magazine posts a sweet gallery of Bonnaroo photos
• The Clutch set from the ‘Roo has been the recipient of incredibly positive chatter — download it here from Traders Den (subscription)
• The Roots announce the coming of a new album
• Once again, the Grateful Dead Taper’s Section has another nice installment of goods for us this week
• Check out Mario & Luigi in The Lost Nintendo Sex Ed Tape
• Brooklyn Vegan’s featuring sweet pics from Glastonbury
• Neddy weighs in with his shows of the week list for NYC
• Congrats to Shaggenstein, the official winner of the Pearl Jam Giveaway

And as usual on Monday mornings, read on after the jump for a full list of the weekend’s setlists, including but not limited to the Lucious Bobby Dylan, Wilco, an Asia reunion, Bad Religion, Ween, Tortoise and a buncha hippie bands…

We saw the sun rising over this exact spot on the Atlantic last night/this morning, weary souls reviewing 10 straight hours of straight-up rock. We caught six bands yesterday at

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?uestlove‘s gotta be one tired motherfucker right now. Bonnaroo’s Man of the Match anchored three separate bands and logged countless hours on the festival’s various stages down in the dusty heat of

One likes to do the splits…one likes banana splits, and lots of ’em. But, together, James Brown and Luciano Pavarotti make one of the most badass singing tandems of all-time. Five

Truthfully, I thought the mass e-mail about the last-minute set was a joke. So let me get this straight: My favorite band, the guys I’ve spent literally thousands and thousands

And if the former Journey frontman hasn’t been on his knees worshipping Chase’s junk in the aftermath of The Sopranos’ finale, he oughta give it some thought. According to the good folks at

No, it ain’t the Bubble Boy, it’s The Boy in the Bubble. And since this is a live show from Africa in 1987, there’s some fantastically cheesy production to appreciate in addition

Somebody booked their mid-September flight to Austin, Tejas today, and that somebody is…Estelle Getty. Okay, it’s not that golden girl, it’s this one…it’s me. I’m an excitable boy, and my emotional

If it ain’t broke, ya know? Self-proclaimed indie-jam rockers moe. today announced it will return to Manhattan on New Year’s Eve and set up camp at Radio City Music Hall for