Links for 24 August 2006

Northwest laid off a bunch of employees and included a list of 101 ways to save money in their goodbye literature. Number 46: Don’t be shy about pulling something you like out of the trash. I also liked number 55: “Ask your doctor for samples of prescriptions.”

The band I interviewed for Nylon a month ago will make another tour stop in New York with the Dears.

Arnie, whose “A Year Following The Breakup” blog ended, has started a new one called “A Year in Pictures of Working.”

Somehow I remember this band being more math rocky, but then again, I saw them nearly three years ago. + / – are also one of the only all (or mostly) Filipino indie rock bands I know of. [Absolutely Kosher]

Make’s Blog highlights the Women Take Back The Noise package, which includes a circuit bent flower. I’m working on some review / interview stuff with the patient woman who put together all 1,000 packages.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover Sonic Youth for an iTunes-only EP.