So many jokes, so little space...  So moving on to the unifying force of good music instead, examiner.com reports: "Less than 24 hours removed from the last of his run of tour dates opening for Americana royalty Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Richard Thompson kicked off his headlining tour in support of his new album 'Electric' on April 6 in the city where the album was recorded, Nashville, Tennessee at 3rd and Lindsley Bar and Grill."

Hope you had a "lucky" weekend if you were of the horse racing voyeur variety or a better than non-descript one if you weren't. Rolling Stone reports: "They brought no plan or set lists, but modern troubadours Sam Beam (a.k.a. Iron and Wine) and Glen Hansard (the Frames, Swell Season) filled a tiny club in Los Angeles last night with songs aching, gentle and raging for a private show hosted by public radio stalwart KCRW. The intimate two-hour set at the Sayers Club came together as a result of Beam being in town to promote Iron and Wine’s upcoming album, Ghost On Ghost, while Hansard was passing through on his way back to Dublin. They share management and a long musical friendship."

Have a good weekend whatever you end up doing.  A footie related story on AUK!  Billboard reports: "The appointment of Di Canio on Sunday (March 31) has provoked three days of controversy, after he previously admitted he was a "fascist", although he said that did not qualify him as a racist. Politician David Miliband resigned as the club's vice-chairman over his appointment and the Dean of Durham called on him to renounce the ideology publicly or risk being associated with "toxic far-right tendencies", the Guardian reports."