Picaresque, the new album from The Decemberists comes out on March 22nd and is available now for pre-order via Amazon. I just popped on and ordered my copy and I am eagerly anticipating seeing performed live here at the Avalon in Boston this coming May. If it is anything like the show last summer at The Paradise, or the solo show last month at TT’s, it will be well worth the short money paid for the tickets.
As a bonus, Amazon has a great page with a printed and audio version of a recent interview with Decemberists front man Colin Meloy which is worth checking out. Enjoy!
If you are looking to get all of the musical experience of the 
I am a pretty avid sports fan and I like to think I know a thing or two about most professional and college sports, including men’s college basketball. Each year I enter a few NCAA pools and occasionally I pull in a few bucks, but more often than not I am beat out by a few others who are a slight bit luckier than I am. Not more knowledgeable. Luckier. I say this, because each year, one or more of those people that finish above me are female and know nothing whatsoever about college basketball. They either pick by uniform color, or rank, or mascot, or because their friend or boyfriend went there, and they always beat me.