I was cruising through my Decemberists YouTube RSS Feed today and what did I find? A new Colin Meloy tribute video? Sadly, no. Turns out Hazards leaked on March 7.

Find a copy, enjoy, buy a copy and go to some shows!...

Cool recording session:

In approximately two hours The Decemberists will be playing The Hazards of Love live at SXSW and streamed on NPR (great quality). If you missed the live performance you can still catch the recording.

If you're wasting time until the show, check out the Vampire Weekend session from last year's SXSW (recorded March 13, 2008)....

Your shiny new Dell Mini 9 arrived loaded with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS but it thinks you're a regular person. You certainly are not. Let's fix it.

First, under your application drop down menu select Switch Desktop Mode and pick Classic Desktop. The Dell Launcher application was eating over 40MB RAM just to show the unnecessary animated application picker.

Next, launch a terminal and bring your old friends back:
sudo -s
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
# go ahead and reboot if upgrade installed a new...

I'm making something big. It's special enough to inadvertently get you on several watch lists of various organizations.

When the final designs and my links to everything are finished you can enjoy the new creation.

Generic computer related technical stuff involving babbling. No brooks.

Generic computer related technical stuff involving babbling. No brooks.

Pre-order Hazards of Love and other schwag at ye olde official shope. The first 750 CDs and 250 LPs will be signed by everyone in the band!

One of the signed orders will win an official Decemberists baglama and two free concert tickets!

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Pre-order Hazards of Love and other schwag at ye olde official shope. The first 750 CDs and 250 LPs will be signed by everyone in the band!

One of the signed orders will win an official Decemberists baglama and two free concert tickets!

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