Yes, we're Folklife enthusiasts. Where else can you get a funnel cake, a hip-hop spitfest, a latin dance party, and a contest for liars, all in one place? We quoted Prince in the headline because we wouldn't be surprised if he showed up at Folklife this year. There is so much shit going on this weekend, and you don't have to drive all the way to the silly Gorge and pay through your nose......

Permit us to bloviate some on the death of David Halberstam today in a car crash, which is utter bullshit considering that the guy reported from fricking Vietnam and he dies in a traffic accident in San Mateo (the car that hit him driven by, in a terrible irony, a Berkeley journalism student) (actually, I'm an idiot, his driver was a Berkeley student, so there's no irony, just terribleness). Halberstam's Summer of '49, about the......

--Ken Griffey, Jr. bitched out Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger today. --The news: Sonics' bill gets out of committee. The real news: Even though said committee is chaired by the bill's biggest supporter, it only passed by one vote. --The Real Change v. Weekly sniping continues apace. --Cutter & Buck: sold! --Local author John Moe discovers that lying to your child=entertaining blog post. Space Needle sketch from this awesome post.......

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor is spending......

The conversation at Seattlest Home Headquarters last weekend went something like this: "Hey sweets, I'm buying us tickets to On The Boards for Friday night. We don't have plans, right?" "Ahhh, no, I don't think so. Who is it?" "Mark Haim. A bunch of solos set to the Goldberg Variations." "Got it. Goldberg. Go for it." "He might be naked at some point." "Talk about going for it." We agonized a bit whether to......