Unyielding Commissioning Brought To You By the Number 7

Free To All - Or you can pay for it. It's now all the rage. Girl Talk enters the name your price fray with a new release called Feed the Animals. Pick up your mp3s here. For further info, check out Jim Derogatis' review which glows like ET's chest.

Business in Front, Party in the Back - The gang at Hearya.com have put together a list of the 25 Top Mullets in Rock History, complete with insightful and hilarious commentary. They did a fine job, but notably forgot Mr. Richard X. Heyman: Speaking of Naming Your Price - Tonight! The Pitchfork preshow at Pritzker Pavilion is paid for. Or rather, it's totally free. So I guess you can't name your price on this one. Bands set to perform include Fleet Foxes, Extra Golden, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar, and A Hawk and a Hacksaw. Be there. It's free. (ht: Dero)

A Festival We Can Believe In - Rumor has it that Barack Obama will make an appearance at Lollapalooza in a few weeks. The Daily Swarm is reporting that he has an open spot in his schedule and that he pals around with Kanye West and Wilco. Unfortunately, since I won't be watching either of those acts, you'll just have to tell me how it went.