Silver Jews no longer, Lily Allen sober?, Animal Collective bootleg, and more!

Yesterday, Silver Jews frontman David Berman announced that the band would be no longer. "I guess I am moving over to another category. Screenwriting or Muckraking. I've got to move on. Can't be like all the careerists doncha know." Berman also revealed that his father is the wholly evil son-of-a-bitch, Richard Berman, A prominent DC lobbyist. I understand why you kept it in the dark.

In more amusing news, Lily Allen claimed in an interview with longtime friend Damien Hirst that she was done drinking "for the forseeable future" but that "[she'll] just take cocaine now without any alcohol." 'attagirl! Possibly confirming the latter statement, she accidentally texted a topless photo of herself to Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs followed immediately by a text to this effect "Opps, wrong Ricky." Sober. Yes. As a Bird.

On the classical front, 13 'lost' works from composer Felix Mendelssohn are finally going to see the light of day shortly before his 200th birthday.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are releasing a new album It's Blitz sometime in the near future. This announcement was made by a handful of chicks and a raccoon. Seriously.

And lastly, NYCTaper has released a bootleg of the Animal Collective concert from 2 days ago (Jan 21st) at the Bowery Ballroom. It features a new (as in not on MPP) track, "blue sky" and some wicked good sound quality. It has been claimed as the best AC bootleg available, and I have no reason to dispute the claim.

And in Houghton news, it is currently 6.4f with blowing winds up to 15 MPH and a 100% chance of 1-4 inches of lake effect snow.