Quite a worthy collaboration between the 48-year old Preservation Jazz Hall Band and some notable artists, including Tom Waits, Andrew Bird, Dr. John, Jim James, Merle Haggard, and more. This benefit album will be due in February on RED records, and is one that you should be sure to pick up. (Pitchfork)

New York’s Jelly Pool Parties, which have gained notoriety for being, well, awesome, are in trouble. The concert series, having moved from Brooklyn to the East River State Park last year, may not have a venue for next summer. You can pledge your support to New York Senator Charles Schumer, who’s leading the fight to save the bashes. (CMJ)

Nick Cave has won a Booker Prize for this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction award, which honors “redundant passages of sexual description.” (Daily Swarm)

Morrissey, oh my god… He told an audience member to fuck himself and had him thrown out of his show in Hamburg the other night. I mean, the dude in the audience had it coming, but Morrissey’s fall tour seems ill-fated, does it not? (NME)

I know we haven’t even gotten to (let alone through) the holidays yet, but the summer festivals will literally be here before you know it. Bonnaroo and Monolith Festivals have some updates for the summer of ’10. (Stereogum)

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I wouldn’t even mention this if I hadn’t brought up the hospitalization a few days ago, but I may as well follow up: Amy Winehouse actually went to the hospital because one of her fake boobs exploded. (Chart Attack)

No doubt Peter Gabriel has some important, insightful things to say about the state of the music industry. (Guardian)

In case you didn’t know, R.E.M. is currently recording their 15th studio album. (Paste)

Paul and Ringo, back together again. McCartney makes a guest appearance on Starr’s forthcoming new solo album, Y Not. (Billboard)