MIA: Fats Domino.
(And check the Goner Board for more on-the-spot news from New Orleans [Chilton missing as well?]).

RIP: R.L. Burnside.

For the record geeks among you: www.45toursderockfrancais.net, a great online archive of French punk/rock vinyl from the 70s and 80s, including such greats as Little Bob Story, Metal Urbain and the Dogs. Picture sleeves, label overviews and MP3 samples, it's all there.

Just got the word from Mr Vahlberg that THE NOMADS show in Antwerp, Belgium on Saturday is off. Any Belgian/Dutch NBT readers thinking of making the trek to catch Stockholm's finest in action are advised to look for kicks elsewhere. Sorry to be the bringer of bad tidings and all that.