Pop Cesspool posts hilarious footage of Ricky Skaggs.

The Vinyl District provides MP3s of the Beatles‘ infamous rooftop session.

Dcist provides the news that a local shock jock is taking early retirement.

TMOTTGoGo’s message board surmises that Beyonce’s breath is stinky.

And Black Plastic Bag is clamoring for the No Age album to arrive in our inboxes. The single is super catchy.

The Vinyl District lovingly revisits ELO: “For my pop. In a ‘hey you got your rock in my classical/no you got your classical in my rock’ way, dad and I always found common ground with ELO and this LP in particular when it was new…blasting ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ on the car radio, tooling around the town while coming up with weirder and funnier band names than Electric Light Orchestra.”

Pop Cesspool reviews The Sword.

DCist reports that the Eels frontman invited President Bush to its show.

TMOTTGoGo’s message board hypes the new issue of Wax Poetics. It features an awesome piece on Chuck Brown. You can read it here.

Pop Cesspool gets analytical on Canadian rappers Cadence Weapon.

The Vinyl District posts from SXSW.

Upset The Setup previews a local hip-hop show.

Intangible Arts writes: “There must be a special place in HELL for the people who, years ago, ran the cardboard punch machines that rendered otherwise intact vinyl LP sleeves into “cut-outs”. Damaged goods. Blemished like violated waifs.”

The Vinyl District salutes Jeff Buckley. MP3’s include the obligatory “Hallelujah” and Dylan cover.

Baltimore duo Beach House is offering “Wedding Bell” up as a ringtone.

Carpark Records announces that it has signed up to Facebook. So poke them. Or throw some sheep their way.

DCist notes that the Velvet Lounge has redesigned its website. DCist writes: “Clear, easy to read listings that include revolutionary things like: links to bands’ web sites! Both set times and door times! Prices!!! Forgive our extraneous exclamation points here, but when you’ve been trying to gather rock show information from the Lounge for as long as we have, this is more or less an occasion for a champagne toast.”