As everyone waits for the laundry list of over 1,500+ bands that SXSW should release late this week or early next (going by last year), here are a few bits of SX news to tide you over. - This Crowe Has Flown: The Black Crowes have canceled their appearance at Stubb's. This is likely because (a) they have a record deal, (b) they have a loyal fanbase, (c) critics have already judged them for better or worse, and thus, (d) there was no reason for them to play SX in the first place. - Okkervil River w/ Roky Erickson: In a move that will draw in some tourists along with the locals, the Austin Music Awards will feature Okkervil and Roky - playing together - as a headliner. Let's just say that this will be trippy and special. ...

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We thought we were surely dreaming when we heard over the radio this early morning that Scotland Yard had successfully foiled a terrorist plot to blow up nearly a dozen airplanes in mid-flight. The plan evidently revolved around liquid-based explosive devices, to be smuggled on board in hand luggage. After 21 people were arrested in London and surrounding areas, a nation-wide "critical" threat level was announced by UK security service MI5. This status is......

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