We’ll get right into things today since you’re probably trying to get in that last blast of summer and shouldn’t be sitting around looking at a computer screen. So let’s check out what’s been going on with a lengthy batch of links…

• List Time: Top Ten Hair Metal Gods
• Neil Diamond offers refunds for those who attended his Ohio show
• Rolling Stone give a comprehensive guide to a Decade Of The Dude
• CoS interviews with Silver Jews’ frontman David Berman
• Find out how ZZ Top’s Eliminator changed the ’80s
• The Weight checked out Strange Design at Sullivan Hall
• Is Sam Champion the next big thing? WNEW thinks so
• The boys from Coventry share some great pics from Outside Lands
• Wilco & Fleet Foxes join forces for a cover of I Shall Be Released
• The recently reunited Beachwood Sparks will head into the studio

Now go outside and enjoy your last day off till Columbus Day. Go!

Jeffrey Greenblatt

Jeff joined the Hidden Track team full-time in 2008 and helps guide the site in his role as Managing Editor and Social Media Coordinator. Each week Jeff pens Pullin' 'Tubes, Tour Dates and Bloggy Goodness in addition to features, video posts and more. Jeff is a graduate of The George Washington University ('98), with a degree in Journalism, and has worked in the media and technology industry for the likes of MTV, VH1, A&E and Joost.

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