If you’re like me and biffed the onsale for Steven Malkmus’s previously announced NYC gigs at Bowery Ballroom and the Music Hall of Williamsburg, you’ll get one more chance later today. Tickets go on sale at noon for Malkmus and The Jicks’ newly added April Fools’ Day concert at the Bowery Ballroom. Malkmus hits many other big markets in the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast for his two-week jaunt supporting the March 4th release of Real Emotional Trash.

Let’s kill some time until those ducats go on sale by indulging in some linkage:

• Live Nation finally admits they will take on Ticketmaster, starting in 2009
• Jane’s Addiction looks to release a box set of video and rarities this year
• Record label woes continue: EMI plans to lay off up to 2,000 workers
• Phish keyboardist Page McConnell sits down with ABC’s Nightline to discuss some of his influences and favorite songs
• KyndMusic discovers Scarecrow Collection’s Radio Frequency Disaster
• Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones led a star-studded tribute to late pianist Oscar Peterson
• Engagdet shares a video of Gibson’s Robot Guitar from the CES
• Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs are hitting the road again in March
• Neddy runs down the shows of the week in New York City

Finally, a group of Zappa fans have teamed up to write a petition asking the Zappa Family Trust to stop threatening fan sites and tribute bands with litigation. For more about Gail Zappa’s evil ways, read MP3 Boot Camp: Zappa Sues ‘em All [via Here Comes The Flood]