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Whatever you do, don't call WPA a supergroup. "It really makes my skin crawl. I'm in a band with a guy who was in a supergroup," says Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, referring to the Traveling Wilburys, the '80s outfit his boss, Tom Petty, moonlighted in with guys named Orbison, Harrison, Lynne and Dylan.

Grammy Awards presentation, with Stevie Wonder. Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, February 28, 1984.

Golfer TIGER WOODS has been left seriously injured following a Friday morning car crash in Florida.

The lowercase 'f' in far is telling. The title to Regina Spektor 's ambitious, long-awaited fifth album reads as a knowing wink to the Russian-born, Jewish-American singer-songwriter's rapturous worship of the ephemera that clutters all our lives.

The Washington Times has been having a rough few weeks. There was a big shake-up at the conservative paper recently, with new top executives coming in and the executive editor getting kicked out, with the staff not informed of his departure for days afterwards.

Whatever you do, don't call WPA a supergroup. "It really makes my skin crawl. I'm in a band with a guy who was in a supergroup,'' says Heartbreakers' keyboardist Benmont Tench, referring to the Traveling Wilburys, the '80s outfit his boss, Tom Petty, moonlighted in with guys named Orbison, Harrison, Lynne, and Dylan.

Touring with Jim James, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis in the indie super group Monsters of Folk has been like "a fantasy, an erotic dream" for Conor Oberst.

Jed Gottlieb writes about music, film and pop culture for local, regional and national publications.

STOP IN THE NAME OF DRAMA The Walworth Farce begins a five-day run Wednesday at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

A San Diego musical institution for more than 40 years, Lou Curtiss founded the San Diego Folk Festival in 1967 and later helped launch the Adams Avenue Roots Festival and the Adams Avenue Street Fair.

Images View Larger Image All four members of the indie rock super group - My Morning Jacketfront man Jim James; troubadour Conor Oberst and producer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Mogis, both from Bright Eyes; and M. Ward of six lovingly crafted solo albums and the duo She & Him - are devotees of the elixir that most would consider an acquired ...

What: Regina Spektor with Jupiter One When: Tuesday, November 17, 8 p.m. Where: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium How: Tickets are $35, plus applicable service fee, available now at all Ticketmaster outlets, Asheville Civic Center box office, by phone at 800-745-3000, or online at http://www.ticketmaster.com . "It felt like those stories where a person sets ...

"Back in Town" - Wiretree Brisk, spangly power pop from an Austin-based quartet.

Sure, there's all kinds of "tribute bands" working the bars and clubs of Northeast Wisconsin and across the country, in all kinds of genres.

Ah, the supergroup - for some, an excuse to engage in mutual back-patting and masturbatory jams that do little more than stroke the egos of their creators.

There's no escaping the aura of The Traveling Wilburys, the power act created by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne in the the late 1980s.

Monsters Of Folk are four dudes better known for other projects, they are the Them Crooked Vultures of the NPR-section of contemporary music, they are like the Traveling Wilburys but not as iconic, all of this is true.

" Monsters of Folk " is the indie supergroup composed of singer/songwriters Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and Mike Mogis.

When Conor Oberst , Jim James and M. Ward toured together back in 2004, someone in the road crew jokingly dubbed the lineup "The Monsters of Folk." While the name was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, the idea that something so powerful could come from such a quiet genre kind of fits the project.

"I am a big action figure collector. I have a wide variety of figurines from various RPGs, and when I see certain characters that I love in action figure form, I almost always jump at the chance to make the purchase." Editorial Excerpt: "Final Fantasy VIII seems to be the series game that gets the most hate, and it's understandable why.