Jon Wolf says goodbye to more than just 2011 in the final installment of his Highly Rec’d Mixtape.

A modest request never to be fulfilled.

Ernie Harwell, the beloved voice of several major league baseball teams, but most notably the Detroit Tigers, passed away today at 92. I’m writing this remote via my phone so I will keep this brief. Harwell, who was originally from Georgia, was a truly remarkable man who I have written about a number of times. [...]

Devon Clifford, the drummer for the Canadian dance-punk band You Say Party! We Say Die!, passed away this morning after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage last night during the band’s performance in Vancouver. He was 30 years old. Read our 2007 interview with the band: here

TMZ.com reported this morning that actor Corey Haim died of an apparent overdose last night. The troubled, former child star, battled drug addictions for most of his adult life. He was 38.

Awoke this morning to the news that Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse had passed. According to numerous reports it was an apparent suicide. The Virginia-born artist’s official age has yet to be released but he was believed to be in his mid-40s. Another sad loss of an immensely talented musician. Sparklehorse – “Saturday”

Friday, February 26, 2010, Johnny Cash would have turned 78.

A shocking announcement earlier today with the passing of Memphis garage-rock star Jay Reatard. He was 29.

According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal he was found at 3:30am this morning in his home. Initial reports were that he died in his sleep.

Update 7:01PM: The New York Times and Vic Chesnutt’s PR rep are confirming that he died this afternoon in the hospital. He was 45.

Update at 2:31PM: He is on life support per his PR rep.

The plan for this week’s Sunday Night Videos was to showcase a few new songs – since I went with some of my person favs last week – and then throw out some of my favorite holiday videos. But, with Brittany Murphy’s death today, I’ve decided to showcase her video as Video of the Week. That bumped Julian Lennon’s new video for “Lucy” to co-Video of the Week.

Artists featured this week (new videos) include: Julian Lennon, Capgun Coup, The Pity Party, Phil and the Osophers, Dodos and Gringo Star. Holidays videos are by: Julian Casablancas, Band Aid, The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Alabama, Adam Sandler, Paul McCartney, Run DMC, No Doubt, David Bowie and Bing Crosby, Dan Fogelberg and Wham!.

Jerry Fuchs, a drummer who has performed with a number of bands including !!!, MSTRKFT, The Juan MacLean, Turing Machine, Holy Ghost! and Maserati, died Sunday morning, November 8, 2009, after failing down an elevator shaft in Brooklyn.

Fuchs, originally from Marietta, GA, attended the University of Georgia, before moving to New York in 1995. He was 34.

RIP Henry Gibson

Sad news today that Jim Carroll passed away. He’s best known, by most, for the song “People Who Died” and as the writer of The Basketball Diaries. Carroll was an significant figure in my life. His book of free-verse poetry, Fear of Dreaming, influenced me greatly as a writer. Although those who read this site, [...]