In like a fox and out with a yodel? Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo for $50 billion. Many have speculated that Microsoft would eventually spring for big Y, as a marriage with the online media giant increasingly appears to be the most viable option to compete with Google in the great war of search and online advertising. Always a fun rumor to kick around, but today it's being corroborated by the WSJ, and considering......

Friday again, and the list brings you avant-noise, pop songs, singer-songwriters, horror films, samurai tales, classics, News Corporation and UFOs. What to choose? We don't know. We only bring the news. At The Echo, see the experimentally noisy Black Dice with Animal Collective and Ariel Pink. Doors open at 8:30 PM and tickets are $12.00. (18+) Downtown at The Smell, see bands from the North when Xiu Xiu (Seattle) plays with Tara Jane O'Neil(NYC)......