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Shocker in Gloomtown: Reluctant songwriter Robert Pollard has whipped up a brand new 7". This one falls under the Takeovers umbrella, and features Pollard's Takeovers partner Chris Slusarenko, Decemberists drummer John Moen, Quasi's Sam Coomes, and Brian Berg of 44 Long backing the Fading Captain on four tracks. They're calling it the "Little Green Onion Man" EP, and indeed, the title track falls off the Malkmus-assisted Bad Football LP from earlier this year.

This "Little Green Onion Man" EP makes its way to stores February 12 on Off Records, on 950 CDs and 950 7"s. 500 of the 7"s will be hand-numbered and available exclusively via the Off website, so if you enjoy the feeling of knowing definitively that you're the 279th person to own something, that's probably your best bet.

As for Bobby, well, gosh, he high-kicked out the jams at a rare pair of gigs a couple weeks ago, and he'll do the same on a duo of releases due in January and February. He's also taking part in Merge Records' charity poster auction. And, as always, recording 7,000 songs a day for a Who tribute album that doesn't exist, some of which show up on the current Pollard singles series.

"Little Green Onion Man" EP:

01 Little Green Onion Man
02 Rich Man's Girl
03 Wigstomper 07
04 Instigator