So remember that one time, about a year ago, when I said the Postal Service were finally working on a new record? Well I guess they made a liar out of me:

“It’s just not a priority for either of us,” [Postal Service frontman Ben] Gibbard tells Spinner. “So the next Postal Service record may or may never happen.” In 2006, the pair reportedly started work on a follow-up to ‘Give Up,’ which is the second best-selling album in the Sub Pop catalog behind Nirvana’s ‘Bleach,’ but things have yet to take shape.

“Jimmy and I are still throwing ideas back and forth, but as time goes on, we find ourselves busy with our own music,” Gibbard continues. “We have some stuff, but it’s been difficult to find the time and the drive to do the record. I’d love to finish it at some point and maybe even do some performances. If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.”

Fuckers. If you find yourself curious as to what the other eight best selling albums in Sub Pop’s 20 year history are, as well as how many units they’ve each scanned, well it’s your lucky goddamn day. Here’s a list of the Top Selling Sub Pop releases of ALL TIME EVAR:

1. Nirvana, Bleach (1989), 1.6 million

2. Postal Service, Give Up (2003), 902,885

3. The Shins, Oh Inverted World (2001), 547,274

4. The Shins, Wincing The Night Away (2007), 500,813

5. The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (2003), 462,574

6. Hot Hot Heat, “Make Up The Breakdown” (2002), 282,141

7. Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary (1994), 226,388

8. Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days (2004), 220,157

9. Iron & Wine, The Creek Drank The Cradle (2002), 133,752

10. Iron & Wine, The Shepherd’s Dog (2007), 133,490

Damn, Sam Beam stacking fucking chips! Further proof that South Carolina is doing it big.

So remember how cute it used to be when The Shins were totally changing people’s lives and the fugly dude from the band was dating Elyse Sewell from America’s Next Top Model and everyone totally wished they lived in Portland and had 34 cats and got to drink lattes in the rain all day and sing about 1805? Well all is not well in Spockville. Both Sewell and Shins bassist/keyboardist Martin Crandall were arrested this past weekend for Domestic Assault. From Sewell’s Livejournal:

Think you had a shitty weekend? Nah. Why not compare it to mine? 1.) On the drive home (home?) from Albuquerque to Portland, my ex-boyfriend got shitfaced and roughed me up in a Sacramento hotel. I escaped from the room through a blitzkrieg of violence and talked to hotel security, who called the fuzz.2.) Because he had a bite mark, inflicted in self-defense, on his arm, Marty told the police to PRESS CHARGES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST ME. Now I am a felon.3.) I spent the night in jail. Dig the hilarious monetary contents of my wallet as described by the pig who booked me:4.) Jailors. America’s Next Top Model fans, all. As the warden took pics of my bloody knuckles for evidence (!!!! evidence!), he quipped, “So there goes that hand modeling job, huh? What’s Tyra going to say about this?” And here is how I was summoned from the holding cell for a strip-search, complete with a thorough plumbing of the boodissy: “Hey, Supermodel! Git over here!”4.) A bail bondsman (!!! I have a bail bondsman!) got me out of the hoosegow this morning and took me to a hotel room where I now await my court date. Martin Lesley Crandall is still incarcerated. You can follow his saga by searching for his name on sacsheriff.com (inmate information).So I’m stuck in Sac-town, alone and lonely, for 4-5 days until court. Court! OMFG.On the flip side, I’m single and um, ready to mingle. Blind date, anyone?

They will both be in Sacramento courtroom tomorrow to face the music. Who wants to go?

Help Darfur without really doing anything that monumental. If buying a CD is all it takes to help some starving/dying folks out, that’s not too much to ask, is it? Besides, it will make a good Xmas/Hanukkah present.

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