Link Bits: Eddie Vedder Engaged, Saul Williams Goes to Israel, & More…

Here are a few of today’s bookmarked links worth noting…

  • Eddie Vedder got engaged to longtime girlfriend Jill McCormick over the weekend while the pair were in Washington, D.C. for a Kennedy Center bromance gig.
  • Saul Williams wrote a lengthy, insightful blog post about his recent trip to Israel, where he performed for students in Tel Aviv, visited Palestinian territories in the West Bank, and toured Jerusalem.
  • Khaela Maricich, aka the Blow, unveiled a new piece of Lindsay Lohan-inspired performance art.
  • MP3s are getting sooo expensive: Liars are giving away the opening track to their forthcoming album Sisterworld in exchange for that email address you don’t really check. Grab “Scissor” thataway (via Gorilla Vs. Bear).
  • Remember how Simon Cowell’s X Factor totally pwnd the UK charts last holiday season with Leonard Cohen covers (even Lenny says enough’s enough)? Well, a couple hundred thousand Rage Against the Machine fans are plotting to rage against the Cowell machine this Christmas.