pMaybe his a href="/article/news/145351-sonic-youth-link-with-matador-for-next-album"strongnew labelmates/strong/a Sonic Youth told him about a href="/article/news/43669-starbucks-to-release-sonic-youth-celebrity-compilation"strongtheir "free biscotti for life" cards/strong/a, and he just couldn't resist. a href="http://www.acnewman.net/"strongA.C. Newman/strong/a, a href="http://www.thenewpornographers.com/"strongNew Pornographers/strong/a frontman and solo artist, will offer up his, er, take on a-ha's "Awesome 80s Dance Mix" staple (and totes great song) a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e062d7b4d5/take-on-me-literal-video-version-from-dustfilms"strong"Take on Me"/strong/a for a a href="http://www.starbucks.com/"strongStarbucks/strong/a Valentine's Day-themed compilation. No word on any more release details, though one assumes as soon as the coffee cups go all seasonal red, you can cop Carl's cover and more up by the counter.br /br /According to a href="http://soundbites.typepad.com/soundbites/ac-newman/"strongSound Bites/strong/a, Newman announced at a recent show that he submitted two covers to Starbucks for their VD comp: "Take on Me" and a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMyfq5xx8Co"strongthe Go-Betweens' "Love Goes On!"/strong/a. Starbucks only took the a-ha song.br /br /Newman's got a new collection of his own tunes, a href="/article/news/145898-ac-newman-reveals-more-get-guilty-details"strongemGet Guilty/em/strong/a, coming your way January 20 from a href="http://www.matadorrecords.com/"strongMatador/strong/a. Though the dates have yet to emerge, he plans to get back on the road in February and stay there through the summer, on the wings of latte after delicious latte./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/rOzVfHtQAeyWAonrtxnLpwEcWwM/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/rOzVfHtQAeyWAonrtxnLpwEcWwM/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pitchfork/today/~4/7z-Yp1sQm3I" height="1" width="1"/