I don’t care who wrote what, “Live Through This” is still one of my favorite albums of all time.

I’m sure some of what she does is quite calculated, but right now all I think she’s doing is imploding. I feel bad for her and bad for her kid, but still can’t look away from the train wreck.

Also, I just found out my husband has finished downloading Wilco’s latest album. He makes such valuable use of his work time! And I can’t wait to hear it…

Yeah, I don't think what she's doing now is calculated. She's a drugged up mess and I feel bad for her and worse for her kid.

Just wait 'til Frances Bean gets old enough to write a tell-all book about her childhood....

It'll be a best-seller, I'm sure. "The Ways My Mother Fucked Me Up: Volume One."

I insist that you look at her Texas Instruments!

And it's at this point that I recommend a wonderful punk band called The CalTrans-Vestites, and their song, "Courtney's a Whore," with the refrain, "and I don't wanna see her hole."

They also have a kicking song called "Romance isn't dead (It's just moved to a gay community.)"

Gandalfe, you know David Sylvian put a new album out recently called Blemish, yeah?

Oh, yeah, of course. scribbles in notebook Yeah, definitely, I have that.

Does anyone know anything about Morcheeba?

Hi Shawn! I know I'm not around enough, the curse of a non-internet workplace (and general fatigue and crap). But I miss you.

Woo hoo! Angus & moonlit mixes have arrived in the USA! Haven't had a chance to listen yet.

A lot of my friends are musicians. A lot of my friends are lawyers (and I work at a law firm.) Both groups like to tell jokes about themselves. I usually like the musician jokes better. From my friend Alec:

Q: What's the difference between a large pizza and a singer/songwriter?

A: A large pizza can feed a family of four.