Anybody else heard it yet? I've heard Antony compared to both Jeff Buckley and Nina Simone. Mostly I'm hearing the Nina Simone stylings, if she was a gay white boy with a great voice.

Yeah, I've been listening a lot. I agree about Nina, but the biggest influence I hear is Lou Reed; almost every song has one of those bom bom bom piano builds, and if croaked by a smack addict could fit perfectly on Berlin . The shock of the album, for me, is Boy George's contribution; I haven't heard him sound that good since The Crying Game.

Stephanie--it's a famous Hawaiian singer whose name I can't spell

Thanks so much, Robin! The hivemind is an amazing thing, especially when it turns out that the singer is a man and the song I was thinking of does have words.

Jon, I didn't seee it as snarky, so no worries.

Mostly it's just that the name didn't mean anything to me until I read that she was in that dog., which I only found out this week.

Man, if your fiancé finds out you've got a boyfriend, he's so gonna kick his ass.

Ha. I still have a hard time saying FIANCÉ. He's like somewhere between boyfriend and fiancé still; I call him my Beyoncé.

Do you make him do the jiggle dance?

the idea of Bob Saget doing the bootylicious dance may make my head explode. But now I think the crazy in love horn section should follow him around everywhere.

Come to think of it I do have a lot in common with Jay-Z. I also have beef with Nas, for starters.

Yo, msbelle, I posted this in Bitches (I think) but I've got a sooper sekrit message for you: I got a fever...and the only prescription...is more cowbell.

Also: BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

FRANK! you finally watched it. I don't read Bitches, so thanks for re-posting.

My brother just saw it for the first time and did not find it as funny as I had built it up.

how's the Petra Haden now that you've had some time w/ it?

I agree with the consensus that it's not something I'm going to listen to often, but it's very cool how she found some great low-key elements of the songs to emphasize. It's sort of like a good essay about a great book: when I get back to the original album, I hear new things thanks to Petra Haden.

LJ: I just got the thatdog album recently from a friend. I like it, but I like her solo album with Bill Frisell better. She also sings on a couple of Mike Watt's albums, including his proggy last one. She's also Charlie Haden's daughter, if you're curious.

I haven't heard Antony & the Johnsons yet, but y'all are making me want to.