Big shout out to Mountain Seven. Lots of fine music and links there. Lucky stiffs are going to see Neko Case. I first heard her when she opened for a Nick Cave solo show (Nick at the piano, with Warren Ellis, Jim White, and Susan Stenger) at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco some five years ago. The significant other's picked up every album since. The new one's great, but I agree with a review that said she's better when she sings with musicians that challenge more than cater to her. Also found a BBC show with Ursula Rucker DJing through this site. Attended a poetry reading of hers last year. She was worried some words might offend the critters, but they're used to, and bored with hip hop. These days they're into Magnetic Fields (Stephin Merritt's Lemony Snicket album due this year!), Ingram Marshall, and (annoyingly) Abba.

And, just discovered this, The Fall are coming. Life is good.  ¶ 10:32 AM