Jens Lekman - Pocketful Of Money

Okay, I lost track of what day it was last week, with a wacky work schedule and all. Not that you guys missed me or anything. Anyhow, I am functioning again, at last.

This blog seems to have gotten away from its twee roots, and it seems like we should honor our temporarily-absent comrade by getting back to it. (Craig was the one who liked the sissy music, right? ...)

Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

An uninspired choice for today, but if you cannot enjoy a Nina rendition I sort of want to wish a pox on your home you are weird.

Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis

I don't have too much time right now, so I'll just go with the obvious one for the week.



I should have my year end mix ready to post at some time today. Hopefully.

The Swell Season - Fogtown (cover)

I went out and downloaded a live album from Michelle Shocked after Dan mentioned her a few weeks ago. One of the tracks on the disk was "Fogtown" which I was sure I recognized, but I could not say from where until I came across this while scouring the youtube:



Not that anyone cares, but notable facts from the evening are that it was the yuppie-est crowd in the history of mankind (Matthew Motherfucking Perry was even there--like I said, yuppie-est); and that Markéta Irglová actually does have stage presence, in spite of what you just saw in the Fogtown performance, not to mention the Academy Awards awkwardness.

I'd also encourage people to watch The Frames cover The Pixies, which I almost picked for this week, but decided not to, because I was attending the other one, and I like being self indulgent.