What . . .5 May 2007

. . . I've been listening to:

• Betty Davis, Betty Davis

  :: For funk's sake.

• Mahavishnu Orchestra, Between Nothingness and Eternity
• Archers of Loaf, All the Nation's Airports
• Andrew Bird, Armchair Apocrypha

  :: 11 very good songs surrounding one amazing song ("Armchairs").

• Bill Callahan, Woke on a Whaleheart

  :: Apparently Joanna Newsom convinced him to drop the (Smog) mask. Less snarky, more sincere.

. . . I've been watching:

• The Mets win and the Yankees lose (Woo-hoo!)

  :: Schadenfreude is underrated as an emotion.

• Finally saw Half Nelson. Worth the Oscar-nomination.