— The Fall – Your future our clutter ****1/2
— Giant Sand – Blurry Blue Mountain ****1/2
— Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics – Ost ****1/2
— Howe Gelb & The Band Of Gypsies – Alegrias ****
— Joanna Newsom – Have one on me ****
— Eagle Seagull – The year of the how-to book ****
— Mavis Staples – You are not alone ****
— Lloyd Cole – Broken record ****
— Gemma Ray – It’s a shame about Gemma Ray ****
— Karen Elson – The ghost who walks ****
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike Royko