I find the news Paul Thomas Anderson is tackling 'Inherent Vice' very interesting indeed.

I'm also reading Quixote for the first time, and loving the heck out of it.  I'm about halfway in.  I've got the John Rutherford translation.  It's much funnier than I would have guessed after all my years of failing to read it.

A nifty little 'making of' doc, if you like this sort of thing:

A nifty little 'making of' doc, if you like this sort of thing:

Kraftwerk's LPs 'Autobahn' and 'Radioactivity', though divided into discrete tracks on their A sides, are very effective examples of a suite of songs combined into essentially one song.

Kraftwerk's LPs 'Autobahn' and 'Radioactivity', though divided into discrete tracks on their A sides, are very effective examples of a suite of songs combined into essentially one song.

Then there's the new Swans LP, which contains songs that feel as if a cathedral is being constructed on top of of you.  A big, lovely, complex and heavy building.

Then there's the new Swans LP, which contains songs that feel as if a cathedral is being constructed on top of of you.  A big, lovely, complex and heavy building.

I'm enjoying the heck out of imagining Burroughs saying to his cat, "Whose the goodest good fuzzywuzzy Agent in Interzone? You, that's who! Yes, yes, yes".

I'm enjoying the heck out of imagining Burroughs saying to his cat, "Whose the goodest good fuzzywuzzy Agent in Interzone? You, that's who! Yes, yes, yes".

Now then, if Cell and Come and Band Of Susans and Live Skull and about two dozen other bands would go ahead and put themselves back together for the nonce.

Now then, if Cell and Come and Band Of Susans and Live Skull and about two dozen other bands would go ahead and put themselves back together for the nonce.

"We keep our streets clean, eh?"

"We keep our streets clean, eh?"

Nick looks more like Neil Diamond every day.

Nick looks more like Neil Diamond every day.

Definitely a worthwhile twenty-seven minutes. Looked at it last night.  What a band.  Makes me feel a little better about getting on in years.

Definitely a worthwhile twenty-seven minutes. Looked at it last night.  What a band.  Makes me feel a little better about getting on in years.

Gnnngh!

Gnnngh!