"Tell me something away from trouble and away from doubting..."

It is impossible to write about books when you are doing so little reading. I'm still interested, but books aren't helping. (To label my now-subsiding funk as depression would be exaggeration, but the timeliness of the link was apropos.)

I can continue to write about music, however. And the music just keeps getting better: Octopus, the new album by The Bees is out in the UK this week, and from what I have heard so far, it is so fantastically beautiful. Go to their audio page to hear four songs from the album. "Listening Man" is Sam Cooke brought to life. (And for all you lyric hunters who are ending up here, the lyrics in the subject line come from this song.)

Also, try to hunt down a copy here's a clip The Husband found (click on "discography", then first item) of "I'll Give It Five" by Janice Nicholls. It will have you twisting at midnight.

And do I have to mention Field Music again? Really? Because I will...

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