This must be a first, maybe a second. I'm digging Petra Haden singing The Who Sell Out. Mostly if not completely acapella. Great stuff. There are lots of moments that remind me of parts of SMiLE, most especially the barbershop quartet parts of Heroes & Villains. Then there are other moments that sorta seem like Enya crossed with Bjork. And I like it in spite of that.

Went to see Madeleine Peyroux at Town Hall the other night so we've been digging Careless Love quite a bit, and comparing her versions to originals & others. Also the new Beck, The Essential Louis Armstrong, the Seven Steps box set, the Patsy Cline box, the Jam's Direction Reaction Creation, and some early Van Halen.