The week of January 17th, 2008

LISTENING:
My Brightest Diamond
Clare and The Reasons / The Movie, pretty much non-stop
Clare and The Reasons (live at Mercury Lounge)
Natalie Merchant (live at Hiro Ballroom)
Laura Marling (live at Maxwells)
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" video by Saul Williams
Keren Ann / Not Going Anywhere
Stew / Re-Hab
Lucinda Black Bear
Gary Go / The best demos of 2006
Eduardo Mateo
Simon Diaz

PONDERING:
The stock market
SxSW... will I have time to eat enough Tex-Mex?
Peak Oil
permission marketing
Espresso: to drink, or not to drink

TASTING:
Spicy Kale
Basmati Rice
SQUASH SQUASH SQUASH!
Guinness

WATCHING:
Family Guy twice nightly
The Tom Cruise video about Scientology
Lucien Freud show at MoMA