The week of 09 JAN 2008

LISTENING:
Fireflies (live at Mercury Lounge)
Bess Rogers and Dan Romer (Live in Brooklyn)
Jenny Scheinman (Live at Banjo Jim's)
Juana Molina (unreleased sessions with special guests, and demos for the next record)
Eduardo Mateo / Solo Bien Se Lame
Danya Kurtz / Another Black Feather
AA Bondy / American Hearts
Sybarite / demos
Mathew Dear / Leave Luck To Heaven
David Byrne / UB Jesus remix by Mark Saunders

WATCHING:
Walk Hard (the movie, not that great)
There Will Be Blood (the movie, pretty great)
Jeremy Blakes show at the Corcoran in DC
the gorgeous winter light in New York


READING:
Endgame by Derrick Jensen (depressing)
a number of short stories by Jim White
Gloria Steinem Op Ed piece in the NYT about race / gender in the presidential election
my friends facebook pages

PONDERING:
Sustainability
Americas obsession w/ food
money matters
the snow upstate over the last 2 weeks in December
rebuilding the floor of the new wood shed upstate
Ingrid Michaelson: a blip or something more?
my good fortune

TASTING:
roasted chicken, unsplit breasts on the bone, per Cooks Illustrated
kale, kale, kale!
Indian Curry w/ bananna at "Rice" in Dumbo
home made yoghurt (courtesy of Kristine Larsen)
Artisans cheeses from a farm upstate