A nice article about Rufus Wainwright, whose partying has gotten him into trouble lately… I await the new album he’s recently finished.

Daniel is going on tour with Josh Rouse soon, promoting Josh’s new record 1972. A pretty good disc, well put together. He has a nice voice. I’m particularly fond of the song “Flight Attendant,” a lonely song with a nice nostalgic/cinematic sound. I think a lot of Josh’s past success has been in movie soundtracks. On a side note, the flute seems to be whispering its way back into rock-n-roll. Or maybe it’s been there all along, and I just keep hearing it lately.

I listened to the audio version of E. Annie Proulx’s The Accordion Crimes on a car trip this weekend. It’s sort of an American version of The Red Violin that nicely covers immigration and American cultural history from the perspective of one green Italian accordion as it changes hands and brings a curse (and a little blessing) to its owners over a couple centuries.