Is it too early to start fighting about the new Coco Rosie album, Noah's Ark? I got an advance in the mail last month, though apparently it doesn't come out 'til September. My theory, to which I do not actually subscribe, is that Touch & Go are hoping that potential reviewers will want to look beyond their initial reactions to Coco Rosie's affectations, which are many. If my theory were true, it would mean that Touch & Go are perhaps the most hopeful label in the world, which slogan I am happy to part with for free.

Ok I am sick so you can't exactly expect me to write. Except that I have a big piece in mind that I bet I write tomorrow no matter how bad I feel. Which I expect will still be pretty bad only I'm not gonna bore you with stories about how awful I feel. Did I mention that I feel awful? Ok that's enough of that.

The good people at Tiny Mix Tapes sharpen their quills and do an outstanding bit of reporting, pointing out a few things that one might deride as "editorial" if they weren't actually, y'know, just ugly facts on which no pretty face can be truthfully drawn. One hopes that no band from the great city of Detroit will be able to read the last item in TMT's laundry-list without some serious reservations about teaching the whole God-damned world to sing.