things i have been getting into of late: _Imperial_ by Robin Guthrie -- ex-Cocteau turned guitar dronist. nice and relaxing. _Midnight at the Black Nail Polish Factory_ by The Deathray Davies -- Denton, TX band with obvious Kinks fondness releases stunning disk of quirky catchy poptunes. very nice, but completely and utterly non-electro. (yes, this uses guitars, so those of you who are scared of guitars be forewarned.) _Peter Tosh: The Columbia Years_ -- a decent collection, but not the best. Still, Tosh had a great voice and always had a good band. _Twoism_ by Boards of Canada -- as mentioned here by someone else. the new Ulrich Schnauss, which i only have on vinyl so i don't have it with me. VERY nice. the second song of side 2 of disc 1 is stunning. dunno what it's called. _Send_ by Wire. old art punks can still rock out, you know. a surprisingly fast and furious disc for oldsters. i have also been tearing through new singles by Airiel, Lorelei, Portal with V/VM, Miles Tilmann and Larvae, Jet By Day ... etc. for old stuff: for some reason i re-re-re-discovered Talk Talk's _The Colour of Spring_. brilliant. also been listening to Coltrane' _Meditations_. not easy listening, but very impressive in its own way. also: _Incunnabula_ by Autechre -- i foundn an old tape of this, so i have been listening to it in the car. it makes morning commutes very surreal. PJK please don't hate me because i can't type..... --- All the cool kids are doing it: HTTP://www.EvilSponge.org