The NY Times saw last Friday's Jens Lekman show. I think the reference to the "Nina" song illustrates my point about how the JL experience is often better live than on full length cd.

So apparently once upon a time there were plans to make a Batman musical. Jim Steinman posted a demo of a song(MP3), supposedly to be sung by the Joker.

Yo La Tengo now has a myspace that's streaming 2 new songs.

Here's the Houston Chronicle on some new picture books.