The Magic Band.

On Tuesday John Peel broadcast a set by The Magic Band (yes, that magic band, but for obvious reasons without the Captain) from All Tomorrow's Parties. I was busy, but Dave-at-the-next-desk taped it and we're listening to it in the office at the moment.

Most recommended. It should still be available somewhere on the BBC website.

Henry Kissmyassinger. And gigs.

Found on The Register, this link to a handy page on the life and work of Henry the K :
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Kissinger/HKissinger.html

Also (and largely for my own reference) :

Clearlake. Peterborough on the 16th, Harlow on the 17th, London on the 20th.

Update: ON a not-entirely-unrelated note, how to make the world a worse place in one easy lesson:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/01/ED268040.DTL

My set at The Calling

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Alan Greenspan and the US economy.

There's a fairly unsurprising article here concerning the US economy, and comments on it by Alan Greenspan, head of the Federal Reserve Bank. As a digression, it ends :

And now for something completely different. For those tired of war and taxes, an amusing Alan Greenspan story: A few days ago, ABC News reported that Alan Greenspan had been hospitalized with "an enlarged prostitute" (instead of "an enlarged prostate"). His wife, NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell, responded by saying, "He should be so lucky."

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