Out Today*

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus

*As opposed to Mary Cheney who...oh, forget it.

Also: I broke down and bought the import of Marianne Faithfull's Before The Poison which is, more or less, a collaboration with Polly Jean Harvey. Was it worth shelling out an extra 10 bucks rather than waiting for the disc to come out in America sometime in January? You be the judge: Here's a sample.