Not sure what happened there, but apologies to anyone who noticed the outtage. Gave me time to wander around the interweb a bit, and hang out at the Bad Plus site. The Bad Plus are one of the best young power-jazz acts in the world, most noticeable for an eclectic range of covers (heart of Glass, something by Aphex, Smells Like Teen Spirit). They're also on Sony and suffered from the recent rootkit debacle. It was a strange list of acts that Sony inflicted this DRM on, mostly seeming to be jazz (Blaket, Armstrong, Mulligan) rather than the most-piratable targets. The Plus also blog, and blog properly, rather than the written-by-a-junior-PR style you'd expect from a Sony-signed act. Therein, various ruminations on music, books, touring and especially the contributions of Charlie Haden to American (and world) music. THis cynicalbastard likes Charlie Haden.