i gots to say (although i know most of the world stopped caring, if they ever cared, in 1997) that i think the new guided by voices record, earthquake glue, may be a phenomenal disappointment. art-wise, not sales-wise. (they don't anticipate sales anymore.)

i downloaded from soulseek yesterday, and i've only been through it once, and this was in a semi-sleep state, but hardly anything grabbed me. this is uncommon, and a bit sad if it remains the case.

i think the highlight might be a song called "the best of jill hives," only because it's real simple and focuses on what is still probably the best voice in rock, the voice of one robert pollard.

in other news, for reasons i won't go into, there's a picture of robert pollard posted in the office. an intern said to me, "who's that, patrick duffy? which is funny, no?