Hey, Todd!

Todd called on the drive back from Chicago. Man, do I know that routine! It's the perfect trip to catch up with pals, so I put the papers down and found out what was going on in Toddland. He was at a Perl Conference (Perl is a computer language invented by a linguist--Todd uses this language a lot).

He's listening to a band called The Fiery Furnaces. He recommended this one:



Listening to it now. Great stuff.

Todd's a great pal. I was happy to tell him about Muxtape. It's rare when I can be the one to inform him about a computer thing.

TODD POINTS US HERE. David Byrne never stops being cool.

Anyway, Fiery Furnaces have some fantastic lyrics:

Ex-Guru

One of those blond ladies had a certain hold on me.
I went to all her seminars by the Airport in the Double Tree.
I even let her use nephew’s seaplane in the Bahamas for free.
But she means nothing to me now.

I tell myself that everyday:
She means nothing to me now.
I tell myself every single day,
I’m quite convinced I escaped her sway.

I burned all my clothes with eucalyptus juice;
Ripped out the floors and painted all the platforms puce;
And I went so far as to sacrifice a second snake to Zeus,
So she means nothing to me now.
I tell myself that everyday:

She means nothing to me now.
I tell myself every single day,
I’m still convinced I escaped her sway.
But when she mopes in the moonlight on her mesa in March,
Does she kick up a thunderstorm
When she thinks of my betrayal?
She means nothing to me now