IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND

IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND by The Miles Davis Quintet.

So I ended up alluding to the kitschmensch-ness of the Radiohead downloading experience, when that was really going to be the focus of today's song. No one can deny the amusement park quality of Corner Bistro, and I submit that it is a big draw of having a meal there.

This is where you go when you knock off work in the mid afternoon and talk about how good the burgers are and how cheap the beer is, but you bask in everyone's tacit agreement that yes, it is good to knock off work early, burgers are good, and beer is cheap.

It Never Entered My Mind by The Miles Davis Quintet has pride of place in the Corner Bistro jukebox (literally--it's "0001"), and for me it is the perfect song for the place. Lean and sentimental. Just like Corner Bistro, part of its appeal is that you can come across a million different versions, some better, some worse, and so it has a resonant quality. That appeal to nostalgia. And, of course, just like a bistro burger, it helps that it's really good on its own terms.

Have a good weekend, and we'll be back with a special CMJ schedule next week!

LISTEN.

Photo: Corner sign (3).

In Rainbows

I'm not going to do a review because a) I haven't finished listening to it, and b) I haven't yet read a decent one in about 18,000 blog posts etc., but I do have it...

I had already been planning to talk about kitsch on Friday, and I still will, but it strikes me as a very funny phenomenon that all of the Radiohead fans are all downloading this album at the same time and talking about how neat it is that they're all listening to it for the first time at the same time.

Update: Whoa, there's something in the air today, huh? I swear I hadn't seen this before I posted.