random notes, in advance of next week's apparent cd club meeting on the 18th, sans Mr. Gaines, of course, who apparently values his marriage and family above sitting around a room and talking crap about music with a bunch of men in their 40s (priorities, dude?):

-the new Gillian Welch album is gorgeous, andhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif perfectly suited to hazy August mornings. Will likely be one of my last buys from emusic, where I'm enjoying a free last month but am still struggling to spend my last $12 or so.

-an update on the london fires' impact on the indie labels, referenced yesterday