Todd is God

I first discovered Mary Chapin Carpenter on a TV special featuring MCC, Nanci Griffith and Rosanne Cash just sat on stage armed only with their acoustic guitars [Can someone PLEASE put this on YouTube!] I saw it around the time Griffith's Little Love Affairs album came out I think. Up until this point I had no idea who MCC was. What I saw however was an artist with a sly smile, a great sense of humour and some great songs. The version of 'The Moon and Saint Christopher' on this show remains one of my all time favourite recordings (as whilst a great song, the original album version - Shooting Straight In The Dark - arrangement does not do the song justice) Anyway, from that point on, I was a fan. Great album after great album followed and then came 2004's Between Here and Gone . I just couldn't buy this record. It failed to grab me at all, and I had to face the fact that MMC may join the ranks of those artists I once loved but whose new material I may never buy ag...

New Cars announce new dates or the summer. Meanwhile the Asbury Park Press has a nice interview with Kaz. My favourite bit? But what does he do when he isn't touring? "Let's see. I like to relax on my yacht, race around Manhattan in my Ferrari, date supermodels and hang out with Paris and Nicole," Sulton jokes.