I have just returned from a haircut and a trip to Cheapo. My hair is shiny and soft, and I bought a used copy of this Saddle Creek sampler. So far I've heard some Faint and Rilo Kiley, and I am pleased. I am also pleased by the copy of the New Pornographers "Mass Romantic" that I recently burned. Neko Case is pretty cool. I wish I'd seen her when she came last fall. Why didn't we go again?

In other music news, I'm watching what appears to be a Making the Video for a new Xtina Aguilera video, "Fire". She has a big bird's nest on her head, or maybe that's her hair.