Chesnutt's Death Highlights Need for Healthcare Reform

The Christmas day suicide of Vic Chesnutt, reportedly despondent over healthcare bills he couldn't pay and operations he could not afford, came one day after the Senate vote to create universal healthcare, highlighting the failings of America's for-profit healthcare system. 

Watch Elvis Costello's Sulfur to Sugarcane

The prolific and chameleon Elvis Costello is back with a new album, Secret, Profane and Sugarcane, this one all acoustic. 

It's worth a listen. His site is streaming some selections while we wait for the album to ship. 

Here's a video sample of the single Sulphur to Sugarcane, with some lyrics and commentary below the video:

Max Raabe: Send Up Music Vids

Max Raabe somehow re-creates 20's-style megaphone vocals without a megaphone, backed by tuxedo-clad big bands, in great send ups of pop hits, here of Tom Jones' infamous "Sex Bomb".