to be a woman and to be turned down...

reasons to work more often: one of the first things i found out tonight while at the cafe was that patti freakin smith has a new album coming out. an album of covers! and, as it turns out: an album of covers of some of my favorite songs ever!! i had an obnoxious out-loud moment of "wtf? how do i not know about this?" but whatever-- thank goodness one of my occasional co-workers listens to NPR. (funny that it came up after she revealed that some off friend had talked her into going with him to a justin timberlake show... whatever.) so i came home and fumbled around online looking for said patti CD, found out it comes out in late april... ok, but i wonder what else i've missed? got the new lucinda last week, but haven't otherwise been paying attention, since chris died... and that's how i came across live at massey hall. holy... holy all things holy. i don't know whether i want to hug (um, etc) or smack the smack out of whomever has been hiding this in their vault since 1971. the acoustic version of cowgirl in the sand? excuse me while i put that on half a dozen mix tapes-- er, CDs... damn, turns out there's a new maria mckee coming out the same day as the new patti...