When they ask you, What's your church?, you say, I dance

Since you've already cleared out a shelf for all things Regina, please be advised that there's a short piece in the current issue of Heeb:

"There is no real 'I' in my music," Spektor continues. "An actor can take up any role and win an award for it. However, a musician can sing from the perspective of a wife-beater and suddenly that musician is inciting violence." Spektor takes another bite of her muffin and looks up, exclaiming, "Wow, this muffin is really amazing."

The item refers to her label as Record Collection (a different cog in the WB conglomerate) , but I'm chalking that one up to a slacking intern fact-checker. R.I.P. Chris Whitley, and thank you.

2005-11 BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends

Live in-studio session

Poor Little Rich Boy (Real Audio; segment starts at 31:40)

Carbon Monoxide

Carbon Monoxide Uh-merica

Released in the UK on 7" vinyl by Transgressive Records in November 2005: "Carbon Monoxide" is taken from Soviet Kitsch, and "Uh-merica" is a live concert recording from Irving Plaza in New York City on September 15, 2005.

This is the way the world ends

By special request (dude, what are you doing tomorrow eve, or Friday?), here's another show, this time from July 2004 at Tonic. I have no editorial comments to offer.

(opening)
Ain't No Cover
(interlude)
Folding Chair
(interlude)
Carbon Monoxide
(interlude)
Lucky Penny
(interlude)
Genius Next Door
(interlude)
Hero of the Story (aborted)
Patron Saint
(interlude)
Bobbing for Apples
(interlude)
"I cut off my hair"
(interlude)
Bartender
(interlude)
The Wallet
(interlude)
Reginasaurus
(interlude)
Aprés Moi
(interlude)
Summer in the City
(interlude)
Uh-merica
(interlude)
Music Box
(interlude)
Samson
(interlude)
Baby Jesus
(closing)