MeFi’s y2karl does his usual amazing thing with The Annotated Blonde On Blonde, setting my musical agenda for the day – Visions of Johanna is fighting for bitwidth versus a backup on my firewire bus at this very moment – Not incidentally, he reminds me, in a week where the world finds itself less one sensitive musical savant, beloved by his community, there remain others.

One of whom has an open offer for a beer, again, on the table. You know who you are.