i-pod wars

morning becomes eclectic is a radio show that is on weekday mornings in los angeles, but you can also check it out online, and it's worth doing that. nic harcourt is the dj and he often has guests in studio and they play sets of a good length and they talk as well about their music at some point. all of this is archived on kcrw's website and watchable as well as listenable.

one of the better sessions was with elvis costello and that was mostly because of the interview. costello was thoughtful and well-spoken and he said he's going to stop making albums and that he thought maybe the album is dead. he said he may just record singles and make them available online. for the first time in his career he isn't signed with a record company, intentionally, and he wanted to see how that would affect his work.

I watched the interview and was convinced that costello might be right. and then the decemberists released picaresque which is definitely an album. but I still thought costello had a point. now comes come on feel the illinoise from sufjan stevens. perhaps costello's mistake is forgetting that their are zealouts amongst us, because I'm convinced stevens is a zealout of some kind, I'm just not sure what kind yet. it's a strange listen, but it's obviously great at times. and the concept is both funny and smart. go, listen.