This Week's Bullet Points

1. Downloaded the new Joseph Arthur 2-disc work, Redemption City, from his site FOR FREE, thanks to a heads up from Chris at Stumbling Over Chaos. Very experimental stuff, with at least three real gems.

2. Finished Brandon Witt's Submerging Inferno. A wonderful debut novel about demons, vampires, and witches.

3. The Airborne Toxic Event covers my favorite song, "Boots of Spanish Leather," on the new Bob Dylan/Amnesty International covers project. Awesome.

4. Having found a kickass editor, I have been revising my epic manuscript, The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles & Men all week. I see red! Literally. It's like a bloodbath here!

5. Alcatraz: Glower, Sam Neil! Glower!

6. Does John Williams need to be Oscar nominated for EVERY piece of music he writes?

7. I have not seen Albert Nobbs, but I have to say, I was quite excited to see Glenn Close back in the Oscar fold. And Max von Sydow!