Leonard on the way...

In cas you're not already counting down to the release of Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas next week... you should be. The Guardian is streaming the whole album here and it sounds pretty impressive on first hearing: Len wry and playful, the backing inventive and sympathetic. More on it when my vinyl copy arrives.

Some good advice

Getting acquainted with Michael Chapman doesn't just mean absorbing a shedload of great music... He's also a fount of fine advice. I was particularly taken by these thoughts from the sleevenotes to The Man Who Hated Mornings from 1977.