Apologies to the hardy few who check this thing for the dearth of original content recently. Blame work commitments, general laziness, my tireless work feeding needy orphans, etc. More of the usual stuff will resume shortly.

But who cares about that, when The High Hat issue #3 is finally ready! Plenty of fine writing abounds, as per usual, and also some junk by me: an essay on the American Music Club's Mercury and the Afghan Whigs' Gentlemen ten (well, eleven, now) years later, and the same 2003 top ten list I posted here in December. (Ah, recycling.) So click, read, enjoy and love.