Crazy Purple People

Alan Paton: Cry, the Beloved Country
JoAnna: (I asked J what she was reading, and she said this one. She wants to contribute more here, so maybe she'll put something better in this space...)

William Cope Moyers: Broken
Zach: Comes recommended by several friends, written by a recovering addict and Hazelden VP. It's been on my list for a while, but the trash fantasy/sci-fi is very shiny and keeps distracting me.

eels: blinking lights and other revelations
More in the 4/2 entry, but I really dig this one, too. I have a feeling this isn't the last eels cd I'll be buying.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Howl
I wrote more in the 4/2 entry, but I want to proselytize to the world and get everybody to listen to this. It fills a gap in my musical needs that I didn't know I had.

Mike Doughty: Haughty Melodic
Sounds like Soul Coughing if its creative force had aged ten years and mellowed and gained perspective that enriched his song-writing. Oh, wait... It still has clever lyrics with some real earworms -- it's been a daily play since I picked it up.