I Keep My Visions To Myself

The New Pornographers “Dreams (Live @ Webster Hall 10/12/2005)” – The band sounds a bit under-rehearsed and Neko Case giggles her way through a few lines, but it’s still a treat to hear the New Pornographers tackle this Fleetwood Mac classic. The arrangement plays it faithful and straightforward, and the emphasis is placed on Neko’s voice, which already sort of resembled that of Stevie Nicks. Some cover selections reveal hidden influences, but this highlights the obvious in the most pleasurable way, and comes off as a sort of fanboy fantasy crossing over into reality. (Click here to buy it from the New Pornographers’ store.)

Elsewhere: Slate’s Dana Stevens is right on the money about Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men. I agree with most everything that she has to say, though I’d like to add that if there has been a better science fiction film made in the past twenty years, I certainly never heard about it.