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Catching up on my ecto backlog, I ran across this:

Neil Gaiman - WHERE'S NEIL WHEN YOU NEED HIM?

A very special and unique project. Bands who are fans of Neil's work were asked to write songs about their favorite Gaiman story, character, or setting. The contributions of seventeen top international artists are exclusively collected on this CD. Neil Gaiman was involved in the project from the start and wrote the liner notes for the CD. Dave McKean handled all of the artwork. (Since we've been asked already, we should point out that Neil doesn't actually sing on the CD). The disc comes with a lavishly designed 20 page booklet.

Track Listing:
1 Rasputina - Coraline
2 ThouShaltNot - When Everyone Forgets
3 Tapping The Vein - Trader Boy
4 Lunascape - Raven Star
5 Deine Lakaien - A Fish Called Prince
6 Thea Gilmore - Even Gods Do
7 Rose Berlin (feat. Curve) - Coraline
8 Schandmaul - Magda Treadgolds Märchen
9 Hungry Lucy - We Won't Go
10 Voltaire w/The Oddz - Come Sweet Death
11 Future Bible Heroes - Mr. Punch
12 Razed in Black - The Endless
13 The Cruxshadows - Wake the White Queen
14 Ego Likeness - You Better Leave the Stars Alone
15 Azam Ali - The Cold Black Key
16 Joachim Witt - Vandemar
17 Tori Amos - Sister Named Desire (New Master)

"Send these, the caged, tempest-tost to me,/ I turn my camera on beside the National Zoo."

So, what do you think should be the official animal of Washington, DC? (With bonus Butterstick picture!) The comments so far are hysterical.

Giant pandas are by far the cutest option, but I think anyone who's ever spent any time in DC at night will agree that if you want to go with something native, you need to vote for the ROUS.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Who's coming to see DeVotchka at the State Theatre with me next month?

(Thanks, Steve. =D)