Pop music spotlight time!

• Mint Royale's UK debut, "Singin' In The Rain", was apparently thanks to one of those annoying TV talent shows (they have those in Great Britain, too). A club remix of the old Gene Kelly performance? Really? And it strips out the best parts of the song, to boot.
  
• "All I Want To Do" from Sugarland was a mild surprise for me. I've been complaining lately that most of the new country singles are too slick and self-consciously commercial and Sugarland is a band that almost always fits into that category. This track isn't entirely free of that problem, but it has a fresh energy (OK, not a lot, but more than they usually manage).
  
• Tyga's debut, "Coconut Juice", is pretty bad. An old calypso track re-purposed for hip-hop? Really?

CDs listened to today:

• Stabbing Westward: Ungod
• Emma Lou Diemer: Concerto In One Movement For Piano
• Arnold Schoenberg: Pelleas Et Melisande, disk 1
• Various Artists: Club Africa
• Metric: Live It Out