Something is happening to me...

I can't keep up with the new music this year. I haven't bought any new releases, and I can't even summon the faintest interest in the latest incarnation of Animal Collective. I suppose I'm planning to buy a few things by artists I wouldn't miss (Bob Dylan, Mos Def, Steve Earle) but for the most part I'm neck deep in Mozart operas and violin concertos, and the occasional Miles Davis fusion experiment. I'm daunted at trying to write about any of that stuff, as I'd feel too completely out of my depth and am sure I'd lack the ability to say anything very insightful.

But seriously, look at the dragon costume! The way they stage the dragon's death is kind of lame, but think of the directorial possibilities...