BLUES FOR THE MOON

WEEKLY PLAYLIST:


Chris Brokaw INCREDIBLE LOVE (12XU) — This mostly acoustic yet quietly fierce batch should earn this friend comparisons to any “alt” elite you care to mention. Sui generis, oddly tuneful, confidently sung, with understated yet intricate guitar. The ghost of NIck Drake hovers in the background — if Drake had come up through Come, Consonant, etc. (Free download: “Move.”)



WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME:


Nip and Tuck, Lost, The OC — or are previews such an art form they have long since upstaged their product?



MIDDLE-AGE MAN


Do I miss Friends the way some folks used to miss Cheers? (Ouch.)