Smörgåsmore

Guess what? Last week, Ollie Johnston died. "Who is Ollie Johnston, and why should I care?" I hear you cry in unison (an impressive feat, guys. Good job). Well, Ollie Johnston was the last of the original Disney animators, a team colloquially known as the Nine Old Men. They illustrated and animated all the films between Snow White and The Rescuers (thanks, Wikipedia). He was 95. Welcome to the end of a generation.

To help you drown the pain, I offer some more full-length albums, featuring artists from Queen to Cream to The Talking Heads. In addition to the above fine bands, I would recommend Sheryl Crow,* especially her C'mon C'mon album, and Fiona Apple's When The Pawn..., occasionally known as When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King, and almost never known by its full name, When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight And he'll win the whole thing before he enters the ring There's no body to batter when your mind is your might So when you go solo, you hold your own hand And remember that depth is the greatest of heights And if you know where you stand, then you know where to land And if you fall it won't matter, cuz you know that you're right. So... yeah. Yeah. Here's the site.

*Yeah, I listen to Sheryl Crow. What of it, Piers?