Today’s musical selection is difficult. I’m in a jazz mood, so do I play Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark, or do I go for Les McCann’s Live at Montreux? If you go by the Amazon reviews, it’s a simple choice: Mitchell’s album is universally praised, while McCann’s is pretty much panned. One of the McCann reviewers gripes about the recording quality, to which I say, “Yo! Idiot! It’s recorded live! What the hell do you expect?” I like “Compared to What” because of the piano work; the lyrics are dated, but so am I.

(Kudos to Billmon for reminding me of the McCann album through his quotation of some of the lyrics.)