Relaunch, Reload, Relax.

Welcome back, me! It's been, OK, 2 months, so now I'm back to shumakin' y'all crazy.

I can honestly say that this year has been an amazing year so far for good music. Editors, the Beautiful South, Sonic Youth, Roseanne Cash, World Party, even Arctic Monkeys, have all released good stuff. The most blessed event of all came back in May, when I purchased the new Pet Shop Boys album Fundamental...amazing stuff. I'll write more on all of these albums in the coming days.

I was so excited when my friend John Kretchman emailed me to show me the video for Pet Shop Boys' remarkable single, "I'm With Stupid." It's one of my favorite songs of the year so far, and the video is just hysterical--starring my buds Matt Lucas and David Walliams from Little Britain! Check it out here.