After many, many warm days, autumn has finally settled into the city with a four-day long rain storm. Slow. Steady. And unavoidable. The rain always reaffirms my decision to rely on public transportation (or my own two feet). Driving in the district during even the mildest rain shower is an exercise in extreme patience.

"Story Problem"- Envy Corps 

This month has hurried by us. All busy. All toiling away happily. I've recently become obsessed with social media releases and Twitter.

"Samba de Benção" - Bebel Gilberto

Every morning I add five new Twitter "friends" and consume an ever-expanding number of RSS feeds. It's like, virtually overnight, I discovered several dozen blogs by marketing and web2.0 professionals, and now, when I miss a day of reading them, I panic.

"Lazerbear" - Carbon Dating Service

I'm still thinking about the Annie Leibovitz exhibit at the Corcoran. The photos of her partner, Susan Sontag, lying dead in a coffin. The photos of her smiling daughter, Sarah, her eyes crystal blue, staring at the camera as though she was staring at the next 100 years. Something about that 15-year retrospective hangs in my mind like the Sunday morning fog.

"Videotape" - Radiohead

I recently downloaded (and highly recommend) Radiohead's new album, In Rainbows. Several tracks on the album contain Amnesiac-style soundscapes, but there's also a surprising amount of guitar tinkling, reminiscent of OK Computer and The Bends.

If you haven't already heard, Radiohead is causing consternation in the music industry this monthy by offering their album for download at whatever price you think it's worth. Within the first week, the band scored 1.2 million purchases at an average of $8 per album (reports on figures vary). While this experiment would not garner the same returns for other groups, it does demonstrate the power of trust. Trusting your fans, the consumers. And unlike the traditional music industry supply chain, all of this money goes directly to the band (well, sort of).

Go buy the album.

Yorke told Time, "I like the people at our record company, but the time is at hand when you have to ask why anyone needs one. And, yes, it probably would give us some perverse pleasure to say 'Fuck you' to this decaying business model."