Beck on NPR

Very nice, human interview with Beck on Morning Edition this am. Odelay is one of my favorite albums of the 1990s, and still stands the test of time enormously well. It also has one of the best album covers ever.

I've been playing the new one, Modern Guilt, on the Beat Authority lately. I'm warming up to it. It's more angular, less funky than some of his earlier stuff. Still dense, thanks to production by Danger Mouse (of Gnarls Barkley fame), but I miss those little bits and pieces of samples/found sound that made Odelay such a pleasure to listen to.