Here's an idea for Mandounette's Christmas gift:

Music. After 2 and a half years of constant exposure to new tunes, I find myself in a bit of a musical wasteland (what is this funk/soul revival that has been going on in France for the past few years?). Plus I spend about 1 and 1/2 hours a day on public transit.

So what I ask of you, loyal Mandounette readers, is for some inspiration. Whether you want to buy my the best album you've heard this year, or burn me a copy, or make me a mix CD or tape of songs that have marked 2004 for you or that you think I would dig, please go for it!

Of course, if you had something else in mind or money/time limits make this task impossible, it's no big whoop.

And let us all have a moment of silence for Ol' Dirty Bastard, or Rusty as his mom called him, who passed away this weekend in a New York recording studio. In his honor, I encourage you all to revisit the original Wu Name Generator. Wu are you?

Peace.

Mandounette (aka Mighty Killer)