I’m going to break the rules for a minute. I have to share this song with you. If you want to know how I feel about trying to be a writer, you should listen to this:

Toy Matinee – Blank Page (Ogg Vorbis format, 2.8 MB)

Don’t worry, the most recent versions of WinAmp will play the Ogg file just fine.

By the way, you can do a lot worse than to dig around in your favorite music store and find a copy of the Toy Matinee album. The regular version will do pretty well, but the recent “special edition” release includes the gem I’m linking here. This is absolutely one of the finest albums ever. No, really. And then you should try to find the late Kevin Gilbert’s solo album, “Thud.”

Ah. I finally found a good write-up on Kevin’s career and his death. I didn’t know he was going to audition for the lead-singer vacancy in Genesis! Not that Ray Wilson did a bad job, mind you, but Kevin fronting for and cowriting with Genesis? Holy flirking shnit. That would have been indescribably cool. Damn.

You have until December 1st to grab this song, the same length of time I have left to finish my 50,000 word novel.