There hasn't been much talk here - actually, none - about the neo-soul movement. I know most of it isn't Power Pop proper, but a lot of it IS insanely great pop. A friend just pointed me to Mayer Hawthorne, and at a glance this CD struck me as being sort of up the Four Tops/Temptations alley. And it is, but it also shades more over into sounds I associate with white radio pop artists from the 60s and 70s. Very cool stuff that a lot of Auditeers might like. Also, Fitz and the Tantrums - man, they just /kill/..... -- Sam Smith » Black Dog Strategic » Scholars & Rogues » Lullaby Pit : President : Executive Editor : Editor voice usps 303.229.0619 /m 4655 W. 37^th Ave. A103 > Denver CO 80212 /"...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing from your heart." - John Millington Synge/