I cheated.

I've been eagerly awaiting the release (Tuesday!) of Matt Nathanson's "Live at the Point" album, but a friend mentioned to me last night that the album has already dropped onto iTunes...

...which means I had to go check it out and see what made the cut. I'd even held off the tracklist, planning to be oblivious until I gave the disc its first spin.

And then I had to download one track. I'm still waiting until Tuesday for most of the album, but I had to make the exception.

I used to hate it when I was asked what one song best embodies who I am/my personality/any other variation on the topic. There were so many possibilities that reflected the various aspects of who I am that I found it hard to pick one.

Until I realized that one song did sum it up. "All Been Said Before" is me. If you want to figure me out - fine, let's be accurate here - if you want to have a starting point for figuring me out, Matt unknowingly provided you a starting point.

So I couldn't NOT download it, right?

(By the way, it sounds GLORIOUS.)

So, that rant aside. I'll be writing later in the day about seeing Charlotte Martin perform at Metronome last night. Look for it...