While working, we listened to Il Trovatore on the radio, one of those operas with wonderful music but difficult to produce effectively on stage. This is probably the last decent music to be heard on the radio until after Christmas. There's so much wonderful seasonal music that KMFA should be playing, but it isn't, so it's back to Thelonious Monk (the London Collection, volume one). I read somewhere lately that Joni Mitchell listens to Monk when she's feeling depressed.