How we consume music. Or is it just me?

Speaking of Midlake and production, I think the Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve's edit of Roscoe is amongst the best I've heard sound wise.

Richard norris is amazing, look for the beyond wizard's recorded dj sets
and also his "time and space machine project" which samples stuff like bowie or iggy pop

And after reading that Other Half Lifes blog, about well produced guilty pleasures, Womack & Womack - Teardrops came to mind

funny you talk about that, I used the XX cover of teardrops for a fabric mix I did ages ago... which also included whitney houston's wanna dance with somebody

pop isn't an evil word, just drowned out in shit