While in the Van...

...I've been listening to the new Gorillaz CD. I haven't even begun to listen to the lyrics, so don't take this as an endorsement. The fusion of many different musical styles, the dark timbre of which goes with the comic book animations intrigue me.

It seems to me that the entire Gorillaz project could be a harbinger of things to come. For one thing it perfectly fuses audio and visual dimensions and it allows musicians who might be considered "over the hill" by younger audiences to continue to present them with music to which they might not otherwise be open.

I could do without songs that have titles like, Kids with Guns, although with a sound reminiscent of Dire Straits and a catchy melody, it's difficult to avoid having it play over in your mind.