Wow.\u00a0 Beck is seriously becoming the hardest working man in show business.<\/p>\n
In addition to his Record Club<\/a> and Planned Obsolescence<\/a> (more here<\/a>), he’s posted a great conversation with Tom Waits about growing up in LA in his Irrelevant Topics section<\/a>.\u00a0 That, in and of itself, is amazing — hearing two very strange characters wax nostalgic about what Los Angeles used to be (as well as generally philosophizing about the nature of existence.\u00a0 as one might expect them to).<\/p>\n Not to be outdone by himself, Beck has also started recording an all-acoustic version of his sonically rich 2008 release, Modern Guilt<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>(mastered by the mind-blowing Danger Mouse<\/a> — about whom I should have posted something by now).\u00a0 I think the deal is that he’s recording songs in order — track by track.\u00a0 Be sure to check back often<\/a> to catch the full album.\u00a0 For now, here’s Orphans<\/strong>:<\/p>\n