A roundup of what I’ve been writing about over at the TOC blog, for those of you who break my heart by not reading regularly, or leaving it out of your RSS feeds:

* Lots of people didn’t like this week’s episode of Mad Men. I did.

* Sadly, I didn’t like the Ben Folds show at the Congress, but I’m sure I would have if it had been anywhere but there. Someone bulldoze this place now.

* Local band Brighton, MA has a new disc out. I think it’s the perfect CD to calm your economically-frazzled nerves.

* Speaking of economic end times, I’ve been a “Weird Al” fan for as long as I’ve been listening to music. His new song is part of the reason why.