Part of me, most likely the teeny still-Catholic part, feels blasphemous for posting this when the Pope is about to kick the bucket. But for me, this was post-worthy. I was grief-stricken to learn that one of my favorite comedians, MITCH HEDBERG, died yesterday. Jersey sucks all the fun out of life, and this time, it did in one of the funniest voices of our generation.

Between Hunter S. and Hedberg, I'm on shaky emotional territory. I know that you all probably know of Hedberg's death and I'm way behind the pack in posting it. But it hit me at a vulnerable time, namely while I was listening to M83's 'Before The Dawn Heals Us'. You all know it from the video for the single "Don't Save Us From The Flames". The LP is utterly magnificent, sounding like Air, Massive Attack, and God sat down for a conversation. So I was checking mtv.com for the M83 video while listening to the 10'41" masterpiece "Lower Your Eyleids To Die With The Sun" when I read that Hedburg would never again tell another pun or put a stitch in my side with another one liner. I'm sick of death and, lately, the sickening public spectacle of it.

But thankfully, life does go on for us, and groups like M83 are the shepherds guiding us onward. Get their latest. It'll change a part of you that you previously never knew existed.