A month passed; my wife listened to it through earphones on her iPod and told me it was pretty great; the letters became more insistent: "When are you going to write about Hail to the Thief?" My resolve strengthened. I became petulant. Maybe I won’t even listen to it this year! Once it was in the changer and I was listening to stuff and I almost heard it, because the album started and I didn’t know what it was, but then I figured it out and hit the "skip" button.