Mike Doughty (of Soul Coughing fame) has a new solo album, Haughty Melodic., It has really gotten a hold of me. It might be the gravel in his voice, the fact that he sings in a range that I can belt in the car, the acoustic and steel guitars...anyway it's a great album. Mike deals with a lot of spiritual topics; especially in His Truth Is Marching On. Your Misfortune is a great look at what it means to be there for someone who is having a hard time and seems to have a God narrative running through the verses. It raises thoughts for me about what it is to join God in the sufferings of this world. Being there for someone in bad times is often really hard, but for those of us who call ourselves followers of Christ, it's what we're supposed to do.