NELLIE NOTES. Yesterday my informant Ben raised my consciousness to the fact that Nellie McKay's Pretty Little Head will finally be released in late October as a two-disc set with a thick booklet on McKay's own label, Hungry Mouse. This has been covered by Pitchfork and Billboard, among other media outlets.

McKay is also slotted to perform in an October 4, 2006 Benefit for Homeless Animals, sharing the bill with assorted acts including the Beastie Boys (the human beings).

Pitchfork links to this McKay video ("David").