Never really get it when the people speak. It's never been one of the things that I've found commonality in others. They – in the collective and obscure – are not typically brethren. They are black holes and no chicks or dudes that I'd share a malted milk shake or half of a Kit Kat with. I'd save that candy bar all for myself. Balls to them. The people have been speaking less and less vocally for one Petra Haden this week. We've been watching here from our catbird seat, spying down with binoculars through the foliage – all snow-encrusted and naked as a jaybird. We saw the week begin oh so promising, with the former that dog member, Weezer collaborator (remember those rad songs on the Japanese import only single version of "Good Life" where she was the lead vocals?) and as a recent/part-time member of The Decemberists sitting comfortably in the top 20 of the OurStage indie/alternative chart. Each day this Foreigner cover – where Haden provides almost all of the music and sounds with her mouth, as she did a few years ago when she recreated _The Who Sells Out_ from front-to-back the same way Bjork made _Medulla_ in 2004, using only vocals to depict all the sounds and instruments – has faded. As this is being written, it's fighting to stay in the top 60 and it doesn't deserve that treatment. Haden is a sharp one and her daring in pulling an Andy Warhol – do with other pop art what that loon did with tomato cans and 15 minutes of fame – even with a light, light band such as Foreigner (no offense to the great Carl from Aquateen Hunger Force!) is a fantastic excursion. This song is extracted from the ingenious _Guilt By Association_ compilation that was released earlier this year on Engine Room Records, also featuring Daytrotter chum Will Oldham doing him some Madonna – something he hinted at in conversation here way back in early 2006. He's a lover, not a fighter when it comes to the Material Girl and Haden is the same with Lou Gramm. She even throws in a Wilson Phillips flourish for kicks while vocally booming out the bass notes – straight from the toes. She needs a blast. Love thyself Lou Gramm as Haden does. – Sean Moeller