Spyder Games. This new MTV soap opera is more in the Bold and the Beautiful vein than Undressed is (tv cameras rather than film stock, cheesy set dressing, cliched “hand on the doorknob” shots), but it’s still as instantly addictive.

Speaking of soap operas, my favorite song recently is Rupert Holmes’s take on the subject. Every song of his is a little gem — a self-contained little one-act play. I’m looking forward to the Fynsworth Alley rerelease of his classic album Widescreen.