While MPs and other elected members of political entities take advantage of insider news to line their pockets with all that does and does not glitter like gold, a Supercommittee (super as in “constituting a more inclusive category than that specified”*, not as in “great”) contemplates a purpose neither divine nor supporting Divine’s cinematic roles.  More on that later today.

Meanwhile, a jazzlike rendition of Haydn’s Piano Trio XV:28 in E Major: Allegretto sets the tone, a la the style of Claude Bolling and Jean-Pierre Rampal.