World-music aficionados could talk about: Big Blue Ball. The album, grown from Peter Gabriels world-music imprint Real World Studios, features tracks by Sinead OConnor, Karl Wallinger, Natacha Atlas and Papa Wemba. Its a disc 15 years in the making and also features western, African and Asian grooves. (Tuesday) (David Ebener / EPA)
You wish you were talking about:The Hungry Cats Crabfest 2008. Its totally booked and theres a long wait list, but if you manage to get inside David Lentz seafood mecca, you will get crab cakes, Maryland crab soup and Old Bay-caked steamed blue crabs. (Sunday) (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
If you havent forgotten about them, you could talk about: Mötley Crüe. The new album Saints of Los Angeles, the first to feature the original lineup since 1997’s Generation Swine, is partially based on their memoir Dirt. (Tuesday) (Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
