I'll definitely have to check out "Has Been".  I heard that it was coming out, which reminded me I'd always wanted to hear "Transformed Man" since I saw Ben Folds on TV telling Shatner it was the album that changed his life (or something to that effect).  Now to see if I can steer this back on topic...

Did anyone see/hear/read about the guy who recorded a song one note at a time and composed it in cakewalk (or something) and then made a video to match?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqumbhfxRo

I like that concept alot, and it reminds me a bit of this discussion.  I've been in a few noise bands, and have always thought I'd like to take some of the nicer bits from my old tapes and try to produce an actual melodic pop song from them.  Watching this guy nonlinearly playing piano (I haven't heard it yet) makes me think that no matter how good the end result sounds, some people would never consider him a musician because of those methods.  I think that's some kind of sentimental purism, and I just don't seem to have the genes for that as some people do.  I actually think I might like the Grey album (Beatles+Jay-Z) better than the White or Black albums.