Kurt, a cook in the kitchen, says today that M.I.A. has recently graduated from obscurity on to his personal Top Fifty Sexiest Ladies list.

"Did you see her perform here in the underground a month ago?" I ask.

"She was great." He answers.

"She was, but isn't she a bit of a flash in the pan?"

"Who cares."

I realized quickly that I fucking didn't, and niether did any one else. But when I say, "I don't care", I really mean it.

Andre Ethier