Apple, unplugged

If you get the Sundance channel, there's a terrific show called Iconoclasts, in which two well-known creative types get together to schmooze and generally boost each other's esteem with mutual admiration. Some pairings work better than others. Last week it was Fiona Apple and Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino is always a riot (imitating Sam Fuller, "Harvey K'Tel (sic) isn't a star....he's a plaanet!!"), but Fiona Apple has this sort of shimmery star quality/neurotic sensibility that doesn't come along every day. Check out this clip from YouTube of her singing yet another of those songs that I can't get out of my head ("Extraordinary Machine"):
Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine live VH1