I have two main points to make in today’s Random Weekend selection.

The first is that Ben Folds is such a great songwriter that even his B-sides can be powerful and moving.

‘Wandering,’ released on Folds’ Speed Graphic EP, and later in demo version on his Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective (and I believe on a movie soundtrack originally), is a beautiful, sad portrait of a relationship — it could easily stand alongside the best of his album work.

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