of only two thousand copies, was made available in 2001. Rykodisc released Stolen Beauty, a compilation of Carson's film and TV contributions that year as well. In 2002 Janet Rienstra of Meta Records asked Carson to compose a song-cycle that would work in the context of yoga or meditation. The Finest Thing was the result. Released by Meta in 2004, it was featured by NPR that summer on Echoes. One Little Indian picked it up for release in Europe in 2005. Carson's most recent record is Another Year (Blue Kitchen Music/ United for Opportunity, 2012). In June 2013 her debut novel, The Original 1982, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins. In 2016 Carson cofounded the small press 3 a.m. analog to publish "fiction and creative nonfiction of musicians and songwriters" including Jesse Harris, Matt Keating (musician), and Sylvie Simmons. Personal life Carson was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Bethpage. She has a younger brother and sister. Her mother, Edith, was a schoolteacher. Her father, Marvin, now deceased, was an engineer who went to work on Wall Street. Carson graduated from Plainedge High School in North Massapequa, was a Fine Arts major at FIT in New York City, and attended Hunter College. She was briefly romantically involved with her Golden Palominos bandmate Anton Fier in the 1990s. Discography 1990 – Shelter (DGC – Geffen) 1992 – This Is How It Feels – Golden Palominos (Restless Records) 1993 – Pure – Golden Palominos (Restless) 1995 – Where It Goes (Restless) 1995 – Strange Days (soundtrack) – "Fall in the Light" with Graeme Revell 1996 – Myths of The World (compilation – Rienstra/Laswell) 1997 – Everything I Touch Runs Wild (Restless) 1999 – Intonarumori – All That Future (with Bernie Worrell) – Bill Laswell/Material (Palm) 1999 – Stars (Restless) 2001 – House in the Weeds (self-released) 2001 – Stolen Beauty (compilation – Rykodisc) 2001 – Crazy/Beautiful – "I Want to Believe You" with Paul Haslinger (soundtrack) 2001 – The Bellwether Project – Slang 2002 – More Talk About Tonight – Slang 2003 – Strong Currents – "In the Middle of the Night" with Hector Zazou (compilation) 2004 – The Finest Thing (Meta Records) 2012 – Another Year (Blue Kitchen/United for Opportunity) Soundtrack appearances Strange Days – 1995 Stealing Beauty – 1996 Keys to Tulsa – 1997 Grind – 1997 Niagara, Niagara – 1997 Broken Vessels – 1998 Simply Irresistible –