I only really like the Illinois record, and not enough to rave about it or even explain him to you. But I do like that someone who "comes from" "the" working class, and who self-consciously writes about "it," also wears makeup, dresses in outlandish costumes, and creates orchestral pop. No flannel, no greasy hair, very few guitars. Working-class music that is also inextricably, uh, gay. Like Bowie.