Loooove Nick.
Love the fact that Warren Ellis apparently punched Jack Black on Jools Holland too (that's what some comment on youtube said, so, obviously, not quite a reliable source, but I like to entertain the notion nonetheless)
Maybe I don't know Jeff Buckley well enough, but the fact that he also covered Leonard Cohen is not enough for me to associate Jeff and Nick, or even Rufus, as artists. I kinda like all of them, but I don't think Rufus, with or without the fact that he's been around since he was a kid, has not quite reached the career heights Nick has. And that is despite how much more mainstream they are that either the B-day Party or the Bad Seeds ever were.
Dig Lazarus Dig is easily one of my favourite albums this year (I was so happy that is was coming out that I actually ordered from the UK to get it earlier).
Proggyman, I especially like that comment about him being of the best musical narrator out there, not only because I certainly feel the same, but I recently heard an interview with him in which he says he primarily saw himself as a writer.
Right now, I normally put on either Hold On To Yourself or Jesus Of The Moon on repeat all the way to work (and that's almost an hour). Really great songs.