“The bouncy bass and twanged-out country slide of "Desert Skies," the Beachwood Sparks' gleeful opener, sent one key question coursing through my headphones and into my mind: "Why isn't Robert Schneider's name all over this record?" Amazing though it may be, the answer is simple: he's not involved. Turning the collage-ridden artwork over in my hands, I see no "Robert" or "Schneider" listed in the c”