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What books are people starting off the new year with? I'm trying to decide between Jonathan Lethem's A Gambler's Anatomy and Last Days by Brian Evenson.

I was listening to this the other day and was wondering what people here thought of it. I feel like there's a lot of potential, but so far nothing has really hooked me.

10: Wilco – Schmilco 9: Andrew Bird – Are You Serious 8: Thee Oh Sees – A Weird Exits 7: Islands – Should I Remain Here, At Sea? / Taste 6: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity 5: Feels – Feels 4: The Julie Ruin – Hit Reset 3: Goat – Requiem 2: Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool 1: David Bowie – Blackstar

I've only listened a few times so far. Definitely more mellow than I was hoping for, though there are some really fantastic songs that I loved instantly. Interestingly (to myself at least), I like "If Ever I Was a Child" more in the context of the album than I did when I heard it on its own. My feelings on the album as a whole are still developing but I'm kind of getting the feeling I did when Sky Blue Sky followed A Ghost Is Born. I need more noise.

Just got a Bandcamp alert that The Blisters posted a new track called "Comedown."

Nice! I haven't seen that one, but I have Jack White and Eddie Vedder cards from a couple of years ago. Gonna have to get one of these.

Hard not to love it, right?

Are we not afraid of jinxing WS? Until it's in my hands, I can't in good conscience include WS in my evaluations. I still say: AM BT ST YHF AGIB SBS WTA TWL SW

You had me at "fuzzy"

You of all people should know the rightful order is: AM BT ST YHF AGIB SBS WTA TWL SW

Thee Oh Sees Minotaur Block of Ice Put Some Reverb on My Brother I Come from the Mountain AA Warm Breeze

"Wilco has gone on hiatus after realizing no matter what, their fans always ranked their latest effort last among the band's releases." ^the darkest timeline

Arctic Monkeys

But seriously, what constitutes a "good" album title? I mean, is there a criteria we are looking for? Personally I've always thought self-titled albums were a little lame, but W(TA) was a clever play on that. Beyond that, I'm not sure how to go about judging an album title. Unless it was something like "Excel Spreadsheets 4 Lyfe." Not sure I'd buy that album.

The Harry Nilsson forum was so much more supportive in 1971 of the Nilsson Schmilsson title, but they did turn a bit critical when Son of came out. oh wait...