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I was OK with Heartbreaking Work ... although I understand why some people don't like it. But I really recommend both What is the What and Zeitoun even if you dislike Eggers. They are both really great stories and Eggers' voice is pretty absent.

Lethem is complicated for me. When he is good (as with Motherless Brooklyn and Fortress of Solitude) I love his work. For me it helps that both of those books are set within a block or two of where I used to live in Brooklyn. But he also has this whole science fiction side that I don't get. I read a really bad review of You Don’t Love Me Yet right when it came out and it soured me on the book (which I never read). I think I will read his new one but don't have it yet. He had a great story in the New Yorker about a year ago called “Lostronaut.” It was this really bleak and claustrophobic

It was Pedro Feliz who had the ball (because of the shift) and I think they both knew that Damon could outrun him. (But yes, it was a little weird that Feliz stopped after a couple of steps.)

Grant Hart tour dates: Nov 5 2009 9:30P Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, Iowa Nov 6 2009 10:15P The Record Bar Kansas City, Missouri Nov 7 2009 10:00P Replay Lounge Lawrence, Kansas Nov 8 2009 9:00P Hi-Dive Denver Nov 11 2009 8:00P TBA Los Angeles, California Nov 12 2009 8:30P Silverlake Lounge Los Angeles Nov 13 2009 9:00P Thee Parkside San Francisco, California Nov 15 2009 8:00P Hemlock Tavern San Francisco, California Nov 17 2009 8:00P Dante’s Portland, Oregon Nov 18 2009 8:00P High Dive Seattle, Washington Dec 5 2009 8:00P TBA Minneapolis, Minnesota Dec 11 2009 8:00P D

I was just lookign at the Violent Femmes' website and under the trivia section there is some pretty funny stuff. Violent Femmes trivia (scroll partway down). A flavor: * Kinks guitarist Dave Davies came to see the Femmes. They asked him to sit in on "Add It Up" telling him there were only two chords. Davies declined, saying, "That's one chord too many!" * The Femmes showed up at a gig in L.A. and were surprised to find American game show host Pat Sajak in the dressing room. When they asked him why he was there he replied, "I am a big fan of yours." * Another time VF went into their d

He's got a couple of Exile covers up on his excellent blog, Part Time Man of Rock. For those who like Janovitz and haven't seen his site, it's a must see. He now has about 50 songs (his Cover of the Week project) for free downloading, ranging from the Replacements to Tom Waits to the Grateful Dead. Recent highlights include Big Star's Thirteen (which he recorded with Kay Hanley from Letters to Cleo), Elton John's Rocketman, and REM's Wendell Gee. He records them in his basment and some are a little rough around the edges. Most of the entries include a short write-up about the song, and he

I just finished the article on my subway ride in to work this morning. I agree that the connection to dogfighting was a stretch and probably unnecessary. However, some of what several of the doctors said about what a lineman's head goes through over the course of a career was pretty sobering.

Exile on Main Street. I saw a fun show last night. Bill Janovitz (from Buffalo Tom) wrote the 33 1/3 book on Exile and he put together a show where he did some readings from the book and then he and a band (mostly his other band, Crown Victoria) played songs. It was largely Exile songs but they threw in a few others too. He had a small horn section (sax and trumpet) which made it great.

Yeah! Oh Yeah! by the Magnetic Fields (with Stephin Merritt and Claudia Gonson singing the two parts)

Me too. I still love that album.

And that recommendation right there might be reason enough for me to go see it. (That and my 11 year old daughter who already saw it and liked it ...)

Me too. One of my earliest TV memories is watching him on What's My Line.

That's too bad. I am a big Russo fan and I've got that one on my bedside table.

Sadly, this is what I thought of when I read that sentence.

Y'know, despite the score I really don't think the Patriots ran up the score (and believe, me, there were times in 2007 when I think they did). Brady played for one drive in the second half and a rookie quarterback played the rest of the game. They mostly ran the ball in the 4th quarter. Should Brady have started taking a knee before halftime?

I can't believe that you and I would consider McAdam a celebrity but, yes, I saw him at the Worcester Neil Young/Wilco show.

Iron & WIne - Woman King

I didn't read the whole article but is there any chance he's coming back to play for the Padres?

Some that I have not seen mentioned (except in the other mirror thread): Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs Superchunk - No Pocky For Kitty Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over Throwing Muses - Limbo Belly - Star Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted Sugar - Copper Blue Luna - Penthouse My Blood Valentine - Loveless PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love Sleater-Kinney - Call The Doctor Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Magnetic Fields had a nice run in the 1990s: Distant Plastic Trees (1991) The Wayward Bus (1992) The House of Tomorrow (EP) (1992) Holiday (1994) The Charm of the Highway Strip (1994) Get Lost (1995) 69 Love Songs (1999) As did Buffalo Tom: Birdbrain (1990) Let Me Come Over (1992) Big Red Letter Day (1993) Sleepy Eyed (1995) Smitten (1998) But if I had to choose I would probably go with Pavement or Yo La Tengo.

I love Eleven:Eleven, although I must admit that I have not listened to it in a while. I am pretty sure it was recorded by Tim O'Heir and Carl Plaster at Fort Apache.

I'll have to check it out because 2/13 is my favorite Dark Star, and not just from 1970.

Kind of off-topic, but I was just reading a recent interview with Dylan and he was asked about Stevie Wonder. He said "I could write a song like Superstition but I couldn't write one like Sir Duke."

Ouch. That sucked. Now I can get on with my life ...

tinnitus/Tim: great pictures, as always.