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I checked out both of these shows...He/they did a free instore at Easy St. last night...followed by the "real" show. Easy St. was packed and the sound wasn't the greatest, but hey it was free and they sold his album to the attendees prior to the official release date. Played almost all new stuff (there was one song I didn't recognize off the new record so it may have been a Bright Eyes cut)...you may view the proceedings here: http://www.buymusichere.net/stores/easystreet/enter.html Couple of observations from the Neumo's proper gig: 1. 'Milk Thistle' is an amazing song. 2. Again, al

That's some crazy S$%!

Thirded (?)

Have you, by chance, heard "Shake It Off"? Does one bad song, kill a record?

Could you elaborate on why it isn't great? Do you think it falls apart? Isn't cohesive?

Putting things back on track here a bit, I'm curious...It sounds like there's a lot of Cassadaga criticism here...I'm curious why most don't care for it? Anybody care to share?

I don't know...I love Sedaris and my favorites of his are "Me Talk Pretty..." and "Dress Your Family..." This one just felt really self-conscious. It could be the over-sensitivity to the whole memoir genre that's going on right now. Back when James Frey was going through his controversy some upstart journalist tried to paint Sedaris with the same brush and he's (Sedaris) said that he was really upset about the whole thing. He sprinkles little disclaimers throughout the stories, such as "There was a woman, I'll call her Susan..." Now is this a big deal? Not in the big scheme of things and

It took me a while to get into it, but I found that Duncan hits his stride about 50 pages in. His characters are compelling and funny. His ideas and themes are large in scope and ambition. In short, he's asking some fundamental questions. That is brave of him as a writer because themes as big and broad as "why we are here?" and "what's this crazy thing all about?" are extremely hard to pull off without sounding preachy or dogmatic and I think (I'm not done yet) that he's succeeding poetically. I mean, it's a book largely about fly-fishing and I don't fish, but I'm still reading.

Nope. I'm all ears.

Finished "...Flames" by Sedaris and I actually thought it was his poorest work to date. Currently reading: The River Why, by David James Duncan and, really looking forward to reading this:

"Take that Saddam!"

I mean, I don't think we are making two dissimilar points here. I think we both agree with the implications of putting too much weight on Celebrity. But, I do think there's the point, that celebritys, maybe even the vast majority, actively court the spotlight and present an image of themselves that makes others feel poorly about themselves. (see young women's propensity for eating disorders vis-a-vis the print magazines) I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't wish a severe flame-out on anyone, but a picture of Tyra Banks on the beach, without the benefit of the 'shaving' properties of P

I'll bite. I'll cop to finding TMZ (the television show) enormously entertaining for the mere fact that they knock the glamour and sheen off of everything we are force-fed daily. There is such a high level of celebrity worship in this society from print magazines and what-not, photo-shopped, air-brushed magazine covers, that a show like TMZ serves as a counter-balance. It humanizes it all. That or I'm just mean-spirited...

For the baseball lovers out there, the first chapter of DeLillo's Underworld was some of the best baseball writing I've read.

I would agree about Heartbreaking - I completely stalled out. At the risk of enflaming the fans, it just felt way too clever ('How's that working for you? : What? : Being clever?') for its own good. It wore a bit thin after a while. Don't hurt me. Your favorites that didn't make it bobbob?

It's an onomatopoeia. Or....or....a pop-culture magazine otherwize known as Entertainment Weekly.

I know there are some serious book-lovers on this site, so I thought I'd just throw this out there. EW just dropped a list of their 'New Classics' -- 100 books since 1983. Consider the source, I know, but undeniably there are some classics on that list. Harry Potter at #2? Seriously? Nice to see Murakami get some love though. What did they miss? What would you exclude? 1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006) 2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000) 3. Beloved, Toni Morrison (1987) 4. The Liars' Club, Mary Karr (1995) 5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth (1997) 6. Mystic

I would REALLY suggest the Parais Lachaise (spelling that wrong) cemetary...great, great way to spend an afternoon walk. Fantastic. Also, the resting places of Chopin, Wilde, Jim Morrison, etc. That last bit gives it a bit of a touristy trap feeling, but it really isn't. Grab a baguette and some fresh cheese at the local bakery and take it there.

Except that he whined so much when the M's told him they were only going to play him against LHP's...that they cut him.

Can we talk about the Yanks signing of Richie Sexson? This is hillarious. A guy that was so deeply offended by the Mariners fans (booing), to the point where he'd sit on the bench and pout, throw things, etc....Serious, us M's fans so angered by his salary and his production...A guy that was paid $67,000 for every point on his batting average...going into the lion's den of media coverage and fan scrutiny...Oh, man, what is he thinking? What are the Yankee's thinking? Of course, all that being said, with our track record he'll probably hit 20 homers and 68 RBI the second half.

Call me crazy, but I hope she's a minor character/writer. I'm not convinced she can pull it off. Maybe, it's just me. Yeah, it's me. Wait. Is it?

Sounds like it could be a bit of a departure. Looking forward to it: RAY LAMONTAGNE TO RELEASE THIRD ALBUM, 'GOSSIP IN THE GRAIN' ON SEPTEMBER 9TH Lauded singer/songwriter, Ray LaMontagne is set to release his much-anticipated third album, Gossip In The Grain, on September 9th on RCA Records. Recorded with returning producer, Ethan Johns in Box, England, and touching upon a range of styles and musical settings- spanning pastoral folk, railroad blues, front porch country, and plangent balladry - Gossip In The Grain proves to be his most creative and emotionally expansive collection to d

Awesome...thanks for the help...one more thing I don't have to track down.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but it loosely applies . Thanks Froggie, but I should have said that it is the #23 track on Vol. 1 of "Outta Site (Outta Print) collection. See here: http://wilcobase.com/bm/other/artwork/WilcoOuttaprint1b.jpg But I can't seem to find any other info on it.

Anyone know of a track entitled "We Don't Care"?