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Try this one, too. Bird On A Wire from 1972. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRq13gI0ipE

I feel so fortunate that we saw him play concerts here in Australia. Before 2009 he was an artist I thought I'd never be afforded the chance to see. What a show it was. I felt as though I were at a modern day sermon on the mount. Leonard, you will be sorely missed. Your words will endure.

Oh my Lord...

I love both Ellroy and Chandler. I went on a Chandler bender last year during summer holidays and just loved it. I think I read everything except for The Big Sleep. They're all really good but I would argue that The Long Goodbye is his masterpiece. Ellroy is Chandler taken to a whole other level - the seedy underbelly of corruption in police forces, crooked politicians and hoodlums. Amongst actual historical figures Ellroy's fictional characters dwell. There's a whole bunch of early novels where he's honing his craft but he really hit his stride with the series of books referred to as the L.

All the Fante talk has taken me to one of his I haven't yet read: But I'm also in the need for some noir. It's been many years so I think I'll re-read this:

I loved the Bandini series and there are other great Fante books out there as well which I accumulated after reading Ask The Dust. I went through a phase where I just couldn't get enough of him - Dreams From Bunker Hill was great, probably similar in theme to Ask The Dust from memory. 1933 Was A Bad Year is also wonderful, though shorter. There's a short story collection titled The Big Hunger which I found a little slow going at first but with each subsequent story I found myself devouring it faster and faster - "The rest was a cruise on smooth water" as Bandini himself would say. Anyway, I'

Yes! Owen Meany. What a wonderful, beautiful book that would be to discover again. I will add to that: The World According to Garp - Irving (still cry when I re-read it) Sometimes A Great Notion - Ken Kesey David Copperfield - Dickens No doubt I will think of more to post over the coming days. Great thread idea!

Just Say Goodbye = acoustic Sonic Youth

I'm really getting into side two. Shrug and Destroy reminds me of something from the Lost In Translation soundtrack.

Hey, this is a great assessment of the record. Nicely done. I'm about to put the vinyl on for my fourth listen. I'm digging it more every time I play it through.

Vinyl at home - 85% CDs in the car - 10% Online at home - 5%

I'm kind of obsessed with these three albums:

Born in 1972. I remember John Lennon's death. My Dad was very quiet and played Beatles records all day.

A new album preceded by a film the night before the album's release. I'm looking forward to this: http://nickcave.com/music/nickcaveandthebadseeds/skeleton-tree/ http://www.onemoretimewithfeeling.film/

^ Cool album cover.

Yes, beautiful writing. It is early Steinbeck, though. He hadn't fully hit his stride. Now reading:

A much underrated record.

I put this on tonight on a whim. I haven't listened to Nick for a while. This was the first Bad Seeds record I bought (back in 1990). Listening to it tonight I was struck by how devastatingly good it is. It holds up beautifully over 26 years.

I'm very sad to read this. I've listened a lot to Guy Clark over the years, covered a number of his songs, and was hoping I'd get to see him live one day. Not to be. What a songwriter. Thanks for the music, indeed.

From a blog a good friend of mine writes. I like his reasoning as to why Bob's been pursuing his covers of standards for the last couple of records. It gives me hope for what's potentially to come. http://www.thevintagerecord.com/Bob_Dylan_Frank_Sinatra.html

That is one of the most neatly arranged pedal boards I've ever seen. A pleasure to look at.