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Am a little over halfway through this and I love it...

 

 

This is one of the best books I have read.

What's up with the vocals? Not a fan of Craig on the verses. The chorus sounds like typical Hold Steady. I was hoping for something a little less poppy/anthemic (Almost Killed Me style), since this is what pre-release interviews have hinted at, but no dice. Sounds like a Stay Positive b-side, which, while not bad, is not good either.

I like this maybe more than I should. Just great to hear him back and making music (that sounds a lot like Beulah).

Iowa is producing one of the finest rye whiskeys available. Hard to come by as it's hard to judge demand years out.

 

Templeton Rye is amazing. Distilled very near to my girlfriend's house, and her dad has been talking it up for years. In the last two years or so, you can finally get it here in Chicago.

Josh Ritter is May 4th, too. Quite a day.

Very excited for the new record. He's right up there in my top 3 favorite artists. Probably tops in terms of people still putting out good records. Sorry, Neil Young.

To think I 'voted' for this guy (Kerry '04). I never did trust that greasy grin.

Same. Something always seemed a little off. Looking back, I can't believe I voted for Kerry either but at least he's more real this this asshat.

Wow. I forgot all about the Curse of the Blue Figurine. Good one, that.

The iPad makes no sense. No e-ink screen means that reading on this thing is just as terrible on my eyes as reading on my laptop. As for the rest of the stuff, we all have devices that do these things if we're the kind of people that want to do any of these things. And those devices do them better.

The Kindle, on the other hand, is awesome.

Now that's the Brett Favre I remember. I may have to reconsider my stance on karma.

I read that one. There was some funny stuff about cranky old people, if I recall correctly.

I will admit that the very beginning bits where he is describing Des Moines are pretty great.

Tackling Infinite Jest.

And some book by Bill Bryson that is about him driving around America. Super whiny and stupid so far. I don't need 300 pages of, "Went to Indiana. It was boring, so I left."

I think McCoy took a dive. Oh well. Roll Tide!

the promos they sent out were protected

And is it excellent?

One of the best things on public radio. I only wish there were more episodes.

Unbelievable story. I thought it was a joke.

This show looked a lot like Arrested Development in the ads. Is that comparison far off now that it has actually aired?

I think that is funny. I suppose I'm a racist or somesuch.

however their Monsters of Folk review today is just TERRIBLE writing.

Ha. Just got done posting my thoughts on that in the MOF thread.

I commended Pitchfork only yesterday for their Pearl Jam review, but they're back to their old shenanigans with this one - writing almost exactly the opposite of what I would have written. The only part they got right was saying that Mike Mogis is a highlight. I get the angle - Jim James is the only one stretching here, but who expected this record to be about each of these artists really stretching? Can't it just be good?

And that Mogis solo on Conan was awesome.

The entire Pitchfork review, not just the first paragraph, was spot on. Good work, site that normally sucks at writing.

This very thing happened to me on the 1st of this month. Sucks.

It's a "double album" in the traditional sense, i.e. it needs two LPs (e.g. vinyl) to fit everything. Not in the CD sense.

Everything that comes out on vinyl these days seems to be a double LP. None of this stuff means anything anymore, I guess.

So much for that Packers new defense. And great work, offensive line. Jackasses.

Why did I read this was going to be a double album all over the place? I'm confused.