One sensitivillion.
Heh.
So I was checking out the competition other 33 1/3 books at the Virgin Megastore over lunch. Unfortunately, the Who Sells Out book was exactly the kind of book I don't want to write or really read. The Music From Big Pink novella looked bleak but well written. Best of the lot (today) was the one for 69 Love Songs, which features comments from our very own Herself! (under her own name). She's not a big part of the proceedings, but nonetheless, it was startling to encounter her name there.
Anyway, the book is an excellent fun read and recommended to any fan of 69 Love Songs. It's written/designed by one of the contributors to the 69 Love Songs, LD Beghtol. The first half is encyclopedic - sort of like Franklin Bruno's book on Armed Forces. But light and erudite and fun and witty and well-designed with lots of illos. The second half is a song by song overview with quotes by various band members (including Stephin Merritt) and fans (like Herself) about recording the song, writing the song, playing it live or a personal take on the song. All very enjoyable.
It finishes with the live shows done after the album came out, including the Somerville show. I'm presuming Jon B. was there.
Nope. I did go to an earlier one-night stand they did at the Middle East, though.
totally shallow and OT post from Ms. Lurker
OMG, I need conversion software so I can put Corb Lund's "Hockey Game" song up for EVERYONE. It calls out David Allan Coe, and is just brilliant, and is so very Canadian, and
dissolves in fit of giggles
Seriously, I wish iTunes had a setting for "play me this song every time. Every time, bitch!"
Anyone else online tonight?
New Wilco album streaming in its entirety here: [link]
Oh well, looks like I missed it. What did you think of it, Corwood?
I heard about half before I had to go to bed, but it had some excellent Nels Cline shreddage. A couple of the songs seemed a bit oriented towards two-chord jam-band stuff, which isn't a good trend, although I'd rather hear Cline extend a solo than just about anyone else. It was hard to get a grasp on the songs otherwise. I'm not immediately bowled away like I was with the last 2 studio albums.
In other news, I saw Richard Thompson play last night and got to speak with him briefly about the book. I think he's interested in seeing what it's going to say.
Henry Rollins writes a love(?) letter to Anne Coulter :) [link]
Hey, Megan, are you still here in town next week?
