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Tabitha Mae Debraski–October 20, 2007

Posted in Digression on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Our new baby, Tabitha Mae was born on October 20. Needless to say there’s little time for reading, although I did get to finish the new Terry Pratchett.
Bear with me while I get my reading schedule back online.

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Benjamin Percy–”So Far from Anything” (Esquire, Oct 2007)

Posted in Benjamin Percy, Esquire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Short Story, The Cars, tagged on October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: THE CARS-Greatest Hits (2002).
For the longest time I didn’t like The Cars. I got really sick of them, especially around the time of “You Might Think.” I guess I was watching a lot of MTV, because I just couldn’t seem to get Rik Ocasek’s face out of my head (your sympathy is appreciated). Anyhow, [...]

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Elliot Perlman–The Reasons I Won’t Be Coming (2005)

Posted in David Foster Wallace, Elliot Perlman, Foreign Books, Marriage Trouble, Short Story on October 10, 2007 | 6 Comments »

SOUNDTRACK: NED SUBLETTE: Cowboy Rumba (1999).
Typically I’m the one who introduces our house to new music. My wife has great taste, but she doesn’t typically seek out new stuff like I do. So, it was a nice surprise when she found this record. I think she heard about it on NPR. I was trying to [...]

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Eoin McNamee–The Navigator (2006)

Posted in Children's Books, End of the World, Eoin McNamee, Husker Du, Supernatural, Technology, Time Travel, tagged on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: HÜSKER DÜ-Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987).
My friend Al, who introduced me to Marillion, also introduced me to Hüsker Dü (go figure). And he did so with this album. I think for big time Hüsker fans, this is something of a sellout, but for me, it is such a great poppy punk record. And it [...]

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McSweeney’s #24 [ "Trouble" and "Come Back, Donald Barthelme"] (2007)

Posted in Brazil, Corporate skewering, Donald Barthelme, Essays, Flann O'Brien, Funny (strange), Guided By Voices, Jacques Derrida, Kids in the Hall, Marriage Trouble, McSweeney's, Samuel Beckett, Short Story on October 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: GUIDED BY VOICES-Universal Truths and Cycles (2002).

I like Guided By Voices more in theory than in actuality. In theory, Robert Pollard is a songwriting maniac who has released hundreds of songs that are all snappy, catchy and brilliant. In practice, Robert Pollard is a songwriting maniac who has released hundreds of songs that he [...]

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