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Vladimir Nabokov–Transparent Things (1977)

Posted in Fatima Mansions, High Llamas, Microdisney, Short Books, Stereolab, Vladimir Nabokov on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: MICRODISNEY-Big Sleeping House: A Collection of Microdisney’s Finest Moments (1995).
Microdisney was founded by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan. These two then went on to form respectively, the Fatima Mansions and the High Llamas (and O’Hagan worked with Stereolab as well). If you’ve ever heard Fatima Mansions and High Llamas, you will [...]

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Jonathan Lethem–This Shape We’re In (2001)

Posted in Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Dystopia, Funny (strange), Jonathan Lethem, Neil Young, Short Books on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: NEIL YOUNG-Live at the Fillmore East (1970) & Live at Massey Hall (1971).
I came to the Neil Young ballgame much later than lots of fans. I’ve always more or less liked Neil, I really liked his Weld live album, and of course, I knew all of his classic rock, um classics. It [...]

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Rudolph Delson–Maynard and Jennica (2007)

Posted in Aerosmith, Consumerism, Funny (ha ha), Rudolph Delson, Scranton, PA on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: MONSTER MAGNET-4 Way Diablo (2007).
My friend Matt and I saw Monster Magnet open for Aerosmith in Scranton, Pa many many moons ago. We had never heard of them, but were really impressed by their set. I especially enjoyed the song he introduced as “I Know Life’s a Bummer, Baby, But That’s Got [...]

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McSweeney’s #25 (2008)

Posted in Dystopia, Fantasy, Funny (strange), Joyce Carol Oates, Marriage Trouble, McSweeney's, Sigur Rós on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: SIGUR RÓS-Hvarf-Heim (2007).
Sigur Rós put on one of the greatest live shows I’ve seen. There was nothing “special” about it , in that there were no real pyrotechnics, there was just a very simple film playing on a screen behind them, but somehow they took over the small theater I saw them in…I can’t [...]

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