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

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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Brendan Connell–Dr. Black and the Guerrillia (2004)

SOUNDTRACK: ARCTIC MONKEYS-Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007).
I really enjoyed the first Arctic Monkeys CD a lot. Despite the hype from England, or perhaps because of the hype from England, I sought out the first record and really dug the aggressive musical style, the funny lyrics and delivery and the great basslines (which, especially in [...]

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David Foster Wallace–Consider the Lobster (2005)

SOUNDTRACK: TOM WAITS-Orphans (Bastards) (2006).
This is the piece de resistance of the Orphans set. All of the really, really weird songs by Waits get thrown together on this disc. Weird and wonderful, including a crazy cover of “Heigh Ho” from Snow White.
[Read: Summer 2006] Consider the Lobster.
When I was living in Boston, and going [...]

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[no longer the] CURRENT BOOK: Vikram Chandra-Sacred Games [pre pub] (2006)

SOUNDTRACK: A LIFE LESS ORDINARY soundtrack (1997).
For those keeping score: at lunch, I have been listening to all of my CDs in order. This process started several years ago and really bespeaks my growing insanity. I had long since finished the A-Z bands, and have moved onto soundtracks. So, yesterday’s lunch had the great [...]

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