On a break from Decoding the Universe. I'm coming back to it, I promise.
Exiles is still excellent. As is Doug Hall.
The Yiddish Policeman's Union. Incredible. Michael Chabon's best. I cannot wait until this comes out and I can start recommending it to people.
Judas Unchained ended strong. Good stuff. Read Pandora's Star first.
Gilead is better the second time around than it was the first. Spectacular.
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano. This book is great. Think Borges meets Marquez meets Cervantes meets Kerouac.
The Dead Fish Museum by Charles D'Ambrosio. Short story collection on par with Raymond Carver and Andre Dubus.
Listening to the new Bright Eyes and loving it.
Listening to Shaky Hands eponymous debut. Sonically, very Bright Eyes. More fun. More mature.
Listening to Rock Plaza Central. Think Neutral Milk Hotel. Think Will Oldham. Think greatness.
Listening to Tommy James and the Shondells. Hanky Panky. Mony Mony. Crimson and Clover. Crystal Blue Persuasion. Draggin' The Line. You loved this band already and didn't even know it.
Listening to Bruce Springsteen's Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ. My favorite of this type of Bruce album. There is the joyous/victorious/youthful album (Greetings/The Wild, The Innocent...), the working man trying to make it album (The River/Born In The USA), the "we gotta get out of this place" album (Born to Run/Darkness On The Edge of Town), the "if it gets much darker, someone's gonna die" album (Nebraska/The Ghost of Tom Joad), and so on.
Listening to a lot of Mississippi John Hurt. It's all good. Check it out.
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