I'd say there's quite a bit of Kjell Askildsen in that character as well.

Derek Jarman's Blue was the first thing I thought of when reading the title of this article.

1. Sing Me Spanish Techno
2. A Bite Out of My Bed
3. Letter from an Occupant
4. The Laws Have Changed
5. The Bleeding Heart Show
6. War on the East Coast
7. Myriad Harbour
8. Crash Years
9. Champions of Red Wine
10. My Rights Versus Yours

I've always maintained that the three staples of any healthy diet are Marmite, Bovril and Ovaltine.

"Coles Corner", by Richard Hawley. The whole album, but especially the title track. Just something about the arrangements I guess.

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Microwaving hamburgers? Well, in the immortal words of the abstract poet known as Q-Tip; now why you wanna go and do that, and do that, huh?

"…one of the coldest, remotest places on Earth"

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Definitely in the second category.

Japandroids + Tokyo Police Club = Soundtrack to a japanese remake of Robocop!

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Am I the only one who thinks the following bands are totally interchangeable? I know I've heard all of them, but I can't tell who's who:

The Snow Goose by Camel.

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Dowdier than (…) intended.

Nah, for me a top 5 is impossible, so here's instead a top 10 of Townes songs with "Blues" in the title:

How about Thin Lizzy's "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed"?

Was going to say this. Also, "Amarillo" by Emmylou Harris!

I'm curious, how do you peg Waits as Christian music? Is there something I've been missing, or maybe you're reading too much into the line "Don’t you know there ain’t no Devil, it’s just God when he’s drunk"?