Nice interview.  If I ever get the chance, I'd like ask Lowe or Elvis Costello if there's anything more than coincidence to Nick having written "When I Write the Book" around the same time as EC writing "Everyday I Write the Book."  Probably not, but I Iike to imagine them sitting around the house together saying,…

Garcia.  Damn. 

Much as Jerry Garica's musical style was affected by the loss of his middle finger, a great deal of Hook's sound is the result of accomodations he had to make after the alligator bit off his hand.

It's not quite the same idea,  but it reminds me of St. Peter giving medals for being the nicest of the damned.

I can't recall in which of his essay collections Kurt Vonnegut reviews Fear and Loathing, maybe Wampeters, Foma and Granfaloons, but reading it may help give you another perspective on Doctor T and the drug thing.   In addition, Thompson's prose style is brutally unique and, IMO, worth reading regardless of subject…

No apology necessary. Based on the comments I've read, I may be the oldest guy here.

@Lemur, actually I'm old enough to remember where I was when JFK was shot. But I get your point. I was just sort of surprised about someone going with "Jani." I guess it makes sense if it was an Alice Cooper type thing.

Go to Dallas, it's safe for Catholics now.

Why would a guy decide to change his name to Jani? Are there parts of the country where that's not a feminine name? Jeez, why not just dot your "i" with a little heart and get it all going on.

Thursday morsel?
When O'Neal was alive, we used to get morsels AND tidbits - and not just on Thursdays. I'll bet that's why they had to off him.

@Craig:

We will rise like birds! Angry Birds! And we will propel ourselves headfirst into all the precipes that we don't accept!

Remember when Prince drove Vanity Smurf to the lake on his motorcyle and said Vanity Smurf had to take off all his clothes and jump in?

@Bender: Yeah, I actually wrote it once that way but erased it because I thought Kanye invading Poland was funnier, given the megalomania under discussion.

I heard Kanye had a secretary named Adolph who warned him not to invade Poland!

@aiming SPOILER: Also - there's the very, very understated bit they sneak in by way of references on television and in the newspaper regarding what's going on out in space.

Everybody's for animal rights
But with rights come responsibilities. When my dog learns to clean up after himself, we can start the conversation about can he have the car keys.

Is that why he's wearing his sock on his hand? Or is that some type of fabric device the use of which escapes me?

@porno: or the guy in charge of the fishing gear.

@jumped: On my resume it says I only listened to half of "Aha Shake Heartbreak" before tossing it. I'm not proud of lying, but I needed the cred after telling someone that I liked the last Hold Steady record.