I thought, "it hurts our health and safety?" Then, "oh, they'll step on our faces with jackboots."

I'm gonna go crazy and say The Limits of Control. I know.

She IS British.

Well now.

I love this thread, you beautiful bastards.

I remember some of my high school friends playing an acoustic record of Mayer's before I ever heard him on the radio, it must have been in 2000. There was a line in there where he praised this girl for being "artsy" because she could "distinguish Miles from Coltrane". We're talking about two different instruments.

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That's probably his weakest novel, Staircar, in my opinion. The Rabbit books are as good a starting point as any, but I would begin with some of his short stories. "Museums and Women" is a great collection, or "Olinger Stories".

You're right, Terry. He said himself he used those books to comment on America at the end of each decade- the 50's, 60's, 70's, and 80's. Rabbit Redux is my favorite of the four, because of that attitude of wholly unironic cynicism about what was happening.

Updike was a great lover of women and their bodies. Not just vaginas: he could craft a portrait of a woman's ankle that would break your heart. I've read almost all his novels, Phil Collins; some are brilliant, some not quite. I would humbly suggest his "Early Stories: 1953-1975". If those don't suite you right down…

I believe you'll find plenty to like, Idiot. Particularly Visiter. Their second record didn't do as much for me.

Everything about this says anger. Except maybe "More Radiohead news".

It'd make a grown man cry like a girl
to see the guns dyin' at sunset.

It's rolling downhill quickly.

Destroyer is the best side project of New Pornographers. I believe that.