It's a pretty good song, maybe you know the rest
So awesome. This gave me goosebumps, even if Bruce got a few of the words wrong. The only thing better would have been an appearance during "High Lonesome," since it quotes Springsteen lyrics verbatim.

Are you by any chance
the Erik Adams who wrote for The State News?

love guru promo crap
Last year, when I worked at a college newspaper, the Love Guru people sent me a magic 8 ball ripoff shaped like Pitka. The box features one of the movie's taglines: His karma is huge. Not sure how that would rate on your year-end list of swag, but it rates pretty low for me. And I hardly get any…

No way, Hosea!
Am I crazy, or did Stefan's dessert look delicious? Wouldn't most people rather end a meal with ice cream and a lollipop than venison? Stefan proved he had all bases covered, including a succulent squab and the versatility to make do with alligator meat.

The story goes that Condon is returning to his "roots" with the electronic EP. Before he started recording/performing as Beirut, he made bedroom recordings under the name Realpeople. There's a bootleg of some of those songs floating around. I heard one that wasn't impressive, although I'm no electronic music…

Well, if you care, I also liked Madonna and the Elena's Tomb EP. Something happened on Worlds Apart… a change that I found to be drastic and polarizing. But it's good they have a tireless fanbase. Bands need those.

the grammy beirut will never win
And what of your main gig with Coldplay? Har har har. Sorry.

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That album got me really excited about this band, but then they burned me with Worlds Apart. Nice mid-period U2 comparison — I think it extends to how seriously these guys take themselves.

Those college hooligans
Always taping Rachel Maddow to the statue!

Saw it coming did ya?

I'd pay to see
Neutral Milk Hotel. Hopefully some new material would be part of the deal.

I had the same reservations before watching Man on Wire. Actually, the only reason I did see it was because it was streaming on netflix. Anyway, the film's pacing makes it surprisingly engrossing. The whole thing has the feel of a heist movie — a deliberate touch by the director. I was especially taken with the vast…

In Bruges
Colin Farrell was way better in his homemade amateur porno. Thank god there was no Brendan Gleeson cameo.