and lexicondevil, you are the AVC's Samuel Johnson.

Updike might be most lovable in smaller doses: a book review he wrote, a book review someone wrote about him….

Went to see Updike do a reading one time. He read the scene from this book where the young minister visits the old Lutheran minister who yells at him. It was really great. Then someone in the audience asked Updike if he would "do" the voice of Owen Meany.

Be nice to Phel.

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well…yeah. i think some people struggle with both those things…

I think part of phel's appeal is that "phel" is a friendly word. I think that's why I liked her before I knew she was her.

Might I also add that Pop Country is where Tin Pan Alley went when Dylan killed it.

There's Nashville and there's Nashville
First thing everybody on this site has to get over is the fact that current Nashville singers have more in common with Hollywood stars than 'artists' in other genres who write their own songs.