What To Read While You're Not Listening to the New Ryan Adams

First Take Pity on yourself for not loving Ryan Adams the way Dave and I do, then go an read a nice article from the AV Club that circles an idea from a nice article about Noel Gallagher by Chuck Klosterman on Grantland (my new favorite web-site?) back to Ryan Adams and the inevitable 'Heartbreaker' comparisons every one of his albums gets, then read this interview with DRA, again from the AV Club.   Reaction papers on my desk by noon tomorrow.

Now What?

Blog Brethren: Please welcome Simone to the extended bastard family! She arrived late Saturday night 02/12/11 - a valiant day for baby mama - and is our first.

You will all now commence with expert, personal & highly esteemed child-rearing advice. How have you so skillfully guided your own offspring from infants to true Li'l Bastards? Encapsulate the principles into a few memorable, pithy lines for me and for posterity.*

Simone won't say if she's a mod or a rocker. She had intrauterine exposure to high levels of Live McCartney Concert during early gestation, if that helps anyone get a feel for her particular needs.

*[Note: If you have not raised any youngsters, you are not exempt from this charge. You may find it simplest to generalize from techniques employed to nurture a cherished idea, chord progression or small mammal.]

Happy Labor Day

You bastards try to stay out of trouble.

Made Me Laugh

So true.

To get you fired up for the new year

Here's a mash up of inspirational movie speeches that create one inspirational message. Freeeeeedom!

Speaking of Musicals

This movie absolutely kicks ass. It's a musical in the sense that fully 2/3 of it is...music, though not the break out in song in the middle of a scene type of musical. The music in it is great. It makes me want to go out and get every one of the Frames' albums.

Stop whatever you're doing and go see it now.

Also, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova had a song on the "I'm Not There" soundtrack.

Please Help!

Dear Davie,

Everytime a Death Cab For Cutie song comes up on Pandora, I findmyselflikingit and alt-tabbing to find out who's doing that song. Is this a problem? Does it mean I have to start watching 'the OC' now? Can I still call myself a man?

Signed,

Hailing in Hampstead