Archive for April, 2008

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 There was a balance remaining on an old Amazon gift certificate I received a while back, and it was burning a hole in my account. So last night I used it up.
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I ordered the latest CD by Jim White, a guy who’s great but difficult to describe. Imagine wedging Harry Crews, Morcheeba, Daniel Lanois, and [...]

In Fear of Woodentops Factor

 During a previous lifetime I worked at a record store, within the state of North Carolina. One day we received a promotional copy of a new album by a band called The Woodentops, titled, for some reason, Wooden Foot Cops on the Highway. It looked interesting, so somebody slapped it on the turntable.
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And we were [...]