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Archives for November 2004

YOU CAN’T FOOL ME: I Listen to Public Radio

November 30, 2004 by Tim Riley

YIKES this isn't really my list, it's just some stuff we talked about as we wrapped up. I adore the Beatle box except for the packaging. (Still, this fits in with their longstanding tradition of tanscending Capitol's packaging.) The real find is Reigning Sound, which gets better upon each listening. … [Read more...]

YOU DON’T NEED A LICENSE: To Drive a Sandwich

November 29, 2004 by Tim Riley

LEAD OF THE WEEK: Kinky Does Parrothead "THERE is a fine line between fiction and nonfiction, and I believe Jimmy Buffett and I snorted it in 1976..." (in the Book Review) And why is this guy a regular on every media outlet? Come again? Don't we have video of Buchanan calling for Trent Lott's … [Read more...]

THE NON-CRAZY STRATEGY

November 22, 2004 by Tim Riley

From Ron Rosenbaum, in the New York Observer: In Ohio, where a switch of some 68,000 votes could have changed the name of the next President, the count deserved maximum scrutiny. Especially when the combination of allegedly "spoiled" invalid ballots (93,000) and the number of "provisional" ballots … [Read more...]

YOU’RE THAT GREAT BIG FEELING

November 21, 2004 by Tim Riley

UPDATED 2004 LIST: Dogs Die in Hot Cars PLEASE DESCRIBE YOURSELF (V2) This guy sounds distractingly like XTC's Andy Partridge, waiting for that association to drop away... The Veils THE RUNAWAY FOUND (Rough Trade) This guy sounds like a cross between Neil Diamond and Bono... but in a GOOD … [Read more...]

SIGN ON THE WINDOW

November 18, 2004 by Tim Riley

CULTURE SHOCK: Walking around Harvard Square last week it was like a trap door opening beneath me to discover the hollowed out space where Wordsworth's used to be. 28 years. Where will tomorrow's movie critics come from? Then, on a routine trip to Davis Square, the sign on Disc Diggers announces … [Read more...]

TRUE LOVE TENDS TO FORGET

November 16, 2004 by Tim Riley

Here's my review of Dylan's Chronicles on WBUR's Arts pages. Here's the passage nobody else seems to have noticed yet: "...In the midst of all this blarney, there are scenes that conjure up dodged bullets. Once, while sitting around Johnny Cash's house after dinner with Graham Nash, Kris … [Read more...]

CLEAR DAYS ON THE JOURNALISM SCENE

November 10, 2004 by Tim Riley

Nancy Franklin's lead is (as SKL would say) "crashingly banal": "Though there has not yet been a poll to prove the validity of this claim, it’s probably fair to say that most Americans will not be glad to hear that the 2008 campaign started on Wednesday, November 3rd." Versions of that sentiment … [Read more...]

“WE’LL ALL BE DEAD…”

November 7, 2004 by Tim Riley

Here's the funniest graph from this weary obituary, but far from the least likely: Mr. Bush's Republican Party had, during his time in office, so effectively marginalized the opposition Democratic Party that it all but ceased to function in many states. After the suspension of the filibuster rule … [Read more...]

SHOW-BIZ KIDS

November 2, 2004 by Tim Riley

Dear Tim, I am glad you tracked down "That's Where I Went Wrong," and am not surprised that you were evidently a bit disappointed. Thems the perils of nostalgia. The funny thing about this is that I had the same odd desire to track down the song, although I could only remember fragments of the … [Read more...]

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