SOUNDTRACK: TINDERSTICKS-Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95 (1995).
This is a rare and out of print live CD from an early Tindersticks show. My friend Lar found it used for me in Ireland (thank you!). But it turns out he found it for me about a week before it was reissued as a bonus disc with the Second Tindersticks CD.
It’s a great concert, with Tindersticks in fine form. After the amazing creative success of the second disc, the band sounds energetic and Stuart Staples’ voice is fantastic. Live Tindersticks don’t sound drastically different from the record, but there is a very cool “close and intimate” vibe to this show that makes the songs sing a little more.
Normally, I’d encourage anyone to try and find this disc, but since it has been reissued with the second disc, it’s worth getting that package instead.
[READ: October 25, 2009] “Order and Flux in Northampton”
This is the final uncollected DFW short story that I hadn’t read yet (not including the excerpts from The Pale King). And it’s a very good one! The story is chock full of DFW’s awesome character descriptions and hilarious word play. He also has a bit of fun with James Joyce, which is always a treat.
This story concerns three characters who live in Northampton, MA. Barry Dingle is a severely cross-eyed hippie who owns The Whole Thing, one of two local health food stores. He harbors unparalleled love for Myrnaloy Trask. Myrnaloy works at Collective Copy, the copy shop next to The Whole Thing. Barry has never talked to her, but he fell madly for her when he saw her reflected in a bus window. But Myrnaloy is only interested in Don Megala, a professional student (he’s on his seventh unfinished PhD). (more…)
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