This has motivated me to check out some of his "genre excursions" that I've stayed away from so I am very thankful for this list despite it being completely different to how I would rank the albums of his I own.
Personally I'd have Imperial Bedrooms at the top, it's as heartbreaking as Blood on the Tracks and Tunnel of Love but works on a different level to those considerably more earnest classics.
Thanks for putting this together.
Thanks for the past five years of great writing and great links. Like GradSchool this site helped shape my world view. Can't wait to see what you'll do next.
I thought he'd be cool with people ripping off his stuff considering he rips off old blues artists and other blues artist rip off artists like Led Zep.
Us Australians would like to tell you people that we don't speak like that. Whoever is doing your accent training fire them. Stop making us sound so fucking weird.
In fact, those are the worst Australian accents I've heard in a film for some time and it made it hard to enjoy the film whenever those two actors were on screen despite everything else in this movie being easier to enjoy than a fumble in your pants.
What's even more predictable than this list? The hilarious backlash on here.
You want to talk about tired and uninspired? Kids were bagging out Rolling Stone in the 80s.
What redundant outrage.
I call for more Gabe/Videogum literary recommendations. A Videogum Book Club if you will.
I find it hard to find places for good book recommendations because every literary blog just seems so ultra wanky. Maybe you guys know some good ones.
Thank you for so eloquently putting into words may one issue with Jon Stewart. I have always squirmed in my chair when he pulled out the "i'm just a comedian" card.
Great writing Gabe.
I liked Fever Pitch. I found it pretty fun and much better than the English version.
Hornby's original book is brilliant and a must read for anyone obsessed with a sport team (just as High Fidelity is a must read for anyone obsessed with pop music).
I totally agree, I can't understand why people have to make such a big deal about leaving a website.
It happens on a lot of sites I go on, and it is really embarrassing.
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