Soundtrack to January 2013

[tea_drinker77]

Johnny Cash's American Recordings (1994) is perfect music for dark, winter evenings. It's a comeback record that marks the beginning of Cash's immensely creative partnership with Rick Rubin. I think it's worth getting for the cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Bird on a Wire' alone. Steve Earle's Transcendental Blues (2000) is an all-round brilliant folk

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[animaltime]

Speaking of Kristin Hersh, just for fun I Googled "Throwing Muses 33 1/3" to see if anyone had written a Throwing Muses-inspired 33 1/3 book and I came up with this, which is actually a great read:

http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/17815

I guess the woman submitted a Throwing Muses book proposal to 33 1/3 and was rejected, but I loved the sample of the proposal that she published on her blog anyway. Personally I think that the series is becoming far too Urban Outfitters-oriented; it's getting too self-conscious and it sort of defeats the purpose of the idea of books by ordinary people about their favorite albums.

[tea_drinker77]

Thanks, I hadn't seen this series at all.