Coming home from another drubbing at the hands of a hated enemy, I was scrolling through my new iPhone, looking for something suitable to ease the pain. Midlake? Far too minor key. Hot Chip? Too cheery. Mark Eitzel? That’ll do nicely. There’s something in his tone of voice; that soft, gentle warmth that envelops you even as he’s singing about how he’s been drinking too much and he’s down on his luck and all that. Just what you need when you’re hacked off spending a grand a year watching a bunch of overpaid tossers fanny about.
The Man Himself
Speaking of pay, I read an interview with the charming Mr Eitzel toward the end of last year in which he stated that he was pretty much bankrupt; couldn’t afford to tour with a full band and was living from one month to the next. So, in honour of one of the finest singer/songwriters the US has produced, please listen to the song below and then go and buy the album from which it comes (“Klamath”). You can have it autographed and everything.
Loft And Lost 
Dave
/ February 2, 2010Just tried to buy from Mark’s site but it doesn’t appear to work for overseas shipping. Pity.
IRS Attorney
/ May 19, 2012Problem being that in order to be a competent liberal politican in MA, the first requirement is that you be liberal. That pretty much eradicates any chance that you can be competent. Liberalism is a mental disease causing one to force reality away from the decision making process. That, by itself, limits available competent politicians.__If they can’t run on their make-believe Camelot royalty record, they are helpless.