After This I'll Shut up...

about Okkervil River.

First, here is the link about the show next week. Here is a picture of lead singer Will Scheff who is cute, but far hotter when you know how great his music is.



Most importantly, here is his eloquent essay on file sharing and his very important artistic opposition to the practice. An excerpt:


"When I was a kid, I’d listen to the same records over and over and over again, as if I was under a spell. The record would end and I’d flip it over again, doing absolutely nothing, letting the music wash over me. My favorite record albums become like a totem for me, their big fat beautiful gatefolds worked as a shield against the loud, crashing, crushing world. I would have laid down my life and died in defense of a record like Tonight’s the Night or Astral Weeks. I felt that those records had, in some ways, saved my life. These days, with all the choice in the world, it’s hard for me find the attention span for a single album. I put my iPod on shuffle and skip impatiently to the next song before each one’s over. I don’t even know what I’m looking for."