“i play blackjack. i’m not addicted to gambling;
i’m addicted to sitting in a simm – eye – circle.”
(or: september 9 — a thumbnail sketch)
posted at 4:17 pm by brandon in tuesdays in the record store with brandon
Another jam-packed week is on tap, even if you don’t count the new country album
Released without any fanfare in the summer of 1998, a beautifully haunting record called Dressed Up Like Nebraska quietly introduced the world to a bold new talent name of Josh Rouse. Ten years and eight albums later, Rouse reflects on the last decade of his life with The Best of the Rykodisc Years, a double-disc, 32-track compilation with pulls together highlights (including, thankfully, Nebraska‘s finest track, “Flair”) from that span of time.
