Rob Sheffield - Talking to Girls About Duran Duran

Didn't know anything about this until today:

http://www.amazon.com/Turn-Around-Bright-Eyes-Rituals/dp/0062207628

Hoping my ignorance of Karaoke won't be much of an impediment.

Duran Duran singer with beard, moustache and big gut at stadium in London benefit concert yesterday

Got Turn Around Bright Eyes in the mail yesterday, finished it very quickly. Excellent, although sobering--it's largely about moving past stuff that I'm still stuck on at 51. What the three books need now is a nickname. The Ditch Trilogy is taken, and wouldn't work anyway.

Wandered over to the Amazon listing and was bemused when I noted who one of the chief reviewers was.

oh is that the guy from Postal Service

What does it mean when a book makes you feel like you can sing?

http://www.cartoondollemporium.com/disney/ariel3.jpg

I would be all about Ariel reviewing this book. Hell, Ursula.

Met this guy at the recent Chickfactor shows in Brooklyn. Boy, he was extremely nice. I very much enjoyed watching the bands and talking to him there.

Rob, that is.

Rob really is a truly nice human-being, and really really funny. Was very lucky to get to hear him do a radio show for a couple of years as well. It was always great.

I picked this up yesterday and read 3/4 of it by nighttime. Really enjoy it. A lot of it is trifle but it's engaging trifle. I loved the chapter on Hazey Fantezey