And Phil, I do the looping thing too, although my entries take so long to write what with goofing off that I usually get through the damn things ten times or so.

>The blog maybe leans too heavily on the lyrics

I should bring this up in my FAQ now that you mention it. I AM a musician, but not much of one. I’m more a writer…a reader…I like music, but I’d be foolish to say I could discuss it on nearly the same level as I can discuss writing. Which is why I tend to focus on the more literary aspects of the songs. Trust me, if I wrote about the music, my vast ignorance would blind you.

>I like the way the entries sometimes read like they’re written in real time as the songs play

Wow, good catch. That’s exactly what I do, by the way…I loop the song in the background as I write. Not that I ever thought someone would catch wise to it…but it’s funny to see that someone did.

>I like the way the writer is unashamed by his occasional bafflement.

Thanks. Talking Heads have dozens of songs that you’d really have to fabricate a lot to make sense out of…but that doesn’t mean there’s not something deeper there worth discussing. I just make it perfectly clear that these are my interpretations…and that I’d love to hear others’.