tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913367917526742572.post8993461024785647294..comments2023-08-08T21:10:24.807-05:00Comments on Why Are There So Many Records In My Life?: The National - AlligatorIanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04723155952577592310noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913367917526742572.post-28285990152273298132009-10-22T14:08:21.413-05:002009-10-22T14:08:21.413-05:00Just catching up on yer blog, Ian. This is my favo...Just catching up on yer blog, Ian. This is my favorite review ever of this record, which is a pretty pivotal albumfor me. You really get at something with this being reflective of modern American life, but you do it without saying that phrase and also without mentioning irony, so thank you.<br /><br />I bought it at Love Garden, too, and listened to it a lot drunk as my life was falling apart for reasons I won't get into. <br /><br />Shortly after I got it, the National came to the Record Bar and I got to interview Berninger. Fell all over myself and turned out a piece of writing sorely hampered by my enthusiasm, I fear. They played a great show for a tiny crowd on a Sunday night. I got invited to join the band and the RB owners and hangers-on for aftershow drinks at Harry's. Then as today, if you go to their website Americanmary.com, the main photo reloads every time you refresh the page, usually with photos of the band on tour. <br /><br />They were taking photos at Harry's, the guys in the band were, and for probably two or three months after that night, I would go to the site hoping, in my vanity, for a picture from that night to show up. It never did, but that's alright. <br /><br />I ended up liking Boxer better, anyway.Jasonhttp://blogs.pitch.com/waywardnoreply@blogger.com