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Is anyone else besotted with the somber, grizzled one? I was listening to Gossip in the Grain for the thousandth time and actually heard the lyrics to track 6, which as it turns out, is a tribute to Meg White. (Sorry for being not-so-quick-on-the-draw-McGraw, people; I’ve been in Farm to Plate-planning-land!)

I really don’t know much about Lamontagne. Yes, I know there’s a thing called Wikipedia for that, but I just don’t have the time, folks. If someone could keep an eye on his tour schedule for me, though, that’d be great. I see he doesn’t have any upcoming TX tour dates, and given the amount of travel I’ve been undertaking and have happening later in the year, I’m keen to stay put for a while. Oh, but he definitely lives on a farm in Maine. Swoon.

Let’s raise a glass to making the world a better place in 2009.

…oh, and also to this:

I adore this song. I was just thinking this clip is a good companion piece to the famed footage of the Lennon-Dylan showdown in the car. Lennon admired Bob Dylan so much it hurt – very like what he felt for Brian Wilson. As evidenced in Dont’ Look Back and numerous other accounts, it must’ve been such a dressing-down for Lennon to match wits with his intellectual equal. You can practically see sparks flying through the air. Whenever I get down over the Brits being culturally superior, particularly in the realm of music, this picks me back up again.