I'm down with Al Gore, baby. Traded in the gas-sucking red Beemer (was a sweet ride, though, sigh) for a new Mini Coop. Soundtrack for the first week's riding:
The Fratellis, Costello Music
Steely Dan, Vol 2 and 3 of the boxed set
Paolo Conte, Best of
Chet Baker, a concert bootleg Gregg got me from someone in the Netherlands
Amy Winehouse, Back to Black
Blue Oyster Cult, Agents of Fortune
mix CD daughter Kristina made for my birthday
In Hoboken (2008)
Voodoo Lounge (2005)
The Ice Beneath You (2002)
CB IN OTHER BOOKS
LIVING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: includes alt excerpt from In Hoboken + pieces by Tom Perrotta, Jonathan Ames, Joshu Braff, James Kaplan
WAR IS: My essay "Letter To A Young Enlistee" along with Dylan, Hedges, Twain, and amigo Turnipseed
BOOKMARK NOW: My "Not Fade Away" with Nell Freudenberger, Tracy Chevalier, Meghan Daum, Tom Bissell
NOT LIKE I'M JEALOUS OR ANYTHING: daughter Kristina and I contributed a short story to this cool YA anthology
WHAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WAR: I was happy to be part of the group of vets and students who helped Chris with this book