His best album. His best years.

outstanding

 nagsheadlocal wrote: 
Hey, Dian Parkinson was from there.

The only thing of any value to ever come out of Jacksonville NC. 

Well, except my sister's husband. He's a good guy.

Otherwise, a town that's two miles long and two blocks wide. If you're looking for strip clubs and used-car lots, this is the place. Too bad Tom Waits didn't visit during his hobo days. 

 lmic wrote: 

Damn.

 Papernapkin wrote: 
The cigarette isn't the point, it's secondary - it's his posture, his expression, the composition of the photo. The rumpled jacket, matching his hair, his slouching back echoing the stretched hand. The image looks very casual and natural yet very graceful and posed - tough to balance both.
The type isn't my favourite, but I like that it's in one simple sector at the top, and it's provides a clean contrast with the fluidity of the pose. The simple hit of colour is a good contrast with the black & white imagery.
But the way that hard vertical edge in the middle top and the hard horizontal edge in the lower left creates a sector for his head, hands (and cig) and isolates against the rest of the scene make the image for me.
And yet, with all this, it still looks like a casual snap-shot. Lovely work.

Nice song, but after "Lady Writer" ? Buzzkill.

 Stefen wrote: 

hilarious

  The title of this song alone makes me giggle!

 Papernapkin wrote: 
How do you know it's a cigarette?!??  His watch says it's 4:20

 donnyballgame wrote: 
No it's Now (not No) right?.

 lmic wrote: 
No that's (not thats) funny!

 TimeWaster wrote: 
Dude, it's "it's," not "its."

You'd think that a professional musician would pop for flat-wound strings.

 TimeWaster wrote: 

Amen, brotha. It's not just you! I came here to pretty much post the same thing.

Add it to the list along with "ekspresso" and "ekspecially".  I learned it all from my friend who went to ekxavier University.  
   

 fredriley wrote: 
Sodding? Must be a Stodgy Bodger!

The english beside... I agree with you.

 roberth wrote: 
Going with Gold, myself

It would be nice to hear more stuff from "Heartbreaker" - maybe his best album!

 canadapaul wrote: 

I completely agree, and even with all the "misses" my IPod has more Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown than any other artist.

His live shows are an especially dicey proposition, but when he's on he's magic.

 luca77 wrote: 

A dog with a shoe in his mouth would be an improvement.

although I dig his general vibe Adams is a bit hit and miss. sometimes i can't tell if he's being introspective or pretentious; Gold is still my favorite album of his.

 TimeWaster wrote: 
I dunno, when it's done in song I think any pronunciation is ok.....sometimes it can give a song character. When it's done in presidential speeches though it sounds terrible...hopefully the new guy is a bit more eloquent.

 WayUpNorth wrote:  
That dude has left the building, so don't waste any more bytes on him.

 Excelsior wrote: 
You posted 3 almost identical messages inside a few days. We get the feckin' message, all right? a) you hate this record, and b) you're a miserable depressive troll. Give us a sodding break ;-

 Excelsior wrote:  Have you considered that perhaps you're listening to the wrong radio station?  Nothing seems to please you.

 trekhead wrote: 
Ha!  Something I think about is - when he was recording this song, you'd think someone would be, "Dude, its 'Et Cetera', not 'Eckcetera'.  Get it right."

But then again, I piss people off by correcting their grammar.   

To all you Ryan Adams fans out there: Pick up his latest CD, Cardinology. Overall, it's not his best work, but it's got a few gems.

Guess I'll continue to not buy his CD, and eckcetera.

I love this song.  Thanks for ignoring the haters and playing one of the decades' most talented song-writers.