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PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:26 am 
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Got this for Christmas and read it in one day. If you're a fan of the band, it's a great read. Sheds a ton of light on E's normally very-secretive life including the deaths of his sister and parents (and friends and roadies and neighbors and pets) and his various relationships with band members and girlfriends and wives. Also has a handful of those always-interesting celebrity encounters with people like Perry Farrell and Little Richard.

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thanks for the idea, i will have to get this
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Looks interesting. Did anyone see the NOVA episode about his father?
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I saw it.

As an Eels fan and a comic book fan, I found it pretty fascinating.

All of this -- the documentary, the book, the double album, the best-of album, the b-sides & rarities album, etc. -- makes me very interested to see what he does next. The past few years have had a real sense of closure in regards to the first section of his career and his family and all of that. Where he goes from here, I have no idea. Then again, the final chapter of his book is entitled What Now? so clearly he feels the same way.
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YES!

Eels album #7 comes out June 2nd. It's entitled Hombre Lobo which is Spanish for werewolf and the front page of their site http://www.eelstheband.com/ has E with a ridiculous beard and space-age sunglasses drenched in red.

I have no idea what the hell this is going to sound like but I already know it'll be #1 on my 2009 shmoo poll.
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love this band....will check the book out - thanks!

also: cannot wait for the new disc! POW!

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These guys (This guy) has really grown on me. I love his song lyrics and he can write a rockin' guitar hook.
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jesus - what a beard

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what a jesus beard

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mutty Wrote:
Looks interesting. Did anyone see the NOVA episode about his father?



Saw this a few months ago. It was interesting. I know a little about him, pretty ambivalent about the music I guess, but it was an interesting piece.

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New record out Jan. 19, 2010!

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01 THE BEGINNING
02 GONE MAN
03 IN MY YOUNGER DAYS
04 MANSIONS OF LOS FELIZ
05 A LINE IN THE DIRT
06 END TIMES
07 APPLE TREES
08 PARADISE BLUES
09 NOWADAYS
10 UNHINGED
11 HIGH AND LONESOME
12 I NEED A MOTHER
13 LITTLE BIRD
14 ON MY FEET

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another new album already?? awesome. I like the cover
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Yeah, I was a bit taken as well. It was announced this evening on Facebook.

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this makes me laugh but also a little sad

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Good news.
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Another album this year!

RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 24, 2010

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Tomorrow Morning

TRACK LISTING
01 in gratitude for this magnificent day
02 i'm a hummingbird
03 the morning
04 baby loves me
05 spectacular girl
06 what i have to offer
07 this is where it gets good
08 after the earthquake
09 oh so lovely
10 the man
11 looking up
12 that's not her way
13 i like the way this is going
14 mystery of life

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Dude is on a tear!

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No doubt. How does he sleep?

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He gets timely motivation from the pictures of Jack White and Ryan Adams on his bathroom mirror.
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