11.11.2003

This morning on the drive to work, I clicked over to WFNX and was stunned to hear "Smoke" by Ben Folds Five, an extreme rarity even on "alternative radio." Lo and behold, it turned out the morning show was interviewing Nick Hornby, who's giving a reading tonight in Cambridge for Songbook, his book of essays with mix-CD accompaniment -- newly out in paperback, FYI. Nicky was wry and gravelly, and held forth on Paul Westerberg -- they played "Born For Me"! -- and Ani Difranco, and then played "A Minor Incident" by Badly Drawn Boy....sigh...if only morning radio was always like this...

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