tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post5076755543750337331..comments2023-08-31T15:40:42.709-07:00Comments on From the Pharmacy of Dr. Spin: Brendan Benson for DummiesDr. Spinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-22250639087559078222011-07-31T17:28:49.917-07:002011-07-31T17:28:49.917-07:00I agree. I think that Benson is an unsung pop ico...I agree. I think that Benson is an unsung pop icon, and I was really fortunate to discover him back in the day when I did.<br /><br />Incidentally, you were the one who hipped me to Ben Folds Five way back before "Brick" turned them into household names, so you played a role in putting me in that store at that time, as well.<br /><br />Causality is a bizarre thing.Dr. Spinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010761965092211069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718562448006677964.post-36548811279835232862011-07-31T15:39:12.263-07:002011-07-31T15:39:12.263-07:00My Old Familiar Friend is a brilliant, brilliant a...My Old Familiar Friend is a brilliant, brilliant album. It's the first I discovered (by way of the Raconteurs) and I am making my way backwards chronologically through his back catalog, having recently purchased The Alternative to Love and an e.p. called Metarie at a new independent music store on the Square in Denton called Mad World Records.<br /><br />I think my musical first love is power pop and Benson delivers it in spades.Leigh Johnsonhttp://plus.google.com/#114566498245295411966noreply@blogger.com