elliott man you played a fine guitar/and some dirty basketball/the songs you wrote got me through a lot/just wanna tell you that/but it's too late

Just a quick note with my thoughts on SONGS FOR SILVERMAN.
wonderful. I knew that I loved "Landed", but there are so many great songs. I absolutely adore the song he wrote for his daughter, "Gracie". It's funny- we have this cd that we're playing at work now- something like Golden Slumbers: A Father's Love- all these songs sung by men for their kids... most of it is the cheesiest, most awful shit you can imagine (except for Mr. Matthews that is!), so it's nice to see that someone like Ben can write a truly heartfelt, beautiful song that makes you feel good without cringing or thinking "how fucking corny!"
I also love the song "Late", which is the quote in my subject line. It's a song about another one of my favorite musicians, Elliott Smith. "The songs you wrote got me through a lot"... It honestly made me tear up. That is sorta the one thing you'd want to say to the artists you love... at least I would. "Jesusland" is SO great. Ahh, it's all good!! I definitely recommend this one, you guys. I don't think I'll be listening to anything else until the new Aimee is out next week!

-rick
who's thisclose to finishing ASSASSINATION VACATION, but in the interest of savoring Sarah is considering FINALLY getting around to watching MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO.