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[Thomas Eckhardt]

Not Pynchon (at least not much) -- and also no politics, I promise.

There are two new albums out now that I very much recommend: Former 
Go-Betweens' Robert Forster's "Songs to Play" and the Chills' "Silver 
Bullets".

The Guardian provides more information for the uninitiated:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/18/robert-forster-songs-to-play-review-songs-that-creep-up-and-throttle-you

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/oct/23/the-chills-comeback-album-silver-bullets-listen

Jonathan Lethem is a fan of both bands (in fact he called the 
Go-Betweens his favourite band):

http://jonathanlethem.com/go_betweens.html

More generally, Robert Christgau has the most insightful takes on the 
Chills and the Go-Betweens and also on Robert Forster as a solo artist.

I am sure that James Kyllo, yet another admirer of the Go-Betweens, 
would have enjoyed these records...

Robert Forster had a role in Robert Bramkamp's GR-inspired movie 
"Prüfstand 7" but actually very much prefers Joyce to Pynchon (cf. the 
cover of "Danger in the Past").




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