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I swear, I love The Shins more and more each day. Their universality unceasingly amazes me. Is there anyone in the world who HASN'T felt like this: Turn On Me You can fake it for a while,Bite your tongue and smile,Like every mother does an ugly child.But the stars are leaking out,Like spittle from a cloud,Amassed resentment counting ounce and pound. You're entertaining any doubt,Because you had to know that I was fond of you,Fond of Y-O-U,Though I knew you masked you... MORE
. . . or does the new Shins record kinda suck? I'm in the midst of grading a stack of worse-than-I-expected essays from my students, so it's snarky time here at the Chainsaw HQ. Due to travel and then subsequently playing catch-up, I got around to the new Shins record only last week. Behind the curve here, then. Anyway, I loved the Shins' debut album and their second one has some excellent stuff on it as well. But, with the honorable exceptions of "Phantom Limb," "Turn O... MORE






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