Sitting here – trying one of my 24-different root beers package I received sometime prior to Vermont – I realised I need to listen to some of this stuff before I endorse it.

With Ryan Adams’ “Easy Tiger” – it’s not as good as I had hoped. Sometimes he is focused – more focused than on other recent disks – but still he is not getting to the heights of “Gold” or even “Rock and Roll”. There is a lot of meandering here – lyrically and musically. This man can write perfect rock/pop songs. But he throws away structure and just replaces it with navel gazing. He likes to listen to himself talk without revealing anything. I mean –“Two”, “Halloweenhead”, “Everybody Knows” and “Two Hearts” are good songs. But the rest is just him being “alt-country” troubadour – which can be pretty boring.

Howeever, my Saranac Root Beer (same logo as the beer makers) has a great taste and the head is the thickest and creamiest I have tasted yet. Sure – high fructose corn syrup is still one of the main ingredients – but you a drinking a ROOT BEER. Not tofu ale…

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