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"On Scatterbrain, McIntire addresses the ups and downs of a working comic's life. The bulk of the album is all laughs -- solid material on everything from having kids to the war on terror, killer stuff from one of Boston's most reliable comedy veterans -- but it's the bonus track, the one labeled "Nagasaki," that's getting the most attention. The nearly half-hour track is nothing short of a complete hell gig..."

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"If Tim set out to reveal more about himself and be vulnerable on his new CD, Scatterbrain, he succeeded. He pulls off the delicate trick of turning inward without losing his persona. He is still The Reverend. Now, rather than pointing the finger at others, he's pointing it at himself. Instead of looking at obscure news stories and making them universal, he takes something universal, the birth of a child, and makes it his...It's smart and fearless. Mr. Hicks, this is Mr. Cosby."

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Monday, September 22, 2003

The Quest for the Perfect Bag

My trusty old messenger bag is about to give up the ghost. I washed it this weekend because there was something in it that bled brown gunk onto my pants whenever it got a little bit wet. Well, it ain't bleeding goo anymore, but the fabric got pretty shredded, and though I've ordered a kicky li'l CKY patch from eBay to cover up the worst hole, I'm afraid I'm going to have to get a new one. I feel like I'm about to break up with a girlfriend just because she's put on some weight (though I guess to keep the metaphor as close to reality as possible, I'm breaking up with "her" because she suffered horrible facial scarring in my washing machine).

Prior to this, I had what I thought was the Bag to End All Bags. It was WWII ammo bag I'd got from a crazy store in Cody, Wyoming, screenprinted with an elaborate mandala of some sort. It had pockets like crazy and survived more than one washing, unlike SOME BAGS I COULD MENTION.

So being a good little cybershopper, I bang open eBay, search for "messenger bags," and am confronted with words I never thought I'd see in such a circumstance: Prada, Versache, Abercrombie, Gap. What??? Just when did this yuppification occur? Serves me right for ignoring other people on the bus; I missed the latest casualty of the eternal Ruination of All Things Cool. (Note: I'm aware that my righteous indignation over the compromising of the cool factor of messenger bags is diminished somewhat by the fact that I've never actually been a bike messenger my own self. But...Prada???)

So I want a bag that's cool enough to counterbalance the discomfort I may feel standing next to some tweedy bastard on the T carrying a messenger bag of his own. So far, the number one contender is this bad boy from Chrome, but I anticipate this being an arduous selection process, because I intend to strike a blow against all yuppiekind with the coolness of my bag. I want it to be so cool that the simple act of opening it up to grab my notebook will cause spontaneous laptop explosions in all Starbucks within a one-mile radius (that's approximately 75 Starbucks).

Any pointers, ideas, directions, suggestions on where to find The Bag would be greatly appreciated.

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