Tindersticks "The Hungry Saw"

Stuart Staples has a voice like some humble king searching for his crown in the dirt. There’s a somber longing that his unique vocal style expresses and the intense, often dark string and brass arrangements only emphasize the grandeur that is the Tindersticks. The U.S. release of their seventh studio album, The Hungry Saw, marks their first with Constellation Records and shows perseverance despite the loss of founding member Dickon Hinchcliffe.

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A few months ago MediaPost.com wrote about Beyond Race and mentioned the article on George Carlin that I wrote. I won't post the whole thing, but here's the gist of it. If you want to read the whole thing you either need to sign up at their website or ask me to read you the rest over the phone.

Beyond Race
By Douglas Quenqua

I was prepared to say nice things about Beyond Race before I happened upon the George Carlin obituary on the magazine’s Web site. Now, damn it, I need to be effusive. Let me explain. If you’re anything like me (mid-’30s, balding, kinda sleepy), you were saddened enough when you heard Carlin had passed away. But what really stung was how every obit writer in the country somehow managed to reduce his entire career to those “seven dirty words.” So when I read the opening line to Beyond Race’s obituary, it felt like a redemption: “Comedian George Carlin, a devout atheist and lover of foul words, died last night from heart failure at the age of 71.” Greatest. Description. Ever. A devout atheist and lover of foul words. It’s irreverent, honest and totally without pretense. Something tells me Carlin would have preferred that to all the “champion of free speech” hooey.