R.L. Burnside and his family band, correct? I've got to dig out that record now. Amazing stuff.
As for Baker, I didn't know you were a fan. I see him quite clearly as a sort of proto-new journalist, and the clearest example of postmodern fiction's propensity to collapse into focused, eye of the needle realism.
Posted by Marc at May 9, 2004 11:19 AM"R.L. Burnside and his family band, correct?"
Winner! And yes, I'm a big Baker fan (though I'm not always on board with what he writes about libraries).
Posted by Matt at May 9, 2004 12:19 PM