The Useless Critic 2.0

Perhaps it's only appropiate I am posting this on Bloomsday 2012. Anyway, here's a short interview with a band you should give a chance WHEN you have the chance, Autumn Owls! With a name like that, they have to be post-rock, right? Thanks to Brian McKinney, for setting this up for me! UC:  What's the story behind the Autumn Owls? AO:   Autumn Owls are 3 handsome men from Dublin, Ireland. We formed in 2007, converted a shed into a studio, and wrote lots of music. 2008 saw the release of two EP's Insomnia Lodge and On The Trail Of The Disappearing . Since then we have toured in the USA (taking in New York, Chicago and Las Vegas on our way to SXSW in Austin Texas, then returned to New York for CMJ later that year), Canada (where we visited Toronto for NXNE and CMW), Latvia for Positivus Festival, and of course the UK and Ireland. We are currently recording our debut album in Chicago. UC:  How was preparing your latest album? AO:   Slow, thoughtful, careful...

I have never been able to finish Ulysses , try as I may. It's more of a struggle. James Joyce, to me, is a phenomenal short story writer (I loved The Dubliners , for example. "Araby" will always have a special place in my heart). Was, excuse me. He's not alive anymore. Did you know that? Craziness. Anyway, two years ago was the last time I tried to amble my way through the novel JJ is best remembered for, years later. The book that any self-respecting English major should at LEAST KNOW THE PREMISE OF. You can make your own attempts here: JJ meets the ridic 21st century HEEEEEERE: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4300 I tell myself, every now and then, "oh, I'm gunnah read Finnegan's Wake ." Joyce's fucked-up magnum opus, if you will. But then I don't. pfffft. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iDaIuVPFHBFzw-cxxlMhc75bOuVQD98RVN800 I wonder what the man himself would have said. Twitter is insane and arguably pointless, anyway. B...