tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983372.post3216451673702303669..comments2023-11-05T04:04:12.442-05:00Comments on Short Schrift: Depths Where Sun Never ShoneTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983372.post-14579968009672890402008-06-20T11:22:00.000-04:002008-06-20T11:22:00.000-04:00That's brilliant!The most affecting part may be th...That's brilliant!<BR/><BR/>The most affecting part may be the decision to return to a 1950s aesthetic of corporate anomie in a depiction of a song of 90s twenty-something angst. It's almost as if the fate of the organization man replays itself two generations later--as if the story hasn't changed much, even if the protagonists are no longer aging white men in grey suits and Maine summer homes.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting this video. I owe Short Schrift for introducing me to Andrew Bird many years ago. For some reason I can't place, Bird became the soundtrack to most of my academic writing.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217832960135325575noreply@blogger.com