Ryan Who?
So I know my name is a little overused - but I like it. I don’t usually mind that other people have it either. But this recent Ryan Adams bit - that I heard about on the radio, I think on NPR - is bringin’ down my name, and I’m pissed. Ok, not really - but here’s the story: 
A recent concert by Ryan in Chicago inspired this review by Jim DeRogatis, a pop music critic. Here are a few excerpts:
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Then things started to go to hell. Adams played “Wish You Were Here” (his song from the new album, not the Pink Floyd classic) four times in a row, giving it to us straight, then as hard-core punk, then as a spoofy country ditty and finally rendering it as sung by Cookie Monster, simultaneously dissing the barked vocals of the nu-metal genre and paying homage to “Sesame Street.”
Adams can release three CDs in a three-week span, but the fact remains that he still can’t write one song as original or as heartfelt as anything by Jeff Tweedy.
The set ended abruptly and jarringly after 15 songs as Adams threw down his white Stratocaster and stormed offstage — he’d been whining about suffering from the flu, and for a while it seemed as if he might not return. But the delay was as calculated as the ridiculously long wait before the start of his set, the better to fuel anticipation.
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Well, the review led Ryan to act out a bit - apparently something he’s been known to do. However, his brain failed to calculate the consequences of leaving a message on Jim DeRogatis’ answering machine. Check it out. - Beware of some explicit language.
Filed by ryanroth at August 23rd, 2005 under Life