I love Duke of Earl and Handyman especially. I wish I had requested DOE when I saw him perform solo, but I didn't know about it then. The Jaques Tati cracks me up. I don't know Born in Chicago. For shame!
"Join the Cult of Gunn / And you'll get an eighties Monster Ballad CD just for joining"
Why does everything with you always have to be so "jokey"?
His life is a horrible mess. His parents beat him, he lives in a dumpy apartment and gets a knife pulled on him every day. The only thing keeping him alive is making jokes about life constantly. If you take that from him, he might kill himself, so why don't you just BACK OFF?
I really like a lot of the B-Sides, myself.
"I joined the Cult of Clops / If I were you, I'd sleep with one eye open."
I think the bonus tracks of COR are terribly underrated; especially village of the sun and baby that's art. I still don't understand why they're not on the album.