What an unpleasant surprise

Here I am all excited by the new Death Cab For Cutie CD, Transatlanticism. I was wondering who else rivaled Ben Gibbard for emotional sincerity in lyrics and naturally Elliott Smith came to mind. Apparently he died at 34 this week. Pitchfork has an obit to Elliott Smith. While I was not a great fan of his music I certainly acknowledged his tremendous talent.

“To vanish into oblivion It’s easy to do And I tried to leave but you know me I come back when you want me to.”