I’m going to go out on a prophetic limb here and state that the postmodern zeitgeist is hung over. Gone are the heady, intoxicated days of liberation from transcendent norms and meta-narratives. The all-too-early wake up call of a deep economic recession and Gulf ecological disaster has the next generation groggily taking stock of itself and it’s coming up all zeroes.
 
Teddy Thompson is the only son of British folk-rock legends Richard and Linda Thompson. Two summers ago, Teddy released A Piece of What You Need for Verve. My favorite track on the album is “Where To Go From Here,” partly for its gentle acoustic rhythm and brush-on-snare sound, partly for its existential angst that demonstrates my aforementioned point.
 
The safe lie of the in between
I never lose but never win
I wait at the edge of lifeRead more