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Dan Carlson
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I'm a twentysomething white male with ambitions to be a professional film critic and generally spend my days getting paid to watch movies and write about it. A compulsive reader and stubborn cineaste, I take an often contrary stance to my more fundamentalist peers and upbringing by celebrating the pursuit of the good, and the Good, in life, love, art and film. If you watched enough episodes of certain TV shows — for starters, "The Hungry and the Hunted," "The Cut Man Cometh," "The Body," "The Zeppo," "Waiting in the Wings," "Out of Gas," "April Is the Cruelest Month," "20 Hours in America," "Colonial Day," "An Echolls Family Christmas," "Look Who's Stalking," "The Garage Door," "Charlie Gets Crippled," "Wind Sprints," and "Corner Boys" — you would understand me completely, and you'd also realize that much of my worldview and philosophical insights are heavily influenced by fictional works/programs, and many of the good things I've said in my life are just a regurgitation of someone else's imaginings, or at any rate a heartfelt attempt to interpret them. I guess I was made to be a film critic.

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February 15, 2010

It Won't Be Long

By Dan Carlson

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I'm fascinated by the fact that The Beatles' albums were often released in dramatically chopped and repackaged ways to manufacture more content in the United States. I know that even today, albums can have slight changes between their U.K. and U.S. versions, but this seems like an extreme that hasn't been matched in years. The Beatles' U.S. records feel like history from an alternate universe, and I'm now hooked on collecting them.

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Cody

So true, Dan. Another good example is the debut album from The Clash. Totally different sequencing, and either four or five songs on each version that didn't make it to the other.

Also, is that On Record blog yours? Very, very cool. I'm about to take the plunge on a turntable myself (which I've sadly been saying for a while...but I've made a decision!), and I've already started working on a vinyl collection. Seriously, I love the idea of that site (as in, I wish I thought of it...). I'm going to keep up with that, whoever runs it.

Feb 17, 2010 9:11 PM

Cody

So true, Dan. Another good example is the debut album from The Clash. Totally different sequencing, and either four or five songs on each version that didn't make it to the other.

Also, is that On Record blog yours? Very, very cool. I'm about to take the plunge on a turntable myself (which I've sadly been saying for a while...but I've made a decision!), and I've already started working on a vinyl collection. Seriously, I love the idea of that site (as in, I wish I thought of it...). I'm going to keep up with that, whoever runs it.

Feb 17, 2010 9:14 PM

Cody

Crap, sorry for the double-post.

Feb 17, 2010 10:12 PM

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