http://popdose.disqus.com/Culturally inspired writing.enFri, 15 Feb 2008 00:51:01 -0000http://popdose.com/basement-songs-in-spite-of-ourselves-by-john-prine-and-iris-dement/#comment-151237<p>I'm afraid I have difficulty getting excited about anything John Prine's done since the mid-1980s. The first five or six albums were mighty impressive, though. I really wanted to like this. Iris Dement is Mrs. Greg Brown, if I'm not very much mistaken.</p><p>This is sweet, corny, off-beat and off-kilter, but it's no Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard. :) </p>ericFri, 15 Feb 2008 00:51:01 -0000http://popdose.com/basement-songs-in-spite-of-ourselves-by-john-prine-and-iris-dement/#comment-150466<p>Amen, brutha!</p><p>Our band (R.I.P.) covered this and it's a great, great song. Prine is classic. Check out Souvenirs or Great Days -- both have a good sampling of "hits."</p>ldpThu, 14 Feb 2008 18:03:40 -0000http://popdose.com/basement-songs-in-spite-of-ourselves-by-john-prine-and-iris-dement/#comment-149766<p>Theodore Sturgeon may have said it best when he ended one of his stories so:</p><p>"And they lived happily ever after. But it wasn't easy."</p>rsbrandtThu, 14 Feb 2008 14:30:09 -0000