I could hear Jim Gaffigan in my head.....
595799
Easy, funny, and brain candy type of ready. Thoroughly enjoyed the stories and could hear Jim Gaffigan in my head.
96905
I was innocently working, with XM radio jazz channel on in the background. Heard the familiar tune, 'Caravan', looked up at the LCD display to see the performer was Taylor Eigsti, an unfamiliar name. Went back to work. Hey, this is a pretty swinging version. Looked up again at the display and thought: I should try to remember the name Eigsti. Went back to work. Hey, this is a really hard swinging, virtuoso performance! OK, I stopped the work, turned up the volume, savored the rest of 'Caravan', came here to Amazon, and plunked down my order for this album and 'Lucky To Be Me'. Then I googled and learned I must've had my head in the sand, because this musician has taken on the jazz world by storm the last few years. As you can read from my experience, I can't recommend this as background music to work by.... but I urge you to check this out as music that will excite and amaze and envelope you!
2790178
I just finished the audio version. It took me North from Tampa Bay, nursed me after a few crazy nights in Atlanta for New Years and back to the NC mountains. The last part was finished on the Blue Ridge Parkway weaving my way through herds of stupid white tails!! But I could've been on the Lucreitia!! I think I played bass with Singer in the Anal Thermometers!!

Write another un, James!!!
2069355
When Trent released The Downward Spiral I couldn't stop listening to it. It was the darkest, most aggresive thing my teenage brain had heard at that point and it latched on to me like a half-machine parasite to a very willing host desperately trying to grow a beard.
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I have always been a big time fan of Jimmy's but for some reason I didn't think I would like this cd. I bought it because my husband would like it for sure, but I made myself a copy and you know what? I ended up loving it!! His stories are fantastic, his " Too drunk to Karaoke" is too much......Earl's dead.....Cadillac for sale is also good....to understand my review, why not go listen to his cd samples? I know if you just give it a try you will love it as much as I do! Jimmy you can still tell a good story! Thanks a lot!
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I was chilling with my girl riding around Chicago in my jeep (you know, regular boss s***) and My girl put in this CD.... FIrst of all its 2014 and she put in a CD.... Thats grounds for the back hand but I let it slide.... THen I hear these drums and some African sounds and thats when I almost went off on her completely.... See A man like me use to CHeef Keef and Rick Ross on the regular so I was offended when SHe put this In... But as the music progressed something happened to me... Its almost as if a certain part of myself that Is African that has been hidden for all my life came to the surface... I couldn't believe the way I felt. Its dam near antarctica in Chicago right now and these sounds had me felling like i was somewhere humid and tropical. if I could cry I would have.... But I cant because Its a cold world and crying don't get you know where... All in all if you like great music and enjoy happy sounds get this Music... Olatunji For life @elessicempire
137234
I loved "Gigs", a zany and  engaging musical saga that made me laugh...and I mean OUTLOUD!...over and over. I couldn't put it down...I had to see what weirdo musical venue or crazy character would shake things up next. Peter Williams, who lived to entertain us, has seen it all and played it all and he is a  funny word wizard, taking the reader along on his magic, and often odd ball, carpet ride in the evolving music world over 45 years.  I am going to wait a couple of weeks and read it again!  Bravissimo!
868257
...and I was listening to 'Horses'.  Sure, I'd listened to the song a billion+ times before, but I paid particular attention to the line 'Will you find me if Neil makes me a tree?' I, like any good Toriphile, knew that  she was talking about Neil Gaiman.  I'd never read any of his books up to  that time, and for some reason the song, with all it's subliminal  messaging, had peaked my interest. (Why hadn't it done that before, you  ask?  I dunno, now sit your heiney down and let me tell you my story!) I,  being completely Gaiman-illiterate, decided that A Game of You would be as  good as place as any to start. Not only had it come highly recommended, but  it had the prettiest cover!  So, I took $20 out of me pocket and with blind  faith bought my first Neil Gaiman/Sandman story.  I had never loved a story  so much in my entire life... I was totally captivated by the involved  storyline, the beautiful artwork, and the incredible way that Neil could  weave so many different lives into the story without over-doing it.  The  ending was so beautiful, and very fulfilling.  That was a month ago.  Now,  5 Gaiman novels richer, (and $100 poorer) I've decided that these are the  most incredible graphic novels ever created.  I highly suggest them.  And,  if you too are Gaiman illiterate, go for this one first.  It's one of the  best (after the Kindly Ones, but I wouldn't recommend that for your first.)  ~N
2258172
Even after watching Jim Gaffigan perform live on TV, I still laughed out loud at MANY parts of this book. His humor translates very well to the page!
2061827
WOW......i truly thought i was hearing some new Zappa material. The melodies and production reminds me of some of the latter material Frank Zappa recorded. There is a ton of "ska" on this inspired disc. I only wish i heard more guitars but i am a guitar freak.....
Looking forward to hearing more from this band.
1424560
JiM Gaffigan is really funny, and love to hear him on the radio or see him on TV.  I read his book, and for the first half, I enjoyed it and found it funny--but the same sort of humor was sort of repititous after that in the remaining chapters. I give Jim G. a GREAT deal of credit for keeping his humor clean.  Seems like to many comedians fall into cheap foul mouth humor thinking it is funny.
737673
I bought this album in 1967 at a Woolworth's cutout rack for $1.99. I was enthralled with what was happening in San Francisco at the time, and any band that released a disc was on my turntable. When I got it home, the Ramones-like pace was an unexpected blast into the center of my brain and ignighted all the nerves & synaps in my teenybopper body. I still connect to it the same way many, many, many (did I say many?) years later. I smile remembering the cheesy organ rave up & the first chords to "Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion". Par-ty ev-ver-ery day! (Full disclosure: I'm more of a Nuggets garage punk kind of gal. I didn't really "get" the Dead beyond the first four albums until I was middle aged.) Better late than never.
3080980
I can almost hear his straight talking in my ear as I'm typing.
"Just get on and read my book - its all in there mate".
And you know what - it is.. and you should!
4690463
Awesome, comes to mind! The material is mind altering. You know im from LA, and  was a tad too young for this show. However, i did catch him at the Forum, four years later! Being an audiophile, im very impressed by the sonics of this recording! Best recording of this show, yet!
4216424
I heard ten seconds of the song on Kimmel or Conan one night. The melody stuck in my head for weeks. Just one of those songs I guess.
3512589
This wasn't what I thought it would be... I expected a little more Jim and a little less kids. I understand that the book is about his kids and his relationship with them, I just expected there to be a little more about his past and his life before the kids.

Other than that, I found this amusing and I often read parts aloud to my boyfriend through small fits of laughter. I could hear Jim's voice (and his inner monologue) as I read to myself and I really did enjoy it.

Recommended, especially for fans of Jim Gaffigan who will know exactly how to read this book.
775502
I can't figure out why I just puked...was it my girlfriends' Thai food leftovers, the Smirnoff green apple, or perhaps the savage headbanging I found myself unable to stop doing as this disc played...probably a combination of the three...Slayer man...rad.