October 29, 2007
I listened to Charlie Pretzlik and all I got was this Travelling Wilburys double album
An ordinary day surfing FT.com, and suddenly Charlie Pretzlik is chuckling about Richard Branson and speaking lightly of the great Travelling Wilburys. Before you know it, I realise that I’ve long since thrown out my old pirated cassettes - along with the cassette recorder. After a brief pause (to battle the dark forces of hyperbolic discounting) I order the complete works. It arrived last week and it sounds… great.
And don’t forget that Richard Branson indirectly gave us Tubular Bells. Mock not, Mr Pretzlik, mock not.
Heh. This reminds me of my first trip to Dublin, this past summer. I get in a taxi cab outside of the airport and I can hear something playing softly. What kind of music does an Irish cabbie listen to, I wonder?
Yep, the Travelling Wilburys.
Posted by: Luke G. | October 29th, 2007 at 12:15 pm | Report this commentDear Mr. Harford,
Posted by: Eleanor | October 29th, 2007 at 6:57 pm | Report this commentI’m a postgraduate student in history at Harvard. As a historian, I was very interested to read your discussion of Emily Oster’s AIDS paper, because it mirrors some serious problems with her older paper on witchcraft. I would like to email you a summary of my conclusions, but I don’t know your email address. Do let me know if you are interested!
Eleanor, as you have discovered, I’m always available on Gmail. Username Undercovereconomist.
Posted by: Tim Harford | October 30th, 2007 at 7:30 am | Report this commentBest,
Tim