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October 29, 2007

I listened to Charlie Pretzlik and all I got was this Travelling Wilburys double album

180pxtraveling_wilburys_box_set_2 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.

3 Responses to “I listened to Charlie Pretzlik and all I got was this Travelling Wilburys double album”

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  1. 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 comment
  2. Dear Mr. Harford,
    I’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!

    Posted by: Eleanor | October 29th, 2007 at 6:57 pm | Report this comment
  3. Eleanor, as you have discovered, I’m always available on Gmail. Username Undercovereconomist.
    Best,
    Tim

    Posted by: Tim Harford | October 30th, 2007 at 7:30 am | Report this comment

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