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“Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain”

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Daniel Andrlik
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Daniel Andrlik
Daniel Andrlik lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia. By day he manages product teams. The rest of the time he is a podcast host and producer, writer of speculative fiction, a rabid reader, and a programmer.

Okay, I just broke an oath I swore to myself that I would never use song lyrics in a blog post, and I promise to never do it again. I have good reason this time though.

A couple weeks ago I picked up a copy of Rain Dogs by Tom Waits, and I’ve been listening to it over and over again. I’d write a full review but my feelings on it can be expressed in three words:

Simply. Fucking. Brilliant.

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