----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seaman, Dave" <seamand@upmc.edu>
>Wow, how interesting - the Peterboro song just did nothing for me.
>Maybe I'm missing something, I need to give it another listen... out 
>of
>curiosity, what do you like so much about it?  And what does the 
>title
>refer to, I'm at a loss on this one?

I'm sure one of the Ontario folks will chime in, but "Peterborough and 
the Kawarthas" refers to a region of south-central Ontario where 
there's a series of freshwater lakes, part of what Canadians tend to 
call "cottage country."  It's where you go for a weekend or a summer 
out of the city.

It's a terrific song, easily the best Jim has ever done.  Just a nice 
catchy tune and an overall gentle, wistful vibe that I like.

Personally, my most favorite song of the whole new lot is "Fun and 
Games," which will be on BNL ARE MEN (it's also on the two-disc 
version of ARE ME, which doesn't quite have all the songs from the 
sessions), but my favorite on the album proper is probably Ed's "Bank 
Job," which is both exceedingly pretty and one of the better lyrics on 
the album: it's lind of like one of Donald Westlake's Dortmunder 
novels set to music.  Overall, however, this is easily my favorite BNL 
album since GORDON.  I'm sorry I missed their Boston concert in 
November, but it happened at a point where I was just too skint to 
afford two tickets.

S