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Nate Kavanaugh

First of all, I must stress the fact that I've pretty much always been a fan of Nate's work, starting from high school, when his current style was really coming into fruition.  But I must say that the real reasons why I became a fan are still there--the surprisingly realistic self-effacing comedy and depression, and the lack of overall self esteem which makes him such a great comical push-over and comedic foil.  However, this latest Nate shows some signs of new and very unexpected bursts of biting insult humor.  Though I do like his new-found confidence, brought on largely by a new woman in his life who shall remain nameless, it seems to part with Nate's tried and true classic shtick.  I sincerely hope she won't become a 'Yoko Ono', or 'Audrey Rodriguez-Saunders' for Kavanaugh's career.  But given Nate's indeciveness, latent homosexual urges, and the fact that the young woman in question will be leaving for LA at the end of summer, we should be expecting the old Nate back very soon. Other than that, I must say that this whole beard thing just irks me--don't get me wrong, I think it could be great in about five some years when Nate becomes a part-time clerk at Streetlight Records, but for the time being, it's just got to go--possibly replace it with some facial stubble?  I don't know, I'm just a critic.  Anywho, I'd give the latest Nate a 6 out of 10--keeping in mind, of course, that he's really gone out of his way to try new things, and experiment with some new stuff, and it's very rareeven for the best artists to do well in new territory.

Mr. Beefy/Tom Kruller