Audio Autopsy, 1992: The Man Who Put the "E" in Eels: Mark Oliver Everett, "A Man Called E"

Tower Records/Hollywood had 🎧 available to listen to new CDs. The curiosity of a large, upper-case "E" on the front of one led me to the sublime melodies of a man inexplicably called "E."

Mar 17, 2023

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Our Initial Meeting: 1 Point in Scrabble

Picture it: Tower Records/Hollywood, 1992. The CD looked like this:

With nothing…literally, nothing else to go on, I slipped on Tower’s headphones to listen to A Man Called E, his debut album. I mean, even the back of the CD was of absolutely no help:

Front Row & Backstage

Audio Autopsy, 1992: The Man Who Put the "E" in Eels: Mark Oliver Everett, "A Man Called E"

Tower Records/Hollywood had 🎧 available to listen to new CDs. The curiosity of a large, upper-case "E" on the front of one led me to the sublime melodies of a man inexplicably called "E."

Our Initial Meeting: 1 Point in Scrabble

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