TCB

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Girls Can Tell

Apologies to Okkervil River and James McMurtry, but Spoon's Gimme Fiction is hands down the most successful Austin album of the year. Their third, and most complete, Merge effort topped the CMJ 200 for a month and is at 26 weeks on the chart and counting; Waterloo Records' weekly sales tallies show similar local results. With Spoon playing 101X's Independent Workforce Christmas show Monday at the Parish with Morningwood, Stellastarr*, and Alpha Rev (see "Music Listings"), TCB wondered how one 2005 phenomenon rates in another: the ever-expanding blogosphere. Britt Daniel might want to look into a bodyguard or two.

"My favorite was Spoon. I have been a fan for a long time and secretly have a crush on Britt Daniel." – Lollapalooza review on FoodMike.com

"So the other night I dreamed about Britt Daniel for the first time since, well, the first time... I was in a big lot, almost like a junkyard, and Britt was there too. We were both working on our motorbikes. We never spoke, though I was always trying to get his attention. He looked on with a detached, unconvinced air." – PopTarticus.com

"I lowered my head in an 'I've got a secret' style, and noticed Britt do the same thing. I told him that he was the only man I wouldn't kick out of my bedroom for using improper English. Britt then responded that he doesn't use improper English." – "She Found the Lonely Sound," MSN.com

"I want to marry Britt Daniel. Tomorrow at Amoeba, I shall make him mine!" – "april*" on StereoGum.com

"Oh, Britt Daniel. Thank you for being such a wonderful ball of hot rock star goodness. This show was amazing." – ManicMess.TypePad.com