Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your critical alumnaty of Music, News, and Engagement.

I'm your host John Caramonica. That is the theme from Breathless, everybody's favorite

Gaddard film.

And here we are, Breathless as hell. I have Tony Scott in the building. I've

been Ratliff in the building. Why you ask do we have a bunch of critics

sitting around a round table? New York Times critics apparently conspire and put out books on the same days these days.

It's like Haley's comments, like you can only put out books like once every 20 years, so you guys have

to put apparently your books out on the same day.

I don't know.

Was that something that was conspired?

Do you guys have back channel?

Well, Ben has put out books before. This one took me almost 50 years.

So you missed the last cycle, basically.

It's the last time it passed.

I work very slow.

I'm like the, you know, the chakadas who come out every 50.

51.

I think my book is one cent more expensive than yours.

Damn.

All you bargain hunters better go cop that Tony.

It's like a centimeter wider.

I'm just comparing the trim.

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