Hanni El Khatib FLIGHT 11/11/08 I had rented a little

I had rented a little room in the Grandview neighborhood of Columbus and was plugging away on my splintered acoustic guitar with a tape recorder

packed with characters and situations rendered in dreamily absurdist strokes—guerilla freedom fighters camped out in a Rainforest Cafe in “The Wailing Mall

notes about ideas for the song titles and album title (where this edition’s titled comes from

Automat is a Records & LPs from LARSSON

Return with a statement in reduction that turns out to be as powerful and potent as it is tender and introspective

Hanni El Khatib FLIGHT 11/11/08 I had rented a littleIn the life of any interesting artist, there is the perpetual war between the simplicity of public perception and the complexities of reality. Consider Hanni El Khatib, a definitive purveyor of visceral, blues wracked, punk spiked, soul warped, knife fight rock n roll over the last decade. You may be familiar with him through any one of his four acclaimed solo albums on Innovative Leisure, his work with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, or as one of the