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David Sedaris: Live For Your Listening Pleasure (Vinyl Record)

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I listened to this cd this morning by myself, and found myself laughing out loud many times. David is in fine form, and is as hilarious as ever. Reading his books is one thing, but listening to him read them takes it to a whole new level of funny! I can't say enough good things about this cd. If you're a fan, I predict you'll love this album.

I heard David Sedaris speak in San Diego a couple of years ago and he read Innocents Abroad, which covers tracks 6 through 8 on this CD. As soon as we got home that night I looked on the web, and to my horror it was not available. I looked through American Lives archives in case they'd gotten a clue and recorded him reading this; I searched YouTube; I wrote his agency; I did everything but stalk Mr. Sedaris to try and locate this hilarious story about pretentious accents, to no avail. I received the CD tonight and listened to the story again, and now my holiday is complete. I don't care what happens for the rest of the year. Thank you, Mr. Sedaris and the Barclay Agency, for finally providing this!!!

Perfect timing,having been a David fan for years, The CD Live For Your Listening Pleasure arrived just before I was 'snowbound' for the holidays. It's always a comforting pleasure to hear David's voice and appreciate his keen sense of humor. I'll never be able to look at flight attendants without thinking of 'crop dusting' Thank you David Sedaris from David Caris

David Sedaris is a treasure. If you have ever seen him live or heard him on the radio you should check out this recording. The first piece is his version of a conversation between a cat and a baboon. He really camps it up.

Then he has a digression about his experiences on book tour. He goes to a Costco with his brother-in-law and puts a giant box of condoms in their cart. He feels like people are staring at the two guys with the huge box of rubbers. He asks his brother-in-law to put more stuff in the cart to cover up the condoms. The brother-in-law picks out a big container of strawberries and a huge bottle of olive oil. Hahaha..hysterical as described by Sedaris.

The funniest segment is the last one, he reads from some of his diary entries. David Sedaris is so precious. We are lucky to have him.

I bought my sister and I tickets to see this particular tour. We were both excited, giddy to see Mr. Sedaris but the initial looming doubt was there, the "what if he bombs?" or "what if he just stinks?"... Luckily for us, everyone else there and I'm sure for Mr. Sedaris too, he did not. Listening to this CD brings it all back with delightful and sometimes naughty glee. Yes. I said glee. Whether or not you have seen him live, do yourself a favor and own this CD. Great for dinner parties, days alone w/ chores, road trips and holidays if you happen to need an excuse to get away from your lovely relatives and maintain your sanity.

Who better to tell the hysterically funny tales of this colorful man's life than the colorful man himself. He should put all his books on audio. Loved it! Would have given it five stars if it had more content.

If this country had a King, it should be David Sedaris! Funny, sardonic, witty, urbane, and even tragic at times, this is a marvelous collection of his work read by the author live! I can't recommend it enough!!!!

Heard DAVID SEDARIS: LIVE FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE, written and read

by the author.

I've read some of his essays in the past, but listening to them was even more fun . . . he's

a master of timing and droll asides, plus the reaction of the live audience made

his performance even more memorable.

The whole thing is little more than an hour . . . it contains three short, funny stories; "Laugh,

Kookaburra," which is longer and more serious (and delightful); and some brief diary entries,

all recorded live at locales throughout the country.

Included was this one digression about his experiences on book tour: He goes to a Costco

with his brother-in-law and puts a giant box of condoms in their cart. He feels like people are

staring at the two guys with the huge box of rubbers, so he asks his brother-in-law to put more

stuff in the cart to cover up the condoms. The brother-in-law picks out a big container of

strawberries and a huge bottle of olive oil. I'm still laughing at the thought of that scene!

It's funny. It makes me laugh. I can't remember the troubles of the day when I'm laughing. If you like David Sedaris' past musings, you'll like this one too.

Love this man, always will. He has that unique ability to take our simple, ordinary, yes mostly boring everyday lives and turn them into perfect opportunities for flights of fancy and vivid releases of imagination ... not to mention the essential flashes of humor.

To be sure, I prefer David in writing to the audio version, but that's only becaused the audio CDs of necessity must eliminate many of the small comments and asides that make his overall narration so delightfully funny.