At the same time hundreds of dead gray whales were washing up on beaches, their birthrate was plunging. Theories around, but little hard data has been gathered to solve this environmental puzzle.
BY ELKE MERMIS
Conor Oberst has endured a slew of slightly painful Bob Dylan comparisons since he penned his very first sprawling story-song in his Midwestern hometown in the late '90s. Yeah, he's got a weird voice; yeah, he's a masterful lyricist; yeah, he's from a smallish town in the middle of the country, hates fame, whatever, we get it. But the truth in these comparisons never struck me with the sheer force that they did on Sunday night, when Conor Oberst unveiled his latest incarnation in
