“Has it really been fifteen months since I came across The Books? I remember clearly the first time I listened to *Thought for Food*. I was sitting on the sidewalk in front of my local laundromat, two loads in the washers, enjoying the shade underneath the green awning that hangs over the glass façade. Tucked into my shoulder bag I had a clutch of promo CDs that I dug out of my mailbox on the way o”