Dylan Brody - Writ Large (CD)

There’s a mystery, a seduction to every Dylan Brody piece. Rather than veils, layers of meaning are peeled back slowly, each revealing a new facet of the teller and of the listener. This is to say, Dylan Brody is not a comedian, but a humorist, a wry observer more concerned with the truth than the facts, a story-teller, a gracious salon host, an old-fashioned modern man, and a sort of jazz impresario. That, or a self-aggrandizing pompous performer who you might not find funny, but you’ll certainly find funny. In a lasting, haunting way, Brody’s cadence will stick with you, his stories will resonate, and his quick wit will impress, embossing themselves onto your memory. You’ll giggle at “Tiberius and Lemur” and you’ll quickly adopt the term “Eyore ’d,” but you’ll marvel at how Brody has brought you from a note on sitcoms to a reflection on aging love and southern humor—with a sidebar on condom sizing. You will feel nostalgia as you listen to the poetic purveyor of fine words and phr