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Jason Falkner Don’t Mind: Durigutti Malbec

Even though he likes to pick and chose his projects carefully, Jason Falkner has had an amazing run of recording dates—both on solo albums and as a sideman with the likes of Beck, Air and Paul McCartney—that would turn most musicians pea green. And Falkner has also been a crucial part of critically lauded releases by ’90s indie-rock heroes Eric Matthews, the Grays and Jellyfish, as well as getting his feet wet with original Paisley Underground cult combo the Three O’Clock. Falkner has a stellar solo set due out this summer called All Quiet On The Noise Floor that threatens to pass his previous solo release, I’m OK, You’re OK (from February), like a slow runner being lapped on the bases by a real speedburner. Falkner is guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with him and our 2008 Jellyfish feature.

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Falkner: I loathe wine snobs (or any snob, for that matter), and my favorite piece ever written about these types is Nick Tosches’ scathing feature on opium (!) and wine snobbery and how in all the posturing about the body, bouquet and legs, these simpletons forgot to mention the slight finish of manure that fertilizes the grapes in the first place. Classic. So, believe me, I am in no way, shape or form a wine expert, but I do know what speaks to me, and Durigutti Malbec, from Argentina, is stunning and won’t drain the account at around $20 a bottle.