NEW MORNING.

There are three things that people often say about Conor Oberst, the singer, songwriter, and only permanent member of the band Bright Eyes. One is that he started his musical career when he was thirteen. Another is that he is the new Bob Dylan. And the third is that he is not unpopular with the women who attend his shows. Oberst did begin recording at thirteen, and he was touring three years later, while still in high school and living with his parents in Omaha, Nebraska. Oberst's own label, Saddle Creek, which he formed with his brother and a friend when he was seventeen, has seized on his youth as a promotional asset. A sticker on the 2002 album "Lifted or The Story Is ...