i'm pleased with the story online but love it in crisp black and white newsprint.
yes, there are obvious advantages to the online world, but give me a good old fashioned newspaper over any online news source. it still retains some of the ... romance, i guess, of journalism.
in other news. the latest vanity fair - the music issue - caught my eye today, so i figured i'd pick it up. overall, not too shabby. the issue once again reminded me that one of my goals - and one of the ways i will know i have made it in whatever i wind up making it in - is to be photographed by annie leibovitz. or interview annie leibovitz. i haven't decided which yet. C) all of the above?
but it reaffirmed something else, as well ... liz phair. i must state that i haven't heard much of liz's music at all. i haven't heard her past work, i haven't even heard all that much of "liz phair." but i picked it up the other day while perusing the racks at a music store and went over to the little "scan and sneak preview" thing to take a listen. i've got to admit that, while i like to think of myself as open to a lot of new music - and, depsite having a pretty particular genre of favorites, still enjoy a wide range of music - i'm just not getting what all the fuss is about with liz phair. too poppy without some standout edge, the lyrics seem cliched and her voice, while pretty decent, isn't showcased to its full advantage.
granted, many would say the same about the albums released by many of my favorites, but i'm just trying to understand. a lot of people who enjoy my music (which i've playfully dubbed the "male archetype #22 genre" thanks to the advocate) really dig liz's stuff ... and i'm just not seeing it. anyone care to enlighten me?
the previous tirade makes this all the more amusing ...
How indie are you? test by ridethefader
You're just too cool for school, aren't you? You're pretty narrow minded
and opinionated with regards to music (and probably most other things
as well). But you're allowed to be, because you really are better
than everyone else. You take pride in obscurity.
You probably prefer vinyl too, you elitist bitch.
upcoming purchases: ben kweller (i saw it in the same store the other day and was shocked - but incredibly delighted - and wound up passing it by for sake of buying bjork. biiiiiiig mistake. guess what cd's getting sold back this week? and guess what cd's getting picked up?) and matthew jay. i hereby revoke any self-righteous right i have to comment on elliott smith's posthumous album sales, as i heard about matthew jay as people were commenting on suicidal singer-songwriters. i intended to purchase it friday when i bought figure 8, but couldn't find it anywhere in rutland. i'm assuming i'll have to hold off until i get up to burlington sometime this week.
SPEAKING of burlington ... anidifrancoonnovember16atmemorialaudisgoingtokickassespeciallynowthatwehaveticketsforit.
oh, and - rufus needs to get his magical, wonderous self to the greater victoria area on a weekend night. but since that doesn't appear to be happening any time in the near future, it's now time to figure out when to go - where to go. northampton, boston, albany or montreal?
teehee. let the concert revelry continue ...
oh, probably the most amusing site i've found since the dullest blog ever ... emotion eric. hilarious ...
ok. randomness over. this concludes our victoria broadcast day.
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