Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand
Krisis has been creating Crushing Krisis since 2000, writing songs since 1996, and reading comics since 1991. He is a Customer Success and Digital Brand Strategy executive, serial organizer, parent, and feminist, among other things. Based in Philly through 2017, he now resides in Wellington, NZ.
by krisis
Of course, with me being the most un-subtle person in the world, i tend to take everything everyone else says to me rather literally. Except when i want them to be saying something to me … then i’m willing to twist words every which way in my head until i find the result i was looking for. This is why i should never be allowed to talk to other people. Just blog. Wouldn’t that fix everything?
by krisis
Um, just to clear up any confusion caused earlier this week, while i didn’t write “Heartbreak Even,” i am feeling it. And, everyone should have someone feel that towards them if they never have the chance to have it written… and i don’t write quite that well.
by krisis
This week was like a reward for good karma. I mean… not that i’m the nicest person on earth, but we’ve sorta established that i tend to let myself get walked all over until the very last second where i totally flip out, and that’s not too often. But… this week just felt like someone saying thank you to me for who i am – i don’t think i spent a single unhappy moment. Sure, a few of them were nervous moments, but nervous is an emotion that can go either way.
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Well, to be fair to my mother, i never liked the live version of “Heartbreak Even,” and now it’s eclipsed my entire musical collection, so… there’s something to be said for studio production.
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Randomly, let’s rank all of the songs on the Ani DiFranco album after three days of listening! “Heartbreak Even” is definitely the best song in the set, but “So What” and “Marrow” are vying for the next best slot. Funkalicious “Ain’t That The Way” and “o.k.” are quite good, but i think they’re slightly topped by the guitar-based “grey” and “Imagine That.” “Garden of Simple” and “Subdivision” occupy a more middling acoustic rank on the charts, though “Your Next Bold Move” is surprisingly great. “Reckoning” is slow and thoughtful but i don’t mind, because the album needed that exact emotion once and it fits perfectly. “Tamburitza Lingua,” “What How When Where (why who)” and “Fierce Flawless” are all songs that are good and bad at once, with parts i’m obsessed with and parts i find rather boring. Past that i could take or leave the rest of the album, instrumentals and all. Obviously i’m still only three-quarters of the way through appreciating Reckoning, but i honestly can tell you i’ll never truly love “School Night” or “Old Old Song” since they’ve got two bad verses for every good one, and “Rock Paper Scissors” and “Sick of Me” are both a little too off kilter to catch my attention. So, there’s some unwarranted opinion that’s bound to change sometime soon; “Heartbreak Even” cannot possibly stand up to another week of continuous repeat, can it?