Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand
by krisis
The domain name has been decided after hearing from both sides of the issue: a surprise vote by Kevin from Fury.com (great effing name… hate you! :), one from the lead singer of dead susan, and a vote over lunch as i lost my vegetarianism with Laurel. So, i’m registering now. I might actually take both names, but only one will be primarily for my website. But, thank you for your helpful suggestions. Domain name, here i come!
by krisis
by krisis
What have i gotten myself into… in appreciation to May over at GeekGrrl for keeping my ego at high levels, i told her i’d play a cover for her in this week’s Trio. Of course, she went and asked for “Californication” and not the Aimee Mann i was hoping for. Still, i might cop out and play “May” from i’m with stupid. We’ll just have to see.
by krisis
From Furia: “Her songs sound like they were composed in half-decorated bedrooms and at old pianos with sandwiches sitting forgotten by, adaptable to acoustic radio-station appearances with little modification, songs that you could make sheet music for and give to kids or college a cappella groups. Simple, elegant, calm and unassuming, this is music that finds a middle ground between showtune intricacy and folk-song storytelling, between power-pop drive and retro-jazz reserve, between indie roughness and big-production gloss, between three-chord humility and technical detail work. When you say “pop”, this is as pure an explication as you could ask for of one of the things you might mean.”
by krisis
(Almost) All masochism aside, I should be whipped and flogged for every day that i went by not buying Aimee Mann albums. I know now to put blind faith in everything Furia tells me. May Aimee deliver us all from boring and illiterate music. The great thing about most of her songs is that they’re so incredibly simple; not one of them has been a challenge for me to learn to play on guitar or bass. Their simplicity is so very complete that they become marvellous capsules of perfect genius, with no over-important production or performance to discredit. My four-tiered pyramid of musical preference is getting a bit rearranged tonight. More, later.