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Re: Ohhhh, The Shame
I'm coming to grips with the likelihood that I am a bad fan. Don't get me
wrong; I own discs and discs, I'm a faithful Canal Street attendee, I
initiate the unenlightened. This morning I got my shipping confirmation from
Paste (why precisely did they list the little goodies on the invoice?) But I
haven't lost sleep over the new album, nor do I find myself racing to the WC
at the thought that it may arrive today. I found the latest-mentioned review
a little offensive for all its trumpeting and superlatives.
The reason I keep coming back to the group is that they're real. The music
is real. There's an urgency to the lyrics, a "This is what has to be said."
Sometimes a sadness in the admission, but grace, too. And the musicianship
is absolutely solid. It's what I hope to find in music; that others are
struggling to create some beauty with their light. That there's beauty still
to be found.
So I guess I'll have to accept my bad-fan-ness and enjoy the wait like I'll
enjoy listening as I roll through these city streets. Though I will be at
Joseph-Beth on Saturday, with no excuses at all.
Falling like leaves to the ground,
Nathan
>
>Kylie Wilkerson wrote-
>
>"could anyone else just pee their pants with excitement?!"
>
>I know that, less than twenty-four hours ago, I wrote that I had been
>given a good feeling about youthful individuals, like the generous, if
>gender-confused, Saint Smitty, and his brother, Evanescence; and
>military volunteers such as Joe, who, protect us, while we espouse
>varied shades of political incorectitude; but, in light of the above
>quote, I am forced to question the wisdom of including the potentially
>incontinent Kylie Wilkerson.
>Ohhhh, the shame.
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