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Re: Alanis
on the subject of GOOD and non-faked, anyone else love Fleming and John??
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From: BokononAOA at aol_com <BokononAOA at aol_com>
To: Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com <Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com>
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: Alanis
>{{{If I want a non-faked Angry Woman, I'll go throw in some Patti Smith.}}}
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>And then there's Ani DiFranco...
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>re: Alanis, I wouldn't mind 'er so much if she weren't so damned
illiterate...
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>Rain on your wedding day. The good advice you didn't take. A no-smoking
sign
>on your cigarette break.
>"Isn't it ironic? A little TOO ironic?"
>Well, Alanis, no, not really.
>The song's like a failed 5th grade homework assignment; the teacher assigns
>the class to come in the next day with all sorts of examples of irony,
Alanis
>comes to school with three pages of examples of just plain dumb luck. More
>irony could be found in Disney films.
>And that ultra-corny "You live, you learn" song's just as icky.
>And it's a shame, she's got some good stuff too, "One Hand In My Pocket,"
>etc...
>
>This rant brought to you under the influence of caffeine on a bad day.
>
>Stefan
>