[kj] amy shithouse

[Brendan]

One of the things I like about Jaz, John Lydon, and some others, even
Freddy Mercury, is that you get the feeling through watching them in
interviews and live shows etc that whatever the story, they are at least
being themselves, and you're not just witnessing someone's representative.
I mean, as Nietzsche said, a lot more eloquently than I ever could, if
you're gonna be an asshole, well be your own asshole, haha, and if you're
gonna be an actor, at least be a good fucking actor! I mean even back then
he was complaining about bad actors, imagine what he'd think now. That's
why stuff like passive aggression really aggravates me, it's got all the
aggression of the outright pissed off-ness but it pretends to be something
else. ARGH!

Personally, I can think of several occasions where I've come across as an
Assistant Village Idiot's Assistant, usually through stress, such as there
being someone present that I was ga ga over, or I just happened to be
having a bad hair, anxiety attack kind of day or whatever (sunspots,
cosmic rays!).

One of the things I'm picking up from Lydon etc is that that attitude is
stupid, everyone's shit stinks. And sometimes you need to get to know
someone a bit more before judging, they could just be having a bad day.
Then again, maybe they are just thick as shit. Case in point (hard to
tell?):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

BQ




> I'm under the impression that as a personality she is reaching the

> annoying media saturation level in some parts of the world.  However,

> judging only by what she recorded on Back to Black I would say she is

> pretty great.  In terms of technical ability as a vocalist she is ok and

> at times it seems like there are a few too many Billie Holiday

> affectations but the sum total was a great record. The arrangements are

> gorgeous...the best Motown nostalgia in recent memory so I have to at

> least give credit to the people who played on that record.

>

> I've met a lot of terrific musicians that I've known previously only

> through their records and a not-insignificant percentage of them have

> been utter morons and/or assholes in person.  Few things suck more than

> meeting a musical idol and discovering that they are an idiot.  Somebody

>   previously referred to Steely Dan and even though I think they were

> brilliant you would be hard pressed to find a more incoherent and

> seemingly brain-dead character than Donald Fagen.   Eventually I decided

> I was better off avoiding meeting my musical heroes, ignoring whatever

> media presence they occupied and stick to listening to the records.  If

> I was a musician that is how I would want to be judged.

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