October 22, 2004
Ever Gave Away
Posted by nerdling | October 22, 2004 02:21 PM
I must admit that I am occasionally baffled by things I read. For example, how can someone who goes by the moniker "mr emo" write seriously about anything and expect people not to think he's just another juvenile pretty boy with expensive hair, masking his apparent sexual dysfunction and latent misogyny behind a stack of Further Seems Forever albums?
Despite these failings however, he does point out that sales of the iPod are up 500% (thanks in part to my little 40G binge last night), as well as making the astute observation that "U2's 'Vertigo' is still one of the worst songs to come out this year. And despite U2's former progressiveness, they are now offically co-opted and reduced to musical puppets." A simplistic and immature analysis, but funny nonetheless.
More news on the Suede reunion: they are back together, recording material co-written by Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, but the band will no longer be known as Suede. They are now The Tears, taken from the last line of the Philip Larkin poem "Femmes Damnees" (which was in turn ripped from the Baudelaire poem "Les Fleurs du Mal").
Despite the fact that the band says the process is as exciting as writing the first Suede album, Bernard says that "there's no social ambitions -we don't go bowling together." Apparently the rift over the *ahem* lyrical content of Suede's songs has not fully mended.
The first single from the re-released Smile has been chosen, and "Good Vibrations" (the most well-known song from the long-lost album) will be it.
Check out the videos from the current Zombies tour. {Via largehearted boy}
For those who are interested in mad geniuses, check out this chat with Arthur Lee. {Via Coolfer}
If you're of the literary persuasion, I stumbled upon an online reproduction of the first printed version of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's supernatural short fiction "The Yellow Wallpaper."
as a devout u2 fan i am expressing my disappointment in the new single. however it will not stop me from purchasing said album at midnight. i back with giggles (from left field mind you) bono's mortal god like personae, but the new single is an opportunity to continue riding on the coat-tails of their last album, furthering the monetary gain needed for his crusade. you can only repeat yourself so many times before people stop listening. i'm hoping that this single is the worst track, but i have my doubts. perhaps bono might do more good raising his gaggle of irish-catholic children instead of writing shit bi-lingual songs.
Posted by: nikilicious at October 25, 2004 10:50 AM
