Posts by Danielle
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People bitched about Liz Phair not being able to sing, too. (This makes me want to hop around immaturely flipping them off and waving about a copy of Exile in Guyville.)
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Hard News: Review: Lana Del Rey, 'Born…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Hey, it's better than her remake of 'American Pie'.
(I quite like the "L. U. V. Madonna!" part. I am a simple soul.)
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I officially don't care if the music I listen to is either 'real', or 'honest'. Fake me out and lie to my face, popsters: if you can make an awesome song out of it, I'm thrilled.
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Cue my usual rant about how tiresome rockist obsessions with 'authenticity' are, sexism, Ziggy Stardust, yadda yadda. I will spare you all. :)
It may also be time for my 'I am a philistine' moment, James: I think the Pixies albums sound pretty underwhelming (quality-wise, I mean) and I wish someone would make them louder. Plus some of my favourite music sounds great on shitty AM car radios, and it was made to sound like that - 70s hits like 'Brandy' are ace-sounding as far as I'm concerned. I think maybe I suck?
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Hard News: Finally, the Teapot Tape?, in reply to nzlemming,
He knows a lot about dog agility courses.
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I'm spending Christmas Day in hospital with my present: the newest member of our family, born yesterday. I await the Auckland hospital version of Xmas dinner with some trepidation!
Happy Chrimble, as the Beatles used to say on their seasonal fan club records.
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WAAAARGH. A scrofulous pox upon you, Paula Bennett. Get out of my life.
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Greg Dawson,
If you’re making an argument based on personal interpretation invalidating wider intention, we may come to (friendly) blows :)
Oh, I was summing up his position, but I disagree with him. Mostly. I think. (My problem: someone expresses something passionately enough and I spend a lot of time going 'hmmm. Is that valid? Perhaps that's valid and I'm full of shit'. It makes for a lot of fence-sitting.)
Gio's 'well-adjusted'-themed post is actually a prime example of something I think is interesting and provocative and valuable and also? Kinda dickish. Do the first qualities of that post outweigh the latter qualities of the post? Probably. But very few people are actually able to be a *thought-provoking* dick, and therein lies the rub.
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Anecdata point: I am as middle-class as they come (I grew up on the Shore, for goodness' sake) and I am equally puzzled by munted being on the list because I've been using it forever.
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Greg Dawson,
Maybe on BBB?
Ah, but he's been hating on 'don't be a dick'. Because the concept of dickishness is culturally defined and the precept thereby works to silence those who don't conform to that culture.
(See, Gio, when you flounce, people speak for you. Flouncing: it's dangerous.)