Via maura

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2007/10/22/071022crmu_music_frerejones

- I would imagine there'll be lots of blogtalk about this one. It feels to me like he's fighting old battles, or maybe telling old war stories that aren't quite as tightly relevant to now as they should be. But the point about the shift from imitator to fan seems an interesting one.

Meanwhile there's still a couple of hours to vote in the Pop Open.

Comments

Re: "The blackest man white man in Ladbroke Grove"

[thenipper.livejournal.com]

Haha - a new genre: after blackface minstrelsy, CARTOONFACE.

Re: "The blackest man white man in Ladbroke Grove"

[pot80.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it also helped Albarn's collaborators too -- hip hop is very hostile to aging talent, and the cartoon gimmick managed to get De La Soul a big hit too.