the magnificent miss murphy

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I went to see Róisín Murphy last night (review in Grau tomorrow). She was WONDERFUL and her hats were FABULOUS. I know she's a long-time poptimist favourite but I don't think we've actually talked about her much, so shall we? Her album is one of the best of the year - my favourite is 'Tell Everybody', omg that was so good last night, she did it as the encore. And there are so many parallels with Gwen Stefani: platinum blonde MILF ex-frontwomen of 'alternative' acts who hit big late in their career, now embracing pop and offbeat couture for their solo careers.

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[mooxyjoo.livejournal.com]

'too tasteful', etc. - possible measures of it:

intensity of:
the pleasures it gives
the weirdness
the novelty
the satisfaction it aims for
the dissatisfaction it hopes to avoid

or the different kinds of:
uses it can be put to
settings it is appropriate to
moments which call for it
moments which are not made worse by it
people who can agree to keep it playing