November RIP

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Here's what we talked about in November:

Do trends matter?
Anthony schools us on chart country
Year-end listzzzzz
Indie Special 1: MBV
Senseless artist devotion
Unsustainable false songs/production binaries R Us
Indie Special 2: The Brit Box
A crash course in contemporary hip-hop
Roisin: magnificent or menace?

Plus canons for ELO, Stevie Wonder, Gwen/No Doubt, the Pop Open, the Year In Pop, and album chats about Grills Aloud and Kylie. What a busy month.

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Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Maybe it would help if I actually found Kim attractive! Blatant crudeness of her stuff ends up unappealing most of the time. Don't most people prefer soft porn to hardcore etc. - even in pop music? Part of Missy's greater accessibility is thru being a lot tamer in this regard. Note I do not like 'Smell Yo Dick' much either, partly cos of the crude nature of the humour but more because I thought the track was boring aside from that. In spite of all that I do like a couple of Kim tracks (e.g. How Many Licks) just not in any big way. This all makes me sound v prudish which may well be the case.

Am curious about her subversiveness tho - example?

You're probably missing some important facets too - I wouldn't waste your energy despairing too much!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Quite apart from the whole feminist theory vagina dentata stuffz I shall just point you towards the lyrics to 'Suck My Dick' (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/lilkim/suckmydick.html). And yes you are a prude!