While writing her own Internet pornography ad for whores.ru, A Hu-Li teasingly draws from the fairy tales of Aksakov, the poetry of Blok, the writings of Nabokov. To spice up a casual encounter, she daydreams of Suetonius — who inspires one of her especially sadistic group sex sessions. Needless to say, she handles the allusions with an admirably deft touch.
The Morning News reviews all of the SXSW preview mp3s in 4578 words, giving each band a nice, even six words of coverage. Two Skulltones artists included (with ratings of one star).
which two are skulltones?
paraphrasing jwz paraphrasing someone else.
I never had this problem before, but the more organ in a song, the more I was likely to hate it. By the end of this experiment the simple peal of rock organ caused me to squint and hunch in my seat, bracing myself for the next three minutes of music. It’s a crutch; when there is an uncertain patch, a musical problem to solve, the band thinks, “I know. We’ll use organ.” Now they have two problems.
even if you don’t have time to read through all of the song “reviews” and/or listen to them, it’s totally worth scrolling through this and reading the commentary that periodically interrupts the list of songs.
This was out on the featured table when I was at the bookstore today.