tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554274580509530424.post5444644834111988..comments2021-01-03T16:12:27.530-08:00Comments on Reading (b)log: PromkilnGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574404884882324665noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554274580509530424.post-67955130292093969592010-05-02T12:18:43.302-07:002010-05-02T12:18:43.302-07:00Maybe, though that doesn't really apply to Bea...Maybe, though that doesn't really apply to Beach House, and in fact the opposite is true of The Pains. I guess I wanted them to be in the tradition of other bands I like, led by mature womens. Most of the songs I listen to are love songs, so there is also the question of who I imagine they are being sung to. Anyway, this revelation has sparked some of my more interesting thinking of recent months, incl. much about "aural desire," so I am thankful.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574404884882324665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554274580509530424.post-26210959450789977372010-05-01T17:50:54.049-07:002010-05-01T17:50:54.049-07:00geo, are you saying that it's easier to relate...geo, are you saying that it's easier to relate to singers when you believe they are young, effeminate men rather than mature womens ;O? maybe it's a question of aural desire O.o...diamond meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067905985054024895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554274580509530424.post-62942726636227707522010-04-27T16:22:23.858-07:002010-04-27T16:22:23.858-07:00Pride in certain meanings I create based on ignora...Pride in <i>certain</i> meanings I create based on ignorance, I should have said. Most such meanings are of course not good. I will write a book about assumptions of a singer's gender/sexuality I make when listening to pop music.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574404884882324665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554274580509530424.post-67297845104365228862010-04-27T16:05:22.217-07:002010-04-27T16:05:22.217-07:00I am a moron. This is nothing new, though, I thou...I am a moron. This is nothing new, though, I thought the Pains-obp@h singer was female for about a year, and haven't been able to connect to them in quite the same way since I found out otherwise. I wonder how this new info will change my thinking/feeling. I take a certain pride in meanings I create based on ignorance. Right now I stand by what I said, just switch out the name.<br /><br />Those Jason stories just knock me out. They are what they are, but tragic in ways that transcend what they are.<br /><br />They could leave out the Cold Water Flat part, I don't think that would be a selling point for too many people.<br /><br />I hope when I said Broken Bells was tame, no one thought I was calling it bland. It's growing on me.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574404884882324665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554274580509530424.post-24577996851043710192010-04-26T20:18:09.906-07:002010-04-26T20:18:09.906-07:00"Cold Water Flat’s Paul Harding’s Pulitzer Pr..."Cold Water Flat’s Paul Harding’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Tinkers"<br /><br />If they make this into a movie, it's "Precious: Based on..."-esque title will be out of control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554274580509530424.post-72818697174965680032010-04-25T15:53:18.886-07:002010-04-25T15:53:18.886-07:00Oh boy...Beach House's vocalist is Victoria Le...Oh boy...Beach House's vocalist is Victoria Legrand, though I think it's very interesting you hear those vocals as male, there is a certain earthiness to them I suppose. I actually think Legrand overstretches herself a number of times on the album, though I probably agree with your "statement of fact."<br /><br />I read Low Moon last fall and didn't get that much out of it. Maybe I failed to appreciate it on its own terms?aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642131016081677297noreply@blogger.com