I've probably started off an older post with this same first sentence, but I haven't written in here in quite awhile. My bad. But as evidenced by that stale lead (and by my recent article about Athens band, She Bears), my creative drive has been off for some time. I don't know what happened and I didn't know it could just shut off, but, apparently, it can. I assume it's what people in the industry call "Writer's Block." What a bummer.
In any case, I'll keep this post short and sweet. Since that last paragraph (and, more specifically, the She Bears story) were like pulling teeth, I'll save myself the brain overload of trying to formulate an idea, argument, organization and the witty statements to support the former three items.
As always, enjoy my ramblings.
1. Let it be said that there isn't a more ominous introduction than the one to Radiohead's "The National Anthem." Let it also be said that there is no better word to describe "The National Anthem"'s introduction than the word "ominous." If the Holocaust had a soundtrack, it would've been this song on repeat (listen to the lyrics and the absolute cacophony of civilization crashing). Here's Radiohead's live performance of the song from a 2000 episode of SNL, complete with an original Thom Yorke epileptic attack.
2. Are definitive, monolithic, racial stereotypes dead in American culture? Stephen Marche believes so. An interesting look by Esquire at how Jersey Shore made stereotyping laughable, guilt-free and irrelevant.
God Is Love,
Rev Rub
Friday, April 23, 2010
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