'Just Rewards (2)'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Miranda July's playlist for the NY times
A sample:
4) Sycamore, Bill Callahan. Another one from Bill Callahan (aka Smog). This whole new album from him make me cry. I’ve spent so many years counting on him for dark songs and then suddenly - joy. Right. Things could just be ok. It is with this realization that I get a little tearful.
Miranda July's playlist for the NY times
Do I have room for another seekret girlfriend?
Do I have room for another seekret girlfriend?
Go and defend her on the NY Times blog! Some dill weed just called her pretentious.
Some dill weed just called her pretentious.
What an ass.
What an ass.
I snarked at him. I wonder if it'll be approved.
As a fan of her movie and her spoken-word performance art thing, I think it's ok for someone to consider Miranda July "pretentious," but only because it says far more about the person using the word than the artist receiving it. Presumably this person would also consider the following persons pretentious: Laurie Anderson, Joanna Newsom, Karen Finley, Lydia Lunch, Tamara Jenkins, Grace Paley, and so on. 'Cause women can't make art and like stuff without guys to influence them, right?
I wrote a response as well. Less snarky and more about why I liked her list.
My comment and Jon's have both passed through editorial review.
I am the "David" that does not agree with eric.
Corwood == Robo?
I wondered the same thing, Jon.