tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post515706569182770834..comments2024-01-11T08:23:44.552-05:00Comments on Humanizing The Vacuum: Of cigar stands and incandescent guillotinesAlfred Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465449057630241820noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post-416658443663153002007-07-30T12:39:00.000-04:002007-07-30T12:39:00.000-04:00I never thought of those "jumble" groups like Pave...I never thought of those "jumble" groups like Pavement or Soul Coughing transmitting their confusion of sex and such literally as junk-prose, but I like it. I picture Phair in 1993 being all come-hither to a gaggle of indie dudes so shaky their hormones have them shouting things amonst each other like "forty million daggers!" like hipster Tourette's or something.kiss out the jamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227176850337042299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post-46046331724806763072007-07-26T11:42:00.000-04:002007-07-26T11:42:00.000-04:00I guess I shouldn't have said "wonder why," since ...I guess I shouldn't have said "wonder why," since I know for a fact that my love for Pavement as a teenager had a lot to do with lyrics that avoided the straight-forward and/or platitudinous and that were rich with the love of language and its possibilities (see also Beck, Soul Coughing, Cibo Matto). And even with Joni, what I respond to is less the content of her words than it is the use of euphonious phrases like "wreck my stockings in some jukebox dive." Maybe "marvel at" would've been better.John C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10922832456957416720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039538744091857826.post-50373982434629536832007-07-26T11:30:00.000-04:002007-07-26T11:30:00.000-04:00I like the Joni Mitchell comparison, but it leaves...I like the Joni Mitchell comparison, but it leaves me wondering why, if I don't usually care about lyrics and have little time for the likes of Dylan et al., I consider both Pavement and Joni among my all-time favorites. It certainly helps that the music is attractive, but I can also sing from memory large portions of "A Free Man in Paris" and "Stereo," cherishing each dense, tumbling poetic line.John C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10922832456957416720noreply@blogger.com