Entertainment For Lively Minds
Damned by faint praise
Posted by Bigsby on 20 July 2009 - 10:59pm.
Was faintly amused by this genuine blurb for a forthcoming J Tillman gig:
"The Fleet Foxes drummer returns for a solo show - his sound features mournful vocals, backed by sparse and doleful acoustic guitar with occasionally understated piano, bells and violins."
Much as I like the FFs, the aforesaid J Tillman lost the crowd about 15 minutes into his supporting set last October(?), and seemed underchuffed at their, our, growing impatience.
Could this start a trend for honest gig / album ads?
"Neil Young plays live - 50-50 chance of finding him either indulgent and wilful, or brilliant".
"New Rolling Stones album - not the return to form they'd have you believe".
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Madonna 'My Men Don't Need Viagra' 2010 tour...
'Madonna will wear a selection of hideous designer outfits that reveal enough flesh for the audience to realize that she is still obsessed with going to the gym. In a series of 'spontaneous' exhibitions of her boundless appetite for sexual discovery set to the medium of dance, she dry humps a wheelchair-bound Muslim cleric, french kisses her dog and simulates fellatio on an organic carrot. Music will be supplied by a tape recorder, but musicians will be present onstage to try to create an illusion of authenticity. During the concert video screens will show footage of Madonna throughout the years, a montage designed to preserve the enduring myth that she is a symbol of female emancipation.'
That might be a more attractive proposition
to some.
Perhaps he read this
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/with-prs-who-needs-enemies