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Everything posted by Rorman Nockwell
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Agreed, and that was one of my biggest problems with that article. It just seemed so superfluous and pretentious to spend 498572309572390572 words comparing her to Joni, Tori, Leonard, and 55 other people. The whole point of sis is that she isn't quite like anyone else, and I don't think she is trying to be. So the woman who wrote it might be a highbrow academic, but she still completely missed the point, imo. As @@longtimeman said on the other thread, it really seemed like the author brought up all these other artists just to demonstrate her musical knowledge, but there was no reason to do so. There was also no reason to give readers an itemised list of the rubbish at Venice Beach, but she did that, too. As I said, pretentious and superfluous. And as I said, there are plenty of people - on both sides - hurling insults rather than thoughtfully-constructed arguments. Mess.
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We can only go by what she tweeted but I think sis is sick of the same old "persona" authenticity bullshit. The "undercooked" comment, though ... I mean if sis is seriously upset because someone said her lyrics aren't as good as Joni Mitchell's and she thinks that they are, then uh ... that's concerning.
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To be fair, it's going both ways. I, and others, defended sis without using insults, and by attacking the article rather than the author, and the consensus from all of her PhD-toting pals is that we, and sis, are stupid, entitled millennials who take can't criticism, etc. As in, we must be wrong because we're not 45.
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But was it even an attack? If sis had said something really awful then I'd agree, but she did not. If you write an opinion piece, then others, including the subject, are surely entitled to have an opinion on it.
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Ohhhhhhh dear https://mobile.twitter.com/tromano/status/1169668635356323840
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Violet bEnt bAckwards Over The gRass I went to a party I came in hot Made decisions beforehand My mind made up Things that would make me happy to do them or not Each option weighed carefully A plan for each thought And then I walked through the door past the open concept And saw Violet bent backwards over the grass Seven years old with dandelions grasped tightly in her hand Arched like a bridge in a fallen handstand Grinning wildly like a madman With the exuberance that only doing nothing can bring Waiting for the fireworks to begin And in that moment I decided to do nothing about everything. (Obviously idk how it's actually formatted because she only read it ...)
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That article was embarrassing, though. She spent so much time comparing sis to everyone else that she completely missed the point of sis and her music. It's also pretentious as fuck. Imagine being tasteless enough to write an entire paragraph attempting to drag Cinnamon Girl.
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I would've absolutely, positively loved it if she'd called NFR "Bird World". I just love that she was SERIOUSLY going to call it that. Someone boring probably talked her out of it.
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Quite a few people did ask, she just ignored all of them.