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"William F. Silvers" reprinted someone who said: I don't think I've ever heard a more self-congratulatory, smug, preaching-to-the-choir routine played out so effectively, at least in the press. Williams smothers her every note with affect, with shapeliness, with semaphored irony. Yes, she's a real artist; some people only care about money, but she'd give up dough to make sure no one misses the point. But if the South were a party she'd be 86'd for name-dropping. Greil Marcus Berkeley, California Joe Said: What the hell does that mean, motherfucker? Obviously, he means he wants to state his opinions while not alienating his "audience". Pandering double talk. MF doesn't do him justice. Oh, that internal dancin' cheek to cheek... Tera --
Village Voice Pazz Jop
Here's the results of the Village Voice's annual Pazz Jop critics' poll. Note who's right on top where she belongs.g You'll find the singles and reissues lists (along with various essays and ballots) at: http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/pazznjop/ Top Albums: 1 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Mercury 2129(167) 2 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Ruffhouse/Columbia 1985(176) 3 Bob Dylan Live 1966 Columbia / Legacy 1333(111) 4 Billy Bragg Wilco Mermaid Avenue Elektra 1243(113) 5 Elliott Smith XO DreamWorks 940(91) 6 OutKast Aquemini LaFace 880(70) 7 PJ Harvey Is This Desire? Island 788(76) 8 Air Moon Safari Caroline 655(65) 9 Beastie Boys Hello Nasty Grand Royal 645(64) 10 Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright DreamWorks 626(61) 11 Beck Mutations DGC 619(65) 12 R.E.M. Up Warner Bros. 580(58) 13 Belle and Sebastian The Boy With the Arab Strap Matador 547(56) 14 Hole Celebrity Skin DGC 531(52) 15 Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Merge 520(44) 16 Massive Attack Mezzanine Virgin 508(52) 17 Liz Phair Whitechocolatespaceegg Matador / Capitol 491(49) 18 Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach Painted From Memory Mercury 442(43) 19 Garbage Version 2.0 Almo Sounds 439(44) 20 Mercury Rev Deserter's Songs V2 418(42) 21 Madonna Ray of Light Maverick / Warner Bros. 408(43) 22 Pulp This Is Hardcore Island 391(44) 23 Cat Power Moon Pix Matador 336(31) 24 Black Star Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star Rawkus 329(31) 25 Quasi Featuring "Birds" Up 319(33) 26 Jay-Z Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life Roc-a-Fella / Def Jam 306(26) 27 Vic Chesnutt The Salesman and Bernadette Capricorn 299(27) 28 Bruce Springsteen Tracks Columbia 263(24) 29 Gang Starr Moment of Truth Noo Trybe 255(26) 30 Eels Electro-Shock Blues DreamWorks 246(23) 31 Ozomatli Ozomatli Almo Sounds 245(26) 32 Robert Wyatt Shleep Hannibal import 232(23) 33 Gillian Welch Hell Among the Yearlings Almo Sounds 229(22) 34 Monster Magnet Powertrip AM 224(20) 35 Sheryl Crow The Globe Sessions AM 202(20) 36 Rancid Life Won't Wait Epitaph 201(22) 37 Cornelius Fantasma Matador 199(20) 38 Pernice Brothers Overcome by Happiness Sub Pop 196(17) 39 Olu Dara In the World: From Natchez to New York Atlantic 191(18) 40 Marilyn Manson Mechanical Animals Nothing 190(19)
Re: Village Voice Pazz Jop
Don Yates wrote: Here's the results of the Village Voice's annual Pazz Jop critics' poll. Note who's right on top where she belongs.g Thanks Don- been wondering when that was coming out.Deciphering Christgau's comments reviewing the results is always head-scratching good fun. g b.s.
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Hey Carl, if you sank that far you probably noticed that six critics voted for 5 Chinese Brothers' 1996 release "Let's Kill Saturday Night." um. I don't think so. Linda
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At 08:11 PM 99-02-24 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Carl, if you sank that far you probably noticed that six critics voted for 5 Chinese Brothers' 1996 release "Let's Kill Saturday Night." um. I don't think so. Linda I saw this error while checking out my own ballot this afternoon, and it's been fixed in the last few hours, at least on one ballot relating to top singles. best, jfb John F Butland O- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I don't think I've ever heard a more self-congratulatory, smug, preaching-to-the-choir routine played out so effectively, at least in the press. Williams smothers her every note with affect, with shapeliness, with semaphored irony. Greil Marcus Berkeley, California What the hell does that mean, motherfucker? Joe Gracey Joe, I believe that means he IS a motherfucker. Don't even get me started on Marcus. Palmer dies, Wolfe's laid up, but good ol' Mystery Pain is still around to make insightful comments like these. Can't we recruit Guralnick to cage-match this guy and get him out of our remaining hair?? Lance . . . "You should hang around some stupid people some time, you might learn something." --Woody Allen
