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The Jim Neighbors Masculinity Project
Tuesday, May 07, 2002
As they used to say about Richard Nixon and his ilk, after a short break I am tan and rested and ready to lead again! It has been over a month since I last posted and I suppose I have been preoccupied with the middle east, rabid concert going, class A drugs, procrastination and general leaving-the-continent-soon jitters. In no particular order, of course.
Lots to talk about, but what more can I say about all of this stuff that hasn't been covered better, respectively, in the New York Times, deadhead message boards, deadhead message boards/Bret Easton Ellis novels, my general life example and the collected works of Kenny Loggins. Ok, that joke didn't work, but it does bring up Kenny Loggins and I always have a very good reason to mention Kenny Loggins.
Where to begin on the uncool list: remember The Outfield?They are actually much less cool than dorky staltwarts Rush, or Styx, but I don't have time to explain right now. They sure do suck on epic Ginger Lynn-ian levels, though.
How about Natalie Merchent's solo records? Humorless soccer mom music for those who want to cut loose with a margarita once a month at Chilis...owww!Mick Jagger/ anyone? Can't leave out the dumbest huge band since - what? The Mongolian Horde? - Oasis. "Be Here Now" is uncool to the point of embarassment. Is it possible that this pile of dung will transform into a cool record from an uncool? There are easily more uncool records, generally, than cool ones, so musical preservation might depend on the evolving acceptance of crap. Besides the musical God of Uncool (the anti-Nick Lowe ?)Huey Lewis, how could any uncool albums list leave out Michael Jackson's 90's output? He is as essential to 90's suckage as he was to 70's and 80's musical brilliance.
