Wow, I go away for a day and a flame war erupts. I suppose I'd better
attempt some damage control.
1. I have, in fact, heard every single Ani DiFranco album. All of
them. My main problem with Ani DiFranco is not her politics, nor her
trendiness disguised as feminism, nor her trademark self-validating
braggadocio. No, in fact, my problem is that ALL OF HER SONGS SOUND
EXACTLY THE SAME, down to the chord progressions and rhythms. The fact
that she tends to write about the same few subjects over and over and over
again doesn't help the formula.
2. Contrary to popular belief, I am not 12 years old, and don't jack off
to my own writing. What I offered was a satirical reply; if you took it
personally enough to bother flaming me, you simply don't get the
joke. And it *is* a joke, so quit taking yourselves so fucking seriously,
come down off your ego and lighten the fuck up.
3. Has anyone noticed that this subject is not only utterly absurd, but
completely off-topic? May we stop it here, please?
I'll end with a true story about Ms DiFranco the feminist:
I had a girlfriend last year who did some social work at a girl's boarding
school. Every year, the girls would pick an artist to have for a concert,
and the school would try to get them to play. Well, this one year the
girls really wanted Ani DiFranco. My ex-girlfriend pulled some strings,
and was able to get Ani to play. Though no one asked her to tone down her
performance style for the school, the folk artist was uncharacteristically
polite and clean-mouthed, and played a rather respectable set.
A few days later some of the girls found at that Ani was doing another
show about 40 miles away. They begged my ex to take them, and reluctantly
she caved in and bussed a bunch of the girls out to the show.
When Ani took the stage, high as a raincloud, she immediately went into a
rant about this horrendous show she had to play earlier in the week at
"some stuck-up prissy-ass girl's school down the road." She went on and
on about how disgusted she was with what she called 'cardboard cutouts'
and 'brainless sheep;' she was merciliess in her character assassinations.
The girls were devastated. Some began to cry; others yelled out, "YOU
FUCKING BITCH! WE HATE YOU!" One of them rushed the stage,
furious, and was tackled by a bouncer. They were immediately ushered out.
Thanks for your time.
m@2zo
www.thechisa.com
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