Re: cycloops (and digressions)L.A.

[Stan Card <stanitarium@earthlink.net>]

i have always dug LA but her latest forays have left me wanting somethin w/
more beef or somethin... i dont know if its because she took singin lessons
(i thought her whole point was against formal training etc.) or maybe its
her marriage to <lurid>. oh well artists always grow in uneven ways-some of
it better than others imho
s
o superman

>> on 1/12/02 2:52 AM, jhno at ear@subminimal.com wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>>> "Freedom is a scary thing - not many people really want it." -Laurie
>>>> Anderson
>>> 
>>> well, maybe freedom could be this optional mode...
>>> 
>>> jhno
>>> 
>> Hey, off topic, did others on the list buy the last Laurie album.  That
>> quote came from it.  I was very disappointed in it, for the most part.  
>A
>> few good tracks, but... not sure.  I felt the same way about Strange 
>Angels
>> (though others here disagreed) but I loved Bright Red/Tightrope.
>> 
>> Mark Sottilaro
> 
> I have the lastest L.A. album, and have listened to it, but I don't
> remember any of it.  So I must not have DISliked it, but it doesn't say
> anything FOR it, either.  My faves are still the early ones, from Big
> Science thru US I-IV.  What I liked about Strange Angels was that it 
>seemed
> to be her journey into "normal" songwriting and singing -- I could 
>imagine
> covering "Hiawatha" with just vocals over acoustic guitar.
> 
> 
> (And hi, jhno!  I'm eagerly awaiting that Radial software release!)
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