from Meltzer's column in the Seattle Weekly:
Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye!
(Listen good.)
In all fairness, after due consideration, not
to mention extensive soul-search and more
than 20 walks around the block, it must be
stated that—all things being equal,
entertainment dollar for entertainment
dollar—Ben Taylor, the genetically
endowed, if not willfully engineered,
progeny of James Taylor and Carly Simon,
is, simply put, not . . . very . . . good.
(The author would like to thank the
following for their invaluable assistance in
the research, strategic planning, and
ultimate composition of this shill-free
concert preview: Noah Luke, Brett H.
Aronowitz, Malcolm Cross, Jimmy
McDonough, Rob Blakeslee, Michael
Walsh, Ed Helvey, Todd Spillum,
Katherine Dunn, Kevin Sampsell, Bernd
Minde, Amy DeWolfe, Mike Lastra, Rick
& Jackie Stewart, Stan Wood, John
whatsisname, Kristin whatsername,
Charlie Nims, Dottie Grossman, Billy
Mintz, Dave Dunton, Ben Schafer,
Howard Thompson, Greg Burk, Nancy
Kislin, John Wiesenthal, "Pig" Penny, and
the late David Roter. Thanks!)
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 8 May 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)
ugh. I was going to say just the opposite. That even though most of Meltz's SW col's are right-handed jerk-offs (left:right::romance:speed), every now and then, he turns out a gooder like this one.
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 8 May 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)
Have you heard this album? The production on it is really good. Of course too easy-listening for my taste, but it should not be immediately dismissed as just another pop progeny project. I mean, talk about your easy targets.
(p.s. excellent masturbation analogy; I bow to you. But not in that way.)
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 8 May 2003 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)