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Monday, February 09, 2004
Rob's right: it woulda been nice if we could hear those messages fer real. (It is, perhaps, a measure of C-Lo's savvy that she did not, in fact, ring DeRo or anyone who might have posted the messages, but instead left 'em with staid-ish Times-er Strauss.) But regardless, there's a whole bunch of great stuff in Neal Strauss' review of the new Courtney album:
This last one in particular is killer. Partially because it makes the point (which I've made myself) that critics tend to respond better to "blank slate" artists who they can paint their own interpretation on rather than having to deal with the one the artist herself suggests. But partially, too, because it points out that, while it's stupid to judge America's Sweetheart on the basis of disliking Courtney's public personality, at the same time she's smart enough to know that this is going to happen, and so in some ways she has to take responsibility for that. At any rate, great review.
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