Scattershot
Just a few thoughts from the back of my mind…
- Norah Jones has poisoned an entire generation of teenage female singers with her vocal style. The light, floaty sound with which she won five Grammys last year has led every teenage girl with delusions of vocal grandeur to imitate it. The problem is that it’s difficult to stay on-key with that style unless you’re very vocally talented — and usually the ones who strive to imitate her are the ones with the least talent to begin with (otherwise, they’d have their own voices instead of ripping off others’). I don’t suppose I can blame her for singing the way that suits her best, but her impact on that particular demographic has been near-disastrous.
- On the other hand, I’d rather have that than the American Idol winner(?) “Fantasia”. Since I’ve made a personal point not to watch any reality shows other than Dream Job, and I avoid pop radio like the plague (as XM allows me to do), I hadn’t heard this clown until I tuned into the All-Star Game, at which she was singing the national anthem. Either she took anthem-singing lessons from Roseanne Barr between TV show and stadium appearance, or America’s collective judgment of vocal talent has gone totally AWOL. Or perhaps both.
- My thoughts on the Marcus Vick
disastersituation are over at Fanblogs. Speaking of football, come late August, I will be returning to last year’s habit of posting game previews and reports both here and there. That should guarantee some content here.
In the works: Boston observations, a few photo galleries, and perhaps even a WAP/WML site (for browsing on a mobile phone)? Stay tuned.
19 July 2004 / 21 Comments / Tags: life