As most of you who read this site regularly know, I'm not a huge fan of reality TV. Even the few reality shows that I like (usually things like "Top Chef" where there's a clear goal and a certain level of ability is required among the participants) I get bored with really quickly. I'm pretty certain that all the reality TV shows on television right now could disappear and I probably wouldn't notice except that Pajiba After Dark would get way shorter certain nights. However, reality TV seems to love me. Since I moved to Miami more and more reality series are being filmed here, which led to me actually encountering part of the cast of "Jersey Shore" while out one night which is, thus far, the closest I have come to the proverbial sausage being made. Tomorrow morning or mostly likely later this evening, I will be getting closer...
- 4/5/2011
- by Intern Rusty
The Decemberists make for a particularly twee-tolerant type of fan. If you like them, it's likely you've made peace with the somewhat self-indulgent (which is not to say unwarranted) baroque lyricism and folklore narrative-as-album frame technique. And there's even a certain level of pretentiousness that one comes to expect (and often value) from this Portland-based ensemble; references to mariners, dirigibles, and the ghosts of babies birthed in dry ravines are not only par for the quirky course but also part of what makes the band so lovable in the first place. So it should come as no stretch nor any real surprise that The Decemberists' newest album, The Hazards of Love takes the form of that vaunted exercise in musical construction: the rock-opera. [Before we get any further, let's clarify: I've heard of Tommy and "Pinball Wizard" has a...
- 3/24/2009
- by Verena von Pfetten
- Huffington Post
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