Hehe i thought about the Sigur Ros thing too when i wrote this. You are so lucky they decided to play a regular show!
Don't worry, Kathleen Hannah is breeding right now so maybe she will shut up for a while and just keep selling her best songs for advertisements.
I don't know about post rock bands? I mean a lot of them must have queer members as statistically one out of 10 people is gay, but obviously people who write serious music are not very likely to yell about their orientation on stage. Imagine that guy from Sigur Ros doing that!
I don't dislike Peaches as much as Le Tigre by the way. Le Tigre's recent attempt to bring feminism to the mainstream (aka selling out) is not really working at all. Their heart's not in it anyway, they even stopped doing their whole educational stage performance thing, which was what i used to admire about them so much. Now it's all colourful costumes, dance routines and Nivea commercials. Peaches on the other hand doesn't even try approaching complex topics like feminism. Her music may not be interesting but she's done a very good job of actually teaching lyrics like "shake yer dix" to mainstream kids. I like the way she explains herself sometimes too. "I think I'm mainstream (..) All those ideas? They're really normal for me – and why shouldn't they be? Why is it a beach party when Jan & Dean sing, 'Two girls for every boy' but a scandal when I sing, 'Two boys for every girl'?" Not that that is entirely revolutional, but it just doesn't annoy me as much, as she's not pretending to be hugely political.
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on 2006-07-19 07:15 am (UTC)Don't worry, Kathleen Hannah is breeding right now so maybe she will shut up for a while and just keep selling her best songs for advertisements.
I don't know about post rock bands? I mean a lot of them must have queer members as statistically one out of 10 people is gay, but obviously people who write serious music are not very likely to yell about their orientation on stage. Imagine that guy from Sigur Ros doing that!
I don't dislike Peaches as much as Le Tigre by the way. Le Tigre's recent attempt to bring feminism to the mainstream (aka selling out) is not really working at all. Their heart's not in it anyway, they even stopped doing their whole educational stage performance thing, which was what i used to admire about them so much. Now it's all colourful costumes, dance routines and Nivea commercials. Peaches on the other hand doesn't even try approaching complex topics like feminism. Her music may not be interesting but she's done a very good job of actually teaching lyrics like "shake yer dix" to mainstream kids. I like the way she explains herself sometimes too. "I think I'm mainstream (..) All those ideas? They're really normal for me – and why shouldn't they be? Why is it a beach party when Jan & Dean sing, 'Two girls for every boy' but a scandal when I sing, 'Two boys for every girl'?" Not that that is entirely revolutional, but it just doesn't annoy me as much, as she's not pretending to be hugely political.
Sorry about the rantage Sky!