Tim Blair gives fair warning:
And so on, and on, and on. One woman stood and yelled "Bullshit!" about five times, according to my informant in the crowd. Most just prayed for an early death. I might post more of this tomorrow, if you readers displease me. Be warned!Apparently it was the so-called "Little Folksinger", Ani DiFranco, delivering a high pitched whine on politics and world affairs.
Now us country folk don't have all the cultural advantages of our city cousins, so I was previously unaware of this modern marvel.
But a little research was disheartening. "Ani" apparently views herself as some sort of modern day folk singer/poet/bard. Hold the hootenanny though, she's really, really awful:
i'm always trying to get thereor
i never really get there
to that quiet place where i accept myself
instead i'm deep inside some high school
locker room no clothing
popping the zits of my self-loathing under fluorescent lights
and the bell sounds
and the lights flash
and there's all these questions milling around
and you're too ashamed to ask
you're taking up lots of spacePlease roll down the car window before you barf. Thanks!
your shit is everywhere
your breath is all up in my face
your hands are swarming in the air
you're the first one out the car and then
you're the loudest one in the bar
tell me, is there something wrong, girlfriend?
what's with this new version of who you are?
However, even worse news is provided by Ani's label, Righteous Babe Records. Yep, there are other artistes in the stable, and as hard as it is to believe, some are worse than Ani! How about Bitch and Animal?
NYC-based duo Bitch and Animal dish out a sexually charged mix of socially conscious and politically daring performance art, laced with biting wit and a provocative twist. Or as they describe it, "tribal chick hoedown funk poetry with a political wedge and bass line edge."Ah, "performance art" - the domain of the loud and talentless. All's not lost though! While visiting Righteous Babe, check out the hippie hats.
