tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post1133899225926953638..comments2024-03-27T23:24:02.731-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Everything's Great, Even the Obvious Shit Part IINYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-34261739111890042302008-03-05T09:43:00.000-05:002008-03-05T09:43:00.000-05:00Sara Bareilles? I'd hit it™.But, you knew t...Sara Bareilles? I'd hit it™.<BR/><BR/>But, you knew that.Sinfonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955550748015255716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76685430795729695222008-03-04T22:25:00.000-05:002008-03-04T22:25:00.000-05:00mbowen:I don't like a lot of the stuff that Frere-...mbowen:<BR/><BR/>I don't like a lot of the stuff that Frere-Jones likes, but he's a vastly better writer than Sanneh, for whom nothing is too trivial or shallow.<BR/><BR/>That said -- if F-J thought that lyric was brilliant, he's an idiot.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-59317541390576529652008-03-04T19:56:00.000-05:002008-03-04T19:56:00.000-05:00You think Sasha Frere-Jones is good? It's bad enou...You think Sasha Frere-Jones is good? It's bad enough when he complains that white boys just ain't funky enough, but when he writes about how great these lyrics (and specifically these lyrics) from rapper Clipse describing the manufacture of crack are: "Mildew-ish, I heat it, it turns bluish/ It cools to a tight wad-- the Pyrex is Jewish" - heh, heh, tight wad, Jewish, get it, heh, heh - it becomes pretty obvious that he's merely a slightly higher-brow version of Sanneh-boy.MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-47793673322737605012008-03-04T11:15:00.000-05:002008-03-04T11:15:00.000-05:00Well, to give Sanneh some modicum of credit, he bl...Well, to give Sanneh some modicum of credit, he blasted James Blunt in the same review. I hate that guy. I clearly would have needed massive amounts of alcohol to have been able to sit through that show.<BR/><BR/>And Sanneh is going to the New Yorker? Eeesh. But, I wonder ... does that mean there will be an opening at the Times?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-556796816762682032008-03-04T10:12:00.000-05:002008-03-04T10:12:00.000-05:00The New Yorker?What are they thinking? They alread...The New Yorker?<BR/><BR/>What are they thinking? They already have a really good pop writer, Sasha Frere-Jones. Sanneh isn't even remotely in his league....<BR/><BR/>It's like if they replaced Anthony Lane with Jeffrey Lyons....<BR/><BR/>Seriously -- that's appalling news.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-29351774611147727022008-03-04T09:37:00.000-05:002008-03-04T09:37:00.000-05:00Steve, it's only a matter of time before you won't...Steve, it's only a matter of time before you won't have Kelefa to kick around anymore. Dood is going to the New Yorker. <BR/><BR/>And, if I'm not mistaken, that is one of the true signs of the Apocalypse, isn't it?<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.observer.com/2008/kelefa-sanneh-ariel-levy-join-i-new-yorker-iAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9616004211638142022008-03-03T22:22:00.000-05:002008-03-03T22:22:00.000-05:00Can someone please explain what "toothsome" means?...Can someone please explain what "toothsome" means? I really have no clue.<BR/><BR/>Sara B. is no KT Tunstall!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Steve, please examine your obsession with Mr. Sanneh's shit for brains (and tin ears). He is pathetic but who cares!!! Yes he writes for the Times but they've had great and horrible Pop writers before. What makes you so crazy about him? He must really suck to make you this crazy!!!!<BR/><BR/>Return of the PlumberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-80078250322586654122008-03-03T22:12:00.000-05:002008-03-03T22:12:00.000-05:00She can't sing.I mean, what in the world.No Protoo...She can't sing.<BR/><BR/>I mean, what in the world.<BR/><BR/>No Protools, no pitch.<BR/><BR/>The girl can't sing.<BR/><BR/>Next.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-28343632772518774072008-03-03T20:22:00.000-05:002008-03-03T20:22:00.000-05:00To me, this is just Paula Cole a decade later. Bar...To me, this is just Paula Cole a decade later. Bareilles does look a lot like Paula Cole, come to think of it. Between Alicia Keys and Rhianna is about where this song fits in. A step up from that Colbie Caillat song, but undistinguished just about covers it.TJWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312890704167853988noreply@blogger.com