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By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:39:46 +0000

Case, an “Honorary Canadian,” spent only a bit of her childhood in the South.

I like OA, but I wish it would stop shifting its definition of what constitutes “the South”–either that or drop the focus.

By: Satisfied '75

Satisfied '75 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:59:37 +0000

Jim, RE: Neko Case, et al. Iassume that OA. like the Jim White documentary “Searching For The Wrong Eyed Jesus” is more interested in music that feels connected to the south. Besides,Case hails from below the mason dixon.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:24:21 +0000

I subscribe to OA for a while, get mad at it, drop the subscription, then pick it up again when I have forgotten what made me mad. As a reminder to myself:

1. Roy Blount: a fake Southerner and non-funny humorist who lucked into a good article in the current edition.

2. The Katrina Issue: OA tends to focus on the familiar South–the parts you have already met up with on TV–and forget the rest.

3. The Music Issue: Neko Case is great. Why is she “Southern”? Being born in Alexandria? Please. Same for last year’s CD closers, the Roches. Again, I love “The Hammond Song,” but what does it have to do with the South?

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By: dudeasincool

dudeasincool — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:07:25 +0000

Thanks for this. That Jerry Lee Lewis cover is a gem!

By: turkey time

turkey time — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:56:06 +0000

This is a great version of the killer

By: Lena

Lena — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:10:03 +0000

Sorry about the typos, I got carried away by the desire to understand the mechanism

By: Lena

Lena — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:08:48 +0000

Thank you for your post! I would have never found out, I will have to look at it now.

Ummm. Is it okay if I ask a vaguely related question? It is something I think about quite a bit, very curious about how other people’s minds work.

My only source of knowledge about the world is me. I don’t have a talent for talking about music. I can listen to it and feel it or perform it. Both are sensory, not verbal.

Where do you find the words? How does it work?

Again, If I were to describe the music I learnt about, I would say “you have to check it out it’s really good”, “it’s okay, well produced and catchy”, “it’s crap”, or “it’s really horrible”. I just categorized it without any prior intention. Getting more verbose than that, having to come up with pretty adjective would my my head hurt (and that’s not because I can’t come up with words – I can – it’s because it’s about music that is too dear to me) and would ruin the sensory relationship with the piece of music that just found.

It does not happen for you?

Again, please forgive me for an out of the blue childish questions – I am really intrigued with the process.

Thank you!