On a personal note:
I am a grown woman, but this does not stop me from behaving, at times, like a shrieking Beatle-maniac fainting and weeping at the Ed Sullivan Show. I am the best “fan” in the world. My loyalty knows no bounds. If you hook me once, then I am usually hooked forever, even if you never repeat the brilliance which hooked me in the first place. Margaret Atwood is a prime example. Her books in the 1980s were IT for me. I read them compulsively, over and over and over again. Bodily Harm, in particular. Her books scared me, thrilled me, compelled me. Well…I am sorry, but Ms. Atwood has crashed off the rails and has not written a book which has kept my interest in almost 10 years. Alias Grace was a BIG FAT YAWN. And The Assassin’s Tale was essentially unreadable. Gimme a break, Mags. That was TERRIBLE. But my point is: because she was once my favorite author, and I loved the experience of reading her earlier books, I continue to hold out hope. I continue to buy her crappy boring books, hoping that I will again recognize the terrifying fabulous voice of the Margaret Atwood I fell in love with in college.
The same is true in regards to Tori Amos. Oh, Tori, Tori…what has happened? Why do you bore me so?? Who, EXACTLY, do you think your audience is? What person would listen to your latest CDs and think the music was cool and fun? It would have to be a person who didn’t get out much. Or someone constantly PMS-ing. Tori’s first album was basically in my walkman for an entire year. I could not get enough, and my taste for her music raged on unabated like a fever. But since Little Earthquakes, it seems like Tori has continuously been having some sort of New Age breakdown, interspersed with Medean rage…which is all very interesting, but the music keeps SUCKING. I want the rocking emotional Tori of days gone by. I want her to make the hair on my neck rise up again. ENOUGH with being creative and precious and innovative. Just do what you did back then, please.
But again, my point is: Tori is coming out with a new album on October 29, and of course I will buy it, because I live in hope that the “old” Tori will return. My belief is waning, but like I said: I am the best fan in the world.
All of this being said: 2 things are happening in the next couple of weeks which I can BARELY WAIT for. (This does not sound grammatically correct…forgive).
1. The Foo Fighters new album is coming out tomorrow. I am practically in tears with impatience. It seems so unfair that I have had to wait so long for a new CD from them.
2. Eminem’s movie, 8 Mile. I am FREAKING OUT. I am 12 years old. I basically feel that my personality is dissolving and fragmenting, while I wait for it to open. I will stand in line with a crowd (in the pouring rain if I have to!) on November 9, to see this film. November 9 seems way too far away.
