http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/18/same-old-same-old Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/18/same-old-same-old/comment-page-1#comment-29 Amy S. Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:06:35 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/18/same-old-same-old#comment-29 I find the phenomenon most galling when my parents are yammering on and on about how much better their music was than ours. What nonsense, as you know, of course. Reminds me of a board I was on where one of the posters (kind of like Seth of Palookaville fame, only without any talent) was going on about the superiority of the mid-20th Century and singers like Rosemary Clooney. As opposed to "media-manufactured stars like Sheryl Crow." Sigh. Actually, Rosemary Clooney, though very talented, was indeed nearly as media-manufactured as Crow is today. I know because I've read about her life. She was fortunate enough to pull her head out of "the jaws of a carnivorous success," (to steal a line from James Baldwin) and to be singing even better almost up until the year of her death, I believe. Maybe Crow will do the same and live to be favorably compared to some future cute Platinum-winning canary that isn't even born yet. ;) I find the phenomenon most galling when my parents are yammering on and on about how much better their music was than ours. What nonsense, as you know, of course. Reminds me of a board I was on where one of the posters (kind of like Seth of Palookaville fame, only without any talent) was going on about the superiority of the mid-20th Century and singers like Rosemary Clooney. As opposed to “media-manufactured stars like Sheryl Crow.” Sigh. Actually, Rosemary Clooney, though very talented, was indeed nearly as media-manufactured as Crow is today. I know because I’ve read about her life. She was fortunate enough to pull her head out of “the jaws of a carnivorous success,” (to steal a line from James Baldwin) and to be singing even better almost up until the year of her death, I believe. Maybe Crow will do the same and live to be favorably compared to some future cute Platinum-winning canary that isn’t even born yet.

]]> http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/18/same-old-same-old/comment-page-1#comment-28 I Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:55:38 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/18/same-old-same-old#comment-28 Nice piece, I enjoyed it. I commented a little in my weblog, http://www.squub.com/editor.htm#01232003b. Nice piece, I enjoyed it. I commented a little in my weblog, http://www.squub.com/editor.htm#01232003b.

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