The 2007 Best Artist You've Never Heard Of is... Amy Winehouse.
Already a hit in the UK, I stumbled upon her by following a link that listed jazz singers influenced by Gospel singing, and I was just bowled over when I found her.
Her voice is equal parts Eryhak Badu, Nina Simone and melted butter. Her gospel influence is readily apparent in the single "Rehab", my early pick for Best Song of 2007. The music is Motown produced by Phil Spector, and only the fidelity of the track would convince you that it wasn't some passed-over gem from 1968.
(ARRANGEMENT AND PRODUCTION ANALYSES FOLLOW: THIS COULD GET BORING.) The song opens with the chorus (a la "Help" or "Ticket to Ride") with double handclaps on the 2 and 4 beat. Because of their positioning in the song, you are led to believe that these are the verses: You eventually realize that these "verses" have no lyrical or key change. Obviously written on a guitar, the song stays in C Major throughout, with a progression of C G C F C, standard in every Hootie and the Blowfish song and about eleventy jillion others. It is the bizarre Verse progression that builds ungodly tension. The E - Am [five half-steps apart] to F - Ab [5 half-steps apart, 1/2 step higher] to G creates a "Chopsticks"-like simultaneous ascension-descension that, maddeningly, never resolves. The song's cold ending, perfect for radio, leaves you feeling like you do when a rollercoaster ride ends earlier than you expect: Loving the experience but wanting more.
WRITE IT ON A ROCK: I GUARANTEE SHE BECOMES HUGE. Seek her out.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
UPDATED: Casey Anthony located, CNN Confirms
Casey Anthony FOUND! Location Confirmed By ABC News.
Luckiest-defendant-ever Casey Anthony, who walked out of prison free to kill children anywhere in the United States, has been found after a grueling 2-day search.
ABC News has confirmed that Casey was found in a wooded area, just 15 houses away from her parents' home in F--kysister, Florida. She had last been seen with her nanny, Jose Baez, who failed to report her missing.
"I am a bit surprised that she was found there," said police officials. "I think we already looked around there. But, you know, we aren't exactly going to win any awards for being able to find missing people in woods. We're, like, 0-for-25, at least."
(Eventually) following up on an anonymous tip phoned it from a meter reader, Anthony was found.
"It's good to know that the authorities know where she is now," said one resident. "Now I can let my kids out to play."
Luckiest-defendant-ever Casey Anthony, who walked out of prison free to kill children anywhere in the United States, has been found after a grueling 2-day search.
ABC News has confirmed that Casey was found in a wooded area, just 15 houses away from her parents' home in F--kysister, Florida. She had last been seen with her nanny, Jose Baez, who failed to report her missing.
"I am a bit surprised that she was found there," said police officials. "I think we already looked around there. But, you know, we aren't exactly going to win any awards for being able to find missing people in woods. We're, like, 0-for-25, at least."
(Eventually) following up on an anonymous tip phoned it from a meter reader, Anthony was found.
"It's good to know that the authorities know where she is now," said one resident. "Now I can let my kids out to play."
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Darwinian Pruning Removes 8 Off-Road Race Fans From Gene Pool.
Darwinian Pruning Removes 8 Off-Road Race Fans From Gene Pool.
For thousands on higher rungs of the Darwinian ladder, The Soggy Dry Lake Bed 200 Off-Road Race sounds like the entertainment provided in the Seventh Circle of Hell.
Sadly, 8 of the thousands who went to see the race were unceremoniously removed from the gene pool; killed when one of the trucks smashed into a crowd of spectators, also injuring 12 others.
The accident happened in minute 12 of the 200 mile race, held at a Dry Lake Bed about $110,000 south of Los Angeles' average family income. The annual event attracts tens of thousands of spectators, who line the 50-mile dirt track and watch all terrain vehicles careen across the Mojave Desert, hitting speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.
"The minute I heard that there was a race, where huge, heavy vehicles hurtle at breakneck speeds in the desert," Said Clem Purdy, 22, a grandfather of 8. " I said to myself, 'I've got to bring my wife and kids as close to the danger as I possibly can!' "
Eyewitness David Conklin, working as a photographer for Off-Road magazine until the L.A. Times hires him, told The Associated Press that the Prerunner truck flipped and plowed into the crowd after hitting a jump known as "the rockpile" about two miles into the race. "There were inbred people everywhere, just everywhere, people screaming, people running. When I got up to the vehicle I could tell that several people were trapped. There were just bodies everywhere," he said, adding that he "saw surprisingly few teeth, but that was before the race even started."
San Bernardino County Fire Department spokeswoman said that seven ambulances, 10 emergency helicopters and, surprisingly, 3 Coast Guard rescue boats rushed to the crash, and transported 12 people with critical injuries to nearby hospitals.
Interestingly, the driver emerged almost unscathed from the wreck, but had to flee the scene as members of the crows began beating the hell out of him.
"Who the f--k told those a--holes to stand on the racetrack? That is retarted," said the driver. "The last thing I expect to see, midway through a jump, is some redneck assclown looking up at me with a disposable camera.
For thousands on higher rungs of the Darwinian ladder, The Soggy Dry Lake Bed 200 Off-Road Race sounds like the entertainment provided in the Seventh Circle of Hell.
Sadly, 8 of the thousands who went to see the race were unceremoniously removed from the gene pool; killed when one of the trucks smashed into a crowd of spectators, also injuring 12 others.
Dr Hibbert Says..."Hillbillies want to be called 'Sons of the Soil', but it ain't gonna happen."
The accident happened in minute 12 of the 200 mile race, held at a Dry Lake Bed about $110,000 south of Los Angeles' average family income. The annual event attracts tens of thousands of spectators, who line the 50-mile dirt track and watch all terrain vehicles careen across the Mojave Desert, hitting speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.
"The minute I heard that there was a race, where huge, heavy vehicles hurtle at breakneck speeds in the desert," Said Clem Purdy, 22, a grandfather of 8. " I said to myself, 'I've got to bring my wife and kids as close to the danger as I possibly can!' "
Eyewitness David Conklin, working as a photographer for Off-Road magazine until the L.A. Times hires him, told The Associated Press that the Prerunner truck flipped and plowed into the crowd after hitting a jump known as "the rockpile" about two miles into the race. "There were inbred people everywhere, just everywhere, people screaming, people running. When I got up to the vehicle I could tell that several people were trapped. There were just bodies everywhere," he said, adding that he "saw surprisingly few teeth, but that was before the race even started."
San Bernardino County Fire Department spokeswoman said that seven ambulances, 10 emergency helicopters and, surprisingly, 3 Coast Guard rescue boats rushed to the crash, and transported 12 people with critical injuries to nearby hospitals.
Interestingly, the driver emerged almost unscathed from the wreck, but had to flee the scene as members of the crows began beating the hell out of him.
"Who the f--k told those a--holes to stand on the racetrack? That is retarted," said the driver. "The last thing I expect to see, midway through a jump, is some redneck assclown looking up at me with a disposable camera.
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