just as a side note...

So, while I was waiting for The Breeders to go on last night, I was talking to my fellow music snobs about the phenomenon of Joanna Newsom and her creepy music that tricks people into thinking it's good. I had a short spell of curiosity about Ms. Newsom when I was trying to figure out whether she was a musical genius that no one could understand, or simply an elf alien who pretends to have talent. I landed on the side of elf alien for several reasons:

(1) She obviously looks like an elf:

(2) Her alien music is really not as inventive, new, or... well good, as many critics claim her to be. Clearly she has hypnotized musical masses into accepting her "music" into their lives. I mean, just look at the people who collaborated on her newest album:
-Van Dyke Parks: Arranged music for the Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys
-Steve Albini: A member of Shellac, who I believe many of my more musically respectable friends are obsessed with
- Jim O'Rourke: Who has collaborated with the likes of musical genius Thurston Moore

I hereby urge you to avoid Joanna Newsom at all costs... apparently her music makes normally sane indivduals think that her harp-plucking is actually... worth while (shudder).