I rarely ever buy cds on impulse. But on Saturday I grabbed the Norah Jones CD. The fact that she won a ton of grammys was actually a deterrent to my buying it. So much of popular music today is this crap that sounds like endless clones of Mariah or Celine or the boy bands and I just hate it all. But a friend of mine who really appreciates my taste in music (hi Brandi!) told me that I would really like Norah Jones. So, when I was in Borders with Jack on Saturday, I listened to a little bit of the first track in the headphones and fell in love. By the time we’d gotten home, I’d listened to half the CD and was just thrilled with it. Damn good stuff.
Category: Art & Entertainment
Interesting Review of Top Gun
A really interesting take on Top Gun in Caleb Crain’s Weblog.
Why is this movie, a pretty bad one from almost every perspective, so bloody popular? Heck, I love watching it. What’s up with that? What I never understood is why Kenny Loggins was so popular? His voice is so popcorn-pop sounding. He sounds like a souped up Dan Fogelberg; an effeminate man who was accidently given electric guitars and a drum track when he should have been given an acoustic guitar and soft lighting.
Ah well… now I’m going to have to rent it and see it again. It’s been years since I had my fix of cool planes doing things. And, hey, it’s always fun to see Anthony Edwards with actual hair on his head…