Hat Trick
The Fall 2007 edition of The High Hat is out now. Articles include Phil Freeman's musings on The Reagan Diaries, a horrifying look at the Red Sox's other curse by Nate Patrin, Leonard Pierce's thoughts on driving as a culture-specific syndrome, and my dear Greg T. Hough's long-awaited (for me!) article on the music of Nick Lowe, to name a few.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
posted by Melissa at 1:05 PM
5 Comments:
Thanks for the plug, my dear. And you're always welcome to contribute again to the Hat, I'm sure.
Hope you get through the winter relatively healthy and happy. I always wanted to work in a record store before I got married (still do, sort of), but after three failed tries at three different stores in the '80s I turned my attention elsewhere.
Greg, I am always reading your blog, and always wishing to chime in because I just love your writing. And I've been eager to see your Nick Lowe article some to light at the HH. It's always a pleasure to hear from you!
I'm a little shook that my favorite music reviewer, Robert Christgau, gave Nick's new CD, which I praised, a scathing "Dud of The Month" review:
Geezer's seven months to the good side of Robert Plant, who you'd never know was showing more savoir faire from the way bloggerati who weren't alive when "Marie Prevost" was written fawn over this labour of louche. Reborn as a crooner because he can't rev up the rock anymore, he can't rev up the croon either. Wit: Shot. Insouciance: Shot. Romantic prospects: On this evidence, shot. If you're worried about aging gracefully, maybe it's back to Elvis C. after all.
My my. I suspect Xgau is unfairly taking out his general frustrations with aging baby boomers on Lowe. But it's uncomfortable territory disagreeing with The Dean. And of course, he's getting paid (handsomely) for his opinion and I'm not.
It's always a pleasure to hear from you!
You're a master of classy acknowledgment, you are. That's an all-too-rare talent in this wicked world. Thanks muchly.
Oh, I've disagreed with Xgau a number of times on such topics, and one can't help but fall under the trappings of comparing an artist to their fanbase every now and then, especially somebody that's been in the thick of it as long as Xgau has been. I can't weigh in myself, having not yet heard the new Lowe. But something tells me Xgau would have been just as bitter about Lowe if he had continued in his old "Marie Provost" vein all these years instead of stretching out every now and then like he's done, with country and ballads and whatnot. Accusing him of kowtowing to those very same boomers, no matter what turn he takes. But eh, maybe that's just me being just as bitter too. ;)
I love your article, by the way.
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