Idolator
Camille Paglia—who has never, ever been right about anything ever (and I swear I'm not just saying that because she flunked me in freshman year of college)—has heard the future of rock, and its name is My December.
Toward the tail end of a rant about the death of the art movie—wherein she claims that the only U.S. flick of the last few decades that can stand with the works of the recently deceased Bergman and Antonioni is the Godfather (sure, why not) and that only all six parts of Star Wars can be considered a modern classic (uh, even the Jar Jar one?)—and her favorite bugbear, the narcisscism and plastic vacuity of post-boomer America, the cantankerous old coot claims that Kelly C's "Irvine," which she heard thanks to that patron of the arts Matt Drudge, has redeemed her faith in rock music. "The spare live production, with its ascending changes and haunting ornamental guitar slides, is gorgeous," she writes. "As long as music of this quality is being made, the American fine arts will revive." Whoa, not just rock, but all of American fine arts, right up there with Winslow Homer and Vincent Gallo. Kelly might want to print this out for the next time she has a meeting with Clive Davis.
Art Movies: R.I.P. [Salon via Wired]
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Does saying Paglia "has never, ever been right about anything ever" mean we have a Dworkin fan in our midst? Or does it mean that nobody should love the new Star Wars?
So much for true love,
I'll take the chivas instead.,
Oh,
I'll take the chivas instead,
Oh your bad,
It wasn't even good,
Trust me
I must've been so, so, so, so, so, lonely,
You are crap
Yeah
You should keep your eyes on your new little brat
Yeah
....this does sound like a conversation that would happen in Irvine.
I hate to be a dick about this, but she could spend the rest of her life shunning the press, feeding the homeless, macrameing clothes for Guatamalan children, planting geraniums in Detroit, whatever, IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE, nothing she can do will ever make up for all the years of attention-whore sophistry she's inflicted on the public.
She also digs Paul Van Dyk, so bear that in mind.
@dickdogfood: Ah, c'mon. Clarkson's not that bad.
camille has always had terrible taste in music
She doesn't know what live production actually means. I highly doubt that Kelly Clarkson and company headed into the studio and laid it down Motown-style.
My favorite CP rant is on why Madonna sucks. Keep an eye out for why she doesn't dance to dance music. The pretension just kills me!
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God-DAMN that was annoying.
Ms. Paglia, Terrence Malick would like a word with you...
...as would Robert Altman's ghost.
Jess: what class did you have CP for? I had her for Shakespeare. I feel like we've discussed this before...
...as would David Lynch.
Labels should hire Paglia to endorse their competitors' releases.
Camille Paglia IS wrong all of the time. The KC song of which is speaks is quite clearly a mind-bendingly shoddy rip-off of Radiohead's Exit Music (For a Film). KC has the all the songwriting savvy of a solipsistic 14 year old. She is not a cultural vanguardist, she is a nardbag. And to Paglia, failing to pick up on this, actually rating the song... For those who remember Julie Burchill's riposte to Paglia during the infamous Modern Review fax-war of '93 - I won't quote it because it's terribly rude - it applies here once again. Hurmph!
On what planet is Camille Paglia a "feminist icon?" Most feminists (and thinking people) revile her.
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