March 9, 2009
Regina Spektor is wicked cool
Just listened to some random indie interview with Regina Spektor, partially out of interest to her music and to observe interview techniques for my journalistic aspirations. It's cool to see a slightly fringe-y musician still focused on common appeal and being so down to earth. Plus, she's got a wicked cute voice.
My favourite quote so far?
Interviewer: Is it more flattering for someone to be comfortable with your music, or really confused, and thrown off guard, or maybe challenged?
Regina: No, it's not. I understand it, and am very, very aware my music's not for everybody. I'm amazed and just happy this many people have gravitated towards it... You know, there are those people that are, like, avant-garde snobs or indie snobs and they're, like, there to challenge you- and I think, I think that's a very condescending, didactic, horrible way of making art. To me that's like a fucking nightmare... I think that people are really smart and really intuitive, and really cool, and I work very, very hard to write something that's not gonna bore them.
Here's the interview, its a bit lengthy, probably need quicktime:
http://www.robbrink.com/content/old/ReginaSpektorBrinkInterview.MOV
Here's some of her music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImihZmKip-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTDRztaCCw
P.S. She also mentioned Dostoevsky, which makes me feel better about having to do an ISU on Crime and Punishment.
My favourite quote so far?
Interviewer: Is it more flattering for someone to be comfortable with your music, or really confused, and thrown off guard, or maybe challenged?
Regina: No, it's not. I understand it, and am very, very aware my music's not for everybody. I'm amazed and just happy this many people have gravitated towards it... You know, there are those people that are, like, avant-garde snobs or indie snobs and they're, like, there to challenge you- and I think, I think that's a very condescending, didactic, horrible way of making art. To me that's like a fucking nightmare... I think that people are really smart and really intuitive, and really cool, and I work very, very hard to write something that's not gonna bore them.
Here's the interview, its a bit lengthy, probably need quicktime:
http://www.robbrink.com/content/old/ReginaSpektorBrinkInterview.MOV
Here's some of her music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImihZmKip-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTDRztaCCw
P.S. She also mentioned Dostoevsky, which makes me feel better about having to do an ISU on Crime and Punishment.
March 3, 2009
Good, but not publishable
To those who feel more cultured than the rest of us.
You glorious ex-Europeans,
you eminent imminent emigrants,
and those who follow your aura.
We, the people of the country in which you live,
are grievously sorry that
everything that has made us who we are
has obviously just been something you've been forced to tolerate
for all this time.
We know its not easy,
to live in this sad place,
where our buildings are not historical,
where our green, rolling fields
are few and far between.
We apologize
that this isn't Rome
or Geneva,
though you can kindly find them
on the other side of the ocean
if its so important to you.
You glorious ex-Europeans,
you eminent imminent emigrants,
and those who follow your aura.
We, the people of the country in which you live,
are grievously sorry that
everything that has made us who we are
has obviously just been something you've been forced to tolerate
for all this time.
We know its not easy,
to live in this sad place,
where our buildings are not historical,
where our green, rolling fields
are few and far between.
We apologize
that this isn't Rome
or Geneva,
though you can kindly find them
on the other side of the ocean
if its so important to you.
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