On Who's Afraid Of Lana Del Rey?
@ranran Personally, I think his solo stuff was the most boring music of his career. His solo live sets were maybe like 8% as good as the time I saw The Reatards, to a point where I was at his last couple Chicago shows and left before his set. But not nearly the level of boring of Lana Del Rey, whose music is terrible for reasons entirely unrelated to her authenticity.
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On Who's Afraid Of Lana Del Rey?
Came over from the Hairpin (though I've been reading the Awl for longer, I guess) and signed up just to point out: part of the reason the "hype" surrounding Jay Reatard was seen as justifiable, and part of the reason people respected him, is the fact that he'd been putting out great records for 10+ YEARS by the time Pitchfork, etc. started to care. Not exactly a Lana Del Rey situation.
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On The Maps We Wandered Into As Kids
Mrs. Carillon!!
Nothing to add, just, what a great book!