SOUNDTRACK: GRIMES-“Kill v. Maim” (2015).
I don’t know Grimes very well at all. When I first heard this song I didn’t really know what to think, but after repeated listens, I think it’s great.
It opens with a synth riff (and air horns) and one of Grimes’s many voices (this one is kind of childlike). But by the end of the second line, she screams “they don’t know me” and that seems to set up the various personas in this song.
It’s the pre-chorus that I find so catchy–sung like the cheerleader chant “B-E-H-A-V-E aggressive. B-E-H-A-V-E nevermore.” And then the super fast chorus (with her voice lifted to an incredibly high pitch).
There’s a slower section with what I assume is her natural voice (which is quite lovely). But it’s soon back to the fun chorus. I need to hear more from her, but if this is her only good song, that’s okay. It’s angry and you can dance to it. Welcome to 2016!
[READ: December 20, 2015] Bitch Planet
This series is a great manifesto for the new year–don’t take shit from anybody.
Kelly Sue DeConnick is a force to be reckoned with. In addition to presenting Captain Marvel as a woman (in the amazing series of that name) and making some other cool looking series that I intend to read, she has created this feminist masterpiece. Bitch Planet addresses violence and injustice against women and the whole “prison culture” that is always titillating for men. It pushes Orange is the New Black to even further extreme that a comic book can.
Designed in a retro style by Valentine De Landro, the book comes complete with ads for “crap” in the back of each issue. Which you may actually be able to buy. (more…)
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