SOUNDTRACK: CAROLINE ROSE-Tiny Desk Concert #465 (August 24, 2015).
Caroline Rose is a rocking country gal. Rose’s music is inspired by rockabilly, fast country and traveling from town to town in a van. She plays electric guitar and the rest of her band includes a bass drum and slide guitar. The slide guitar kind of dominates the songs though, so they all sound kind of samey to me.
“Yip Yip Yow” is a fast rockabilly type of song with some silly lyrics. It’s a fun song. “I’ve Got Soul” This song is bouncy and rocking although I can’t help thinking of the old adage that if you have to say it you probably don’t have it
“I Will Not Be Afraid” is a more inspirational song with a real honky-tonk feel. The guys ware wearing T-shirts that say “fuck fear” but they had to cover them up for broadcast (which is why they are wearing jackets).
Of all of the recent rocking country gals I’ve been hearing, I like her best.
[READ: March 15, 2016] The Golden Compass Graphic Novel
I loved The Golden Compass when I read it about a decade ago. I thought it was really smart, really subversive and really engaging.
What you might notice about this graphic novel is that it was translated. The Golden Compass was written in English. This graphic novel was written in French (as Les Royaumes du Nord #1) by Stephanie Melchoir and then translated back in to English by Annie Eaton, which is a weird process. The art was done by Clément Oubrerie.
The original book was quite large (about 400 pages). This graphic novel is about 8o pages. And, as you might guess, quite a large chunk of it is pictures. So it has been reduced pretty drastically.
One of the great things about the book was the subtlety and evocative descriptions. You can see where I’m going next–this condensed version is…lacking. (more…)
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