Letters from Rosie 10 | I am perhaps the last Madonna fan on earth. That’s as may be.
The top two percent of indie music history is remembered and the median is just disregarded.
Letters from Rosie 9 – Amanda Palmer and the naive sleeping beauty scene kids
All this internet press will actually help her, and she’s probably smart enough to know that.
Letters from Rosie 8 – Best Coast and that Fleetwood Mac cover
Best Coast’s cover of ‘Rhiannon’ flung me into a sort of crisis the other day. When I heard it, I felt like crying. I felt really bad.
Letters from Rosie 7 – Lana Del Rey and that moment of self-reflection
She has single-handedly made it impossible for any little girl to look in the mirror and think, “I am naturally pretty… enough”.
Letters from Rosie 6
Received another excellent, thought-provoking email from Rosie, partway inspired by my recent Tall Tales And True post. Hey ET, Just read Tall Tales. Want more. I’m going to tell you what I’m thinking and I’ve been thinking it for a while. Yr blog posts, although plentiful in number, are too short for my tastes. I […]
Letters from Rosie 4
…today, I found this. Bikini Kill archive. Maybe Kathleen’s making a documentary – which would be awesome. Riot Grrrl has been so important to me, but I never saw Bikini Kill live or even owned a fanzine. Why does it mean so much to me? I was thinking about it the other day in the […]
Letters from Rosie 3
The third in the series from my coolest correspondent. (Although I’m pretty chuffed at Nathan from The Gossip saying he reckons me to be the “most important and interesting critic of all time” – I’d be even more chuffed if I believed he was being serious.) Incidentally, the criteria Rosie is applying to Vampire Weekend […]
Letters from Rosie 2
Hey J, I WANT to know what you think about certain records, because I’m INTERESTED in what you personally think. Our interests may be esoteric, but because of the democratising power of the internet, that doesn’t seem to matter anymore. I wanted to know if you’ve heard the new Gossip record, or what you make of the Beth Ditto […]
Letters from Rosie 1
Hey J, Tomorrow, i’m going to see Jandek. I’m in the mood to see Jandek, so it’s fortuitous that he’s touring Northern Ireland at the minute. He will hum and kern and i will sit and listen. I’ve been thinking about what you’ve been thinking about – criticism. A few meandering thoughts here and there, Nothing academic, I’m afraid. […]
