Don't you wish you'd never, never met her?

[sovay]

Got my page proofs for "The White Swan" (in TEL : Stories) today, and they are beautiful. I can't wait to see—and read—the entire anthology. [edited 2005-03-31 16:28] And it has a nice-looking advertisement, too!

TEL : Stories Edited by Jay Lake Wheatland Press August, 2005 ISBN: 0-9755903-3-2 Pre-order soon from Wheatland Press Did you ever read a story and say to yourself, "Oh my God, someone can do that with the language?" TEL : Stories is dedicated to the idea that there is no such thing as stylistic excess. Featuring a reprint of Greer Gilman's "Jack Daw's Pack," as well as new fiction from Forrest Aguirre, Gregory Feeley, Jeff VanderMeer and many other fine authors, TEL : Stories offers twenty-eight different views of what style in fiction can be.

In other news, I'm trying to figure out how on earth I managed to make it all the way to grad school without ever listening to PJ Harvey. I love her work. A professor of mine introduced me to her last fall with To Bring You My Love: it was instant addiction. A day ago, I borrowed Rid of Me; and given that I've been listening to it almost nonstop since then, it may be about to displace To Bring You My Love as my favorite PJ Harvey album. I'm not really familiar with any of her recent stuff, though. I've got Dry and Is This Desire?, which are likewise fantastic—I retain a certain preference for the three earlier albums, but Is This Desire? has "Angelene," "The Wind," "A Perfect Day, Elise," and "No Girl So Sweet," which are individually some of my favorites—but I've never heard either Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea or Uh Huh Her.

Recommendations, warnings, abstract thoughts, anyone?

Comments

[spectre-general.livejournal.com]

I was always embittered towards PJ Harvey, on account of the fact that I always went to go look in the music store for Harvey Danger, and all I could ever find was her.

This probably isn't a good enough reason, true. Still everyone should go listen to Harvey Danger.

[sovay]

I am a total music ignoramus. So far I've been recommended Patti Smith, Marianne Faithfull, and Harvey Danger, none of whom I'd heard of . . . Enlighten me?

[spectre-general.livejournal.com]

Harvey Danger is (or maybe was) a Seattle band that came out a little after all the other Seattle bands (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, whatever).

They are perhaps best known for their 'one hit' "Flagpole Sitta'" Which was on the soundtrack to a lot of things for a while, and includes the lyrics:

Been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding.
The cretins cloning and feeding,
And I don't even own a TV.

Put me in the hospital for nerves and then they had to commit me.
You told them all I was crazy.
They cut off my legs, now
I'm an amp-u-tee-God-damn-you!

And this one, "Show me the Hero" from their second album:

I went to lunch with Jesus Christ.
He said some words about humanity. Fundamental Christianity, yeah.
The food was very nice.
But then he had to go and die for my sins and stick my ass with the check.

They're my second favorite band.