tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post544969194747320530..comments2023-11-05T05:01:58.563-05:00Comments on Ward Six: Everything I'm Cracked Up To BeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-61291161357617240522009-07-09T08:55:11.300-05:002009-07-09T08:55:11.300-05:00Thanks, guys, glad you're digging the books.Thanks, guys, glad you're digging the books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-747548813701365132009-07-08T17:05:42.332-05:002009-07-08T17:05:42.332-05:00Joe: Same here, "Castle" was riveting (e...Joe: Same here, "Castle" was riveting (especially the last thirty pages, not to give anything away.) "Pieces for the Left Hand" waits on my shelf...Zachary Colenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-4433129856591327672009-07-08T09:00:51.585-05:002009-07-08T09:00:51.585-05:00Thanks for reminding me to pick up this book. Tryn...Thanks for reminding me to pick up this book. Trynin received a good bit of airplay on the Boston radio station I used to listen to as a teenager. "Better Than Nothing" had been hidden away in the dusty folds of my brain for about a dozen years until seeing that Youtube link. <br /><br />"Castle" is excellent by the way. I couldn't put it down.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-83742941656770311562009-07-07T17:39:52.931-05:002009-07-07T17:39:52.931-05:00That's what Rhian and I were saying--"You...That's what Rhian and I were saying--"You Oughta Know" was appealing to simpler, baser emotions. Whereas the Trynin song is basically saying that unhappiness is normal, but that today she feels OK. That's an indie stance, not a hit stance.<br /><br />That said, there are a few artists who have managed to hide subtler messages beneath the gloss of pop. Cyndi Lauper springs to mind--"Girls Just Wanna" is a sad song, secretly, about the miseries of adulthood.<br /><br />Trynin tries to blame herself somewhat for her failure to produce a hit, but I don't think it was her fault. It's just a matter of what people need to hear. And it's hard to predict what that's going to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-1721342671147555092009-07-07T15:32:11.550-05:002009-07-07T15:32:11.550-05:00Glad you liked it, John. You're right on: It&#...Glad you liked it, John. You're right on: It's interesting because it's about being an artist, not a star. I remember getting a CMJ Music Monthly magazine around this time with "Better Than Nothing" and "You Oughta Know" among its tracks. I guess the powers that be chose their angry young woman and Trynin lost. I hope the fact that she got a good book out of the experience made it somewhat worthwhile.John Kenyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423133191609310449noreply@blogger.com