What Am I Listening To...

I am listening to some new releases of pop music. I love Eminem's new album. LOVE IT: he can do no wrong! (really good interview with him in last months Rolling Stone btw)I didn't think I was interested in Kanye West's new album but our friend Izzo on Thanksgiving convinced me to give it a listen and its really good. This week Chicago paper The Reader really trashes her debut album. I don't know, I think the author was way too hard on her and I guess if they expected her bisexual and nasty songs to always remain that...then this record which is a kind of experiment with pop would be a disapopointment. I think the review is worth reading though. What The Reader author is disappointed with is what really interests me. Here we have a naughty girl evey bit as tough and sexual working in the tradition of Kathy Acker, Pauline Reage Wendy O. Williams or Courtney Love going mainstream...and I like to see what that looks like...I think shifting from outsider or "the other" and trying to go pop is facinating. anyways so far I like this album, sure it's not as nasty as her previous bootleg stuff...but it's fun and I don't see it as a sell out but an experiment and an artist trying something different.