Word: righteousness
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...Righteous Babe Records...
Mmmmmhmmmm, just what the doctor ordered: lesbian-transsexual folk-rock from the goddess Ani Difranco’s Righteous Babe stables. Except…well. Bitch and Animal come across occasionally as ukelele-brandishing, homosexual takes on Blink-182, with songs about “The Best Cock on the Block,” a moving tribute to the wonders of dildos, and “Sparkly Queen Areola;” the songs are, according to the liner notes, “mainly ramblings on our cereal box of life, the sparkly sparkly pussy.” Only instead...
...Even without getting edgy, you could dress the Joads at the Gap. They could stop at McDonald's for a family meal. "I've preached for the Lord a mighty long time," Preacher Casey might say. "I've preached for the rich and poor. But these Big Macs is righteous, Lord...
Lucinda Williams is a righteous singer. The sound of her voice is so overwhelming and so moving that she could sing the phone book and probably give it meaning. But she comes up with extraordinary words for that voice to sing--deceptively simple words like back steps or hairdo. How do you use the word hairdo in a song and make it so poignant that it almost breaks your heart...
...didn?t call the police, although in retrospect I wish I had. That spectacular imbecile may have gone on to kill or maim - and while I am not sure the North Carolina highway patrol would have been particularly sympathetic to my self-righteous outrage, I like to think a carefully-considered complaint might have made a difference...