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...other night and sat down to watch “Babel.” (It was good; we can talk about it later.) But I must admit that I’ve largely forgotten the movie itself, largely because of the horribly distracting trailer for “Black Snake Moan,” a film which opened on March 2 and whose concept can be described in one word: epic...
...after finishing the clip, I was left wondering several different things, only one of which merits reprinting here: have the blues ceased to exist in mainstream popular culture? Part of the reason “Black Snake Moan” drew my attention was the relative rarity of hearing blues in a popular context (read: not on NPR or PBS). I’ve always loved the blues, but I recognize their relative obscurity and never expected to encounter them in any conventional, popularized setting...
...appreciate the distinction but let’s just say I find this a completely ridiculous classification—while the actually talented Derek Trucks is cited as a slide guitar luminary. In the fine print, Jack White is described as a “crawling king snake,” praised for his “fusion of prewar blues grit and Stooges napalm,” and (falsely) likened to the legendary Blind Willie McTell...
...penchant for blues-based pentatonic scales and predictable I-IV-V chord progressions. But this elegant simplicity and emotional purity is the very essence and charm of the genre and, I hope, its ticket back into the business. Just maybe not through “Black Snake Moan...
...Some would argue that bloggers - or the blogosphere - is continuing the snake-versus-mongoose kind of debate that you've left behind. What do you think...