tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post7088586712079104267..comments2020-12-20T14:33:45.995-08:00Comments on HAM.BLOG: Visual Culture and the Politics of Music Promotion (AKA: I Can Come Up With a More Pretentious Title Than Tori Amos!)annahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17386975896008644346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-18535252483901370422007-02-22T15:01:00.000-08:002007-02-22T15:01:00.000-08:00It's impossible to separate a musician from this s...It's impossible to separate a musician from this sort of thing because most of them are not only musicians, but performers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04937488959496061589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-3124648451000551632007-02-22T13:55:00.000-08:002007-02-22T13:55:00.000-08:00I just wanted to pop in to make the point that I d...I just wanted to pop in to make the point that I dislike Courtney Love because, regardless of her musical skill, it's been documented that she was never all that into punk, but she jumped into it for the scene, and then went on to co-opt the obvious parts of riot grrrl culture for her image during the <I>Live Through This</I> era. And even though I actually really like that album, it's hard for me to fully separate the product from the persona from the person.<BR/><BR/>(This is a pretty specific example, I know.)<BR/><BR/>I do think an album cover as well as an artist's image can give you an idea of what music is contained within, so I don't think it's an inherent evil. The trouble is when that becomes more important to record companies THAN the contained music.<BR/><BR/>All of that said, I don't understand the big deal everyone's making out of the new Tori album/cover. I don't think many of the titles make a lot of sense out of context, and this isn't the weirdest in my opinion by far. And, seriously, once I've seen the woman nurse a pig I don't quite think anything could surprise me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844414.post-4208095444543027292007-02-21T17:38:00.000-08:002007-02-21T17:38:00.000-08:00Uh, this picture of Tory is downright scary, just ...Uh, this picture of Tory is downright scary, just plain wrong.<BR/><BR/>If you want to see something even more frightening, look up REAL DOLLS on Google. Saw a documentary while in London last week (you know those Brits) about men who just can't seem to find a live woman to love and love him in return, so they purchase to use (and abuse) anatomically correct dolls made out of silicone (so that they "respond"). Oooookay. That's real normal!!<BR/><BR/>There was "Everhard," a computer programmer who takes his doll on outings in his car, "Dave Cat," a scientist who had to send his doll back to the factory to get her limbs refastened ("...but it will be like a second honeymoon when she comes home..."), and some loser who lives in Kentucky and only leaves the house to go to work, then rushes home so he can be with "female companionship". Too bad Tory has evidently taken a page from the Real Dolls catalogue. (The name of the documentary is "Guys and Dolls".) <BR/><BR/>And seriously, don't visit that site unless you want to really be grossed out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com