on 12/12/03 3:24 pm, skip at thisparadise@sbcglobal.net wrote:
If you recognize someone as a real artist -- whether that person if John Zorn or even Justin Timberlake (I'm sure there's someone out there)
You see this in last weekend's NYT? "Justin Timberlake proved himself with a series of sublime R & B songs" -- it was in Kelefa Sanneh's review of the "underrated" JC Chasez's debut. He also begins a different review with the phrase "this promising emo band from Long Island ..." which pretty much guaranteed that I would read no further (perhaps one needs to be a Longislander to agree). On the other hand, he says nice things about Kelis (and her ditty "Milkshake," which has become unshakable from my noggin), so Mr. Sanneh hasn't gone off his rocker completely. Phil @ TNT PS: I've also heard that KS is a very nice, smart young man, so this is in no way intended as a dig. Nowadays, I feel like this kind of caveat is necessary on this list!