The Useless Critic 2.0

Matt has exceptionally good taste in music, so I should listen to him more, no? I just am lazy and unless I hear a band and they get me on that first listen- I'm screwed. if not, well, whatev. OMG LET'S PLAY UFFIE NONSTOP AND DECIPHER HER LYRICS. "damn good cheese." THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING HIDDEN IN THERE, SOME SUBTEXT. so he's been on my case nonstop to listen to Lush. and I've listened to Lush in passing, but inactively. I haven't allowed myself to get into it. is it the same fear that keeps me subdued on dating websites? giving myself away to random strangers/bands and then realizing they have my heart, don't care and will never give it back? that is it. UFFIE, WHAT THE HELL. IT'S JUST THE EMOTIONS, TAKING ME OVER.... all right, I listened to Lush. Matt was nice enough to pass me enough their body of work. yay! so I want to write this like a snob at a winetasting. and I hate wine. here we go: at my first sip of Lush, I am reminded of shoegazin...

One of my bottles of wine, the Edelweiss, was accidentally uncorked several days ago, because I am very, very clumsy— anyway, I don’t really like drinking alone, so, instead of having the bottle languish in my freezer for the next several weeks, I’m humoring myself by turning it into a “writing experiment” where I drink a half glass for every song on My World 2.0 while typing about what’s happening. So— Baby I thought it would be kind of unfair to start the album completely sober, so I drank a full glass before listening to this song. I don’t really like this wine very much, I probably should have accidentally opened the Armenian pomegranate, but— I’ll probably get to that one at some point. And there’s white table wine, too, but I don’t know what that is? Table wine? I’m drinking Edelweiss, with Justin Bieber mp3s. This song used to be kind of creepy because, especially considering Ludacris is the only other person in the song, Biebs sounds like he’s singing to him, so when he’s li...