Kesher Talk

Contest Winner! One autographed Arafat babywipe to Ronnie Schrieber, who identified this quote as the refrain of a song by 2 Nice Girls, a late-80s Austin TX lesbian band who were also known in womyn's music circles for an excellent cover of "Sweet Jane." Alumni included Meg Hentges, Gretchen Phillips,and Laurie Freelove.

(The catch is, you can't pick up the baby wipe till Israel deports Arafat and cleans out his bunker. Darn.)

Meg Hentges is a straight-ahead rocker. I have seen both Gretchen and Laurie in concert. Gretchen's patter is wincingly funny and her satirical lyrics are fun the first few times, but political songs usually don't age well. Laurie is spellbinding live, just her and the guitar, meditative. I usually don't like atmospheric singer-songwriters with obscure lyrics, but somehow Laurie has an edge that anchors all that stuff. The reviews on her site liken her to Kate Bush and Marianne Faithfull, but she reminds me of no one so much as Tim Buckley.

posted by Judith @ 8/13/2002 05:03:45 PM