The First Window
Dec 1, 2003 · 1 minute readOkay, so you’ve probably seen the Santa hat by now. The plan is to have a different picture and link displayed for each day of Advent. It might not always be a web page; it could be a sound clip, a song, a movie clip, or other random weirdness. Hey, it could be fun…
Best of 2003: Cat Power — You Are Free
Anyone who expected a reprise of Moon Pix is going to be disappointed. Die-hard fans may even decry the appearance of such major-label faire like Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder. This people are Wrong And Should Not Be Trusted, for this is Cat Power’s most assured work yet. It’s about loss, both childhood and adult, in the heartbreakingly sparse “Good Woman” and “Names”. It’s about freedom in the complex productions of “He War”, “Free” and “Speak For Me”. It’s about Chan seemingly being confident once again. It’s about being as fragile as a snowflake. Tough as nails, brittle as ice.