Conflict of interest
Note to self: staying up until 3:00 AM is probably not the best idea when you have a 9:00 AM meeting. I made to the meeting, but who schedules meetings for 9:00 AM anyway? I mean, honestly!
There aren't many big-label rockers left, but Tom Petty sure doesn't seem to mind: The Last DJ is rollicking good fun. On paper Petty's latest album doesn't look like it's doing too well in the standings: it's not the best pop rock I've heard lately (that would be Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head) and even his disenfranchisement looks forced next to Aimee Mann's (who started her own label to put out Lost In Space), but who cares? From the ultra-compressed opening riff of the title track to the Talking Heads feel of "When a Kid Goes Bad" to the ukelele-strumming "Man Who Loves Women", it's one hell of a ride. God bless rock and roll.
Posted by ned at October 17, 2002 10:44 AM