Garbage's "Androgyny"

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[2001]
Struggling to come up with a G band whose song was readily available on the Internet and about which I might care, I half-jokingly picked "Androgyny", recalling 8th grade when I thought I was cool. Well I'm still cool, but Garbage definitely less so. Anyway, the half-joking issue arises because coming up with these spectacular images is difficult and time-consuming! I thought I could get away with posting pictures of superbabe Shirley Manson. Fast-forward to a Google Image search, and now I wonder if she hasn't aged nearly as gracefully as me. Whatever. BrooklynVegan posts this banned ad like literally half an hour ago, and it makes my life easier to just toss you a flier of Ms Manson being a superfreak -- everything works out. Superb.

The song itself... well, I suppose I could've picked better, but it's good for me to exercise the other end of my vocabulary, and the other options weren't stellar anyway. The production is nice enough, but comes off too clean in that one wonders if this is even a band's effort. I guess Butch Vig has always been about the studio sound anyway. The verse leaves a lot to be desired with synthetic sounds spliced together obscenely almost gratingly and a completely uninteresting vocal hook, but hitting the chorus, the guitar spins this circular riff, that doesn't do too bad. Shirley Manson dosen't do too bad, esp when her voice is dubbed over x times processed &c. The bridge degenerates into this inoffensive space blipping burgeoned by a single tone held out, while Shirley explores her softer upper range. The real gem in this song, however, is the bridge's re-entry into the chorus as the vocals draw the crossfade and most everything else has cut out to give way to a single electronic note. It's like a classic microwave bell dinging that the grub's done! -- not this modern beeping that let's you know that yes, the food is still in the microwave hold on I'm coming the world doesn't revolve around you you stupid microwave -- the days when everything used to work out.

The Premier League matches -- yes, I realize that essentially all of my miscellanea has been soccer-related, and not just soccer-related but English soccer-related -- run midweek this week -- I can't decide if I like or abhor the syllabic cadence and repetition of that... midweek this week... -- but I'm gearing up for another Liverpool heartbreaker. At least Emile Heskey is gone, and we've already seen him open his Aston Villa account today grabbing the winner against *tear* Portsmouth. Oh my dear Peter Crouch, what have you gotten yourself into now? Anyway, instead of more Kop Laments, I figured I'd just talking about transfers and what not:
OK, so it's a Kop Lament, but that Robbie Keane... we've all been waiting, and we're still waiting, and we really do want to give you a chance because you have a fabulous history, but honestly things are just not working out. Yeah, you scored a few important goals for us, and Rafa has difficulty picking a workable starting XI, but you still suck more than you should. I'm a Babel fan, and if he gets a fair time on the pitch, I'd be willing to bet that he'd be more effective than your sorry ass.
Comparably, Dimitar Berbatov, huge bust sure, but at least he's keeping ManU in certain games considering everyone else is getting injured. They say Tevez (of whom I'm also not a fan) hits the important goals, but really it's been Berba knocking them home in the sorry 1-0 displays. Well three points is three points, no denial.
Pretty boy Deco been hitting the headlines as of lateish defending fatty boy Felipão the manager, but Deco's injuries and lack of goals/intuit compared to his Barca heyday form means he's not linking up with Chelsea's pitiful frontline. Yes, Anelka, learn to dribble. You can't poach every goal as recent times have revealed and your league-leading margin dwindles to...
Robinho. What a bastard. Sucks. Also picks everything off. This season is a disappointing one in that there's no runaway goal scoring strikers, but the goals at least are still plentiful, and fresh feet find the ball find the back of the net. The baby boy's got some fancy moves and some pace on him, but honestly, terrible terrible player. I'd call him the biggest bust if my pre-opinion of him could get any lower.
And finally, in anticipation of what is probably going to be a "no"... Russian Euro08 superhero Andrei Arshavin's maybe move to Arsenal. I can unequivocally say that everyone who has heard of him/transfer saga is superlatively tired of hearing about him. Palyvuchenko was Russia's real star anyway, and he too is doing less that awesome over at da Hotspurs. Blahblahblah Arshavin. Zenit had a CL chance, BUST. Maybe the Goons need him due to injuries, but they weren't faring much better with Cesc who is much better according to everyone anyway.