Rock-umentary

Well, not exactly. The music of Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields defies the conventions of any established category. They create their own. Last night’s screening of Strange Powers, was a good time and educational.

I want to clarify that I don’t mean ‘educational’ in the stoic sense that one says, ‘yeah, I learned something’ on an occasion like leaving a really bad job, for example. I mean more like horizon broadening, learning that a CD full of songs about a middle-aged woman’s declaration of revenge on all the skinny young things could actually be good. Pretty cool even.

Like a fun house mirror, perspectives change with the angles. Stephin Merritt as a songwriter is decidedly different – but I liked him.

All in all a good evening and a pretty full house. Ramping up for RIFF 2010….ya’ll come!

~Peace,

Tina