Defend the Indefensible - Alanis Morissette

my wife and i honeymooned in oct on the central coast of ca and stayed for a couple nights at the esalen institute in big sur. alanis was there and teaching a workshop called 'hurtling toward wholeness'. we didn't attend any of her workshops but did dine with her at the communal dinners. she's lovely and thoughtful and wise.

I thought you were kidding until I googled "esalen institute alanis." Wow. Perhaps one day she'll create an ingenious ad campaign for Coke.

so I guess she has a brother named Wade who is a yoga master!! this video is redonk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A16YQm_tqjI

this whole thing is hilarious but i laughed the hardest at 'wade morrissette' for some reason

I hear her more now than ever, pretty much daily--she seems to have replaced the Guess Who as every milquetoast Canadian radio station's default Cancon (on whatever the proper name is right now for Top-40/AOR/Boomer stations). "Ironic," "Hand in Pocket," and "Thank You," mostly--at least I've been spared "You Oughta Know."

What a terrible trade.

You Oughta Know that you made me imagine 1970-era Burton Cummings singing that song.

Burton has a light touch next to Alanis: "You Oughta Know" would need Rare Earth or Blood, Sweat & Tears or the Ides of March.

OK, it's not necessary to bring out the big guns.

Actually, I was never bothered by her vocal affectations - they seemed a lot more playful and eccentric than the oversouling of Clayton-Thomas or Joplin.

I’ve been in a room with her twice (once professional, once incidental). She seemed cool both times.

One can't say that about Burton Cummings.