Rodriguez - C/D

south african white boomers i should note

i always feel like an asshole when people are like, "omg, did you see that rodriquez doc, what an amazing story! and the music is incredible--he's better than bob dylan!" and i just kind of sit there squirming.

it reminds me of that moment in luis bunuel's "las hurdes" when there's a shot of a doctor inspecting a young girk's perfectly-fine set of teeth and the narrator says something like, "these people suffer from a total lack of dental care, as you can see from the atrociously deteriorated state of this young girl's teeth." and most people are like, "oh, yes, i see, very bad teeth." i guess if everyone interviewed is saying "oh my, he was so incredible--like a bob dylan who disappeared off the face of the earth" enough people in the audience will just buy that no matter what they are hearing.

I finally saw this, I thought it was pretty good but it def could have used more of him and his family.

RIP

I am listening to Cold Fact - "I wonder how many times you had sex" interesting line

always figured it was a "sexual liberation" thing, the joy of being blunt

but it's a dumb line and one that instantly made me suspicious of some of the hyperbolic claims abt his songwriting prowess

I am susceptible to believing music is better when it is hyped by critics - I guess depending on the critic

true, I was thinking about the blurbs/talking heads in the doc saying stuff like "he was better than dylan"