k-punk
Spectres of Mark
Must confess that the Libertines have passed me by. Only really heard them tonight when Kirsty Wark's interview with Doherty was repeated on BBC4, curiosity piqued by the blanket tabloid coverage. Absolutely stunned by the vacuity of Doherty and by the sheer cheap crapness of the Libertines sound: like a fourth on the bill sub-Jam pre-C86 post-postpunk band in 1983 playing inept Kinks copysongs. Was spared Babyshambles thank god. But the heavy-breathing media desperation surounding Doherty is really quite disturbing: here is a mediocrity whose delusions of being a creative artist-poet are indulged and cossetted by journalists who are just slavering for a British Kurt Cobain. They're practically offering him heroin, clearly desperate for him to die.
Yeuchhh......
Yeuchhh......