  urlLink The new urlLink Fiona Apple - blah, blah, blah. That's how urlLink Rachael Yamagata is being sold to the masses.
I like her, but I don't like the sale. How annoying. Just like a Hollywood pitch. It's gotta be like a "hit" meets a "hit. " Nothing's original, nothing's new, it has to be repackaged and resold to us so that we stay in our comfort zone. I guess my point is that I hate being marketed to (unless it's an infomercial, I lourve infomercials), and if I see it coming, I ususally steer clear.
There's nothing that can ruin good music more than an image. Although, image can sometimes steer us toward certain things that otherwise we might not have noticed. I was with my friend at Tower last weekend and picked up a CD to purchase when she asked me what the band sounded like. "I dunno" I replied, "but the cover is cool. " Anyway, Yamagata is pretty deck, even if she does spell her name wrong. No, I'm not drunk. 
