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I didn't give a definition of country, nor intend to. I indicated mostly that I don't know much about it, and that's not the route I took to find Amy Rigby.
― Kenny, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I just think she's a great songwriter with a really charming voice! She inspires a lot of sympathy. I even thought the Joey Ramone song was cute, I know lots of women that would be happy to dream about dancing with him, not sure why people don't like it.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Why people don't like "Dancing With Joey Ramone":
1. Because they think Sleater-Kinney already did it. 2. Because they are troubled by the forthright, talky way Rigby acknowledges desire for things that hurt her.
Of course, #2 cancels #1: Sleater-Kinney don't desire things that hurt them, they desire the power of the thing itself; Rigby is gendered in a much more traditional way. She's also 10 years older. That's exactly why "Dancing With Joey Ramone" is such a powerful song.
Both songs are dreams about power. But Sleater-Kinney's is easier to take, joyous, because it's easy to acknowledge that you share that particular dream. And much harder to acknowledge that you (or someone you love) shares Amy's dream.
― Kenny, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 22:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I even thought the Joey Ramone song was cute, I know lots of women that would be happy to dream about dancing with him, not sure why people don't like it
I can't think of a good reason either! All I can muster is minor grumbling about how Joey's too obvious a subject? too cute? I dunno. I would have preferred Ricky Wilson or Chris Frantz.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I recognize, however, that dancing with Frantz might entail bearing with lots of infectious grins and him shouting "BOHANNON!" in your ear.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I dig her blog from France: http://www.littlefugitive.blogspot.com/
― Roy Kasten, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 23:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I lost interest in her sometime after 'Mod Housewife.' She seemed to be spinning her wheels. I have not heard her most recent cd, and did not realize she's living in France now, so maybe she's gotten a second wind.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link
lol, i once called amy's number in williamsburg like 11-12 years ago, she was listed (not like anyone besides avid Village Voice readers knew who she was anyway). she answered too.
― bobby bedelia, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 05:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually, as long as this has been revived, anyone ever heard her ancient band The Stare-Kits? Allegedly Siouxsie sounding.
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 09:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone heard her latest, with (new hubby) Wreckless Eric?I love how he still goes by that name at the rip old age of 54.
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
er, "ripe"
The album is OK... It has a ragged/frayedness to it that's kinda endearing. I read her blog more though (it's at http://amyrigby.blogspot.com/ now)
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Amy Rigby is underrated.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 13 October 2016 14:05 (seven years ago) link
I used to think that, but have gotten less enjoyment from her music in recent years then I did in the past. Maybe it's me.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 October 2016 15:53 (seven years ago) link
Hey Josh, She's playing a house show in the suburbs later this month. I'm hoping to make it. Look it up!
― john. a resident of chicago., Friday, 14 October 2016 23:27 (seven years ago) link
Byron Coley was tweeting favorably about her new album The Old Guys. I haven't heard it yet.
Christgau gave her a kinda favorable review but portions of it (rightly so) aggravated Amy and she responded on her blog.
https://diaryofamyrigby.wordpress.com/2018/04/06/dont-follow-him-hes-lost-too/
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/kzx77n/robert-christgau-on-the-refuge-of-yo-la-tengo-and-the-audacity-of-amy-rigby
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 18:52 (six years ago) link
Couple that Christgau review with his U.S. Girls blurb and you have his shittiest week ever.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
i was digging into the archives to check out his old Breeders reviews, and the one for Last Splash (and the one for the Amps!) i found a little off-putting...
― omar little, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
He's got some issues.
I need to listen to the new Amy Rigby album some more.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
Didn't realize this, but Diary of a Mod Housewife was released for the first time on vinyl several years ago, and Rigby will sign it on request. Nice to find out - I was going to buy this for a relative after recommending it and realizing it wasn't streaming anywhere.
― birdistheword, Friday, 15 March 2024 17:19 (one month ago) link
I get the free version of her Substack and see that she and her husband Wreckless Eric are going to be moving from the Catskills in NY to England. I think she also has been working on a new album that will be out soon.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 March 2024 17:58 (one month ago) link
she's been working as a bartender i think? i know my brother sees those guys around.
― scott seward, Friday, 15 March 2024 18:04 (one month ago) link
so if she has been working as a bartender: yes, she is underrated.
i came to her albums only a couple of years ago and i love them! she should make a duet album with courtney barnett.
― scott seward, Friday, 15 March 2024 18:05 (one month ago) link
https://rachaelherron.com/amyrigby/
― scott seward, Friday, 15 March 2024 18:06 (one month ago) link
good interview.
Just saw her play a great house concert in R.I. on Saturday. Eric didn't join her this time. She got very emotional, knowing she would soon be leaving a lot of friends behind.I've seen her play this same place about 4-5 times, and the last three times she read an excerpt from her Girl to City memoir (she's working on a sequel). All three times she read the same story, about one of the first friends she met in NYC — a guy named Bob who loved Lou Reed and egg creams.
― TO BE A JAZZ SINGER YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCAT (Jazzbo), Friday, 15 March 2024 18:49 (one month ago) link
BTW the new songs she debuted sounded great. Looking forward to the new album.
― TO BE A JAZZ SINGER YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCAT (Jazzbo), Friday, 15 March 2024 18:51 (one month ago) link
I have to say she's underrated because I can count on one hand how many people I've ever heard in life (not in print) mention her name. Which is a real shame because Diary should connect with EVERY generation, it's basically what was starting to unfold for everyone I pretty much knew in NYC before the pandemic hit. (I had the album for years but barely played it until then and was like "holy shit, this is otm")
― birdistheword, Friday, 15 March 2024 19:20 (one month ago) link
yah, it was definitely a pandemic fave for me.
― scott seward, Friday, 15 March 2024 19:47 (one month ago) link