The recent prospect of me attending a meeting reminded me of another of my critic's cliches-in-the-making. Well, it's a term I've used in other situations, especially professional, but it seems well suited to review use, too.
Bartleby would "prefer not to" ...
Examples: Boss: Will you be going to that marketing meeting today?
JAG: Bartleby.
If I weren't so averse to, ahem, verbing nouns, I might "bartleby that meeting," missing it out of personal preference.
Uses in the world of criticism are nearly endless.
Example: Assignments Editor: How would you like to review the new
Rush box set?
JAG: I'm afraid that's going to be a bartleby for me.
And, "The prospect of watching one more frame of Jim Carrey
makes me go all bartleby."
Now I need to get ready for work.
Definitely bartleby about it, though.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
. . . and the answer is . . .
. . . the notorious guitar-slinger, Christopher Cross!
What, ol' CC doesn't spring immediately to mind when you're listing your fave shredders? You say he's no carbon copy of Stevie Ray (or Steve Marriott, for that matter)?
Obviously, I agree, or I wouldn't have posted that misleading quote.
Turns out, though, on the evidence of the DVD I'm going to write about Real Soon Now, Cece is a pretty credible axe-man!
No, there was no point to this, other than gratuitous bashing of the reptilian Mr. Cross.
Oh, and to give me the opportunity to lull myself to sleep singing one of my favorites of his:
"If you get sauced between the moon and New York City . . ."
What, ol' CC doesn't spring immediately to mind when you're listing your fave shredders? You say he's no carbon copy of Stevie Ray (or Steve Marriott, for that matter)?
Obviously, I agree, or I wouldn't have posted that misleading quote.
Turns out, though, on the evidence of the DVD I'm going to write about Real Soon Now, Cece is a pretty credible axe-man!
No, there was no point to this, other than gratuitous bashing of the reptilian Mr. Cross.
Oh, and to give me the opportunity to lull myself to sleep singing one of my favorites of his:
"If you get sauced between the moon and New York City . . ."
Clue #3
Last clue, people! (Person? Me?)
Itchycoo Park, the concert.*
* Over which, yes, I'm still obsessing and planning to write about.
Itchycoo Park, the concert.*
* Over which, yes, I'm still obsessing and planning to write about.
Guess the Celebrity!
Possibly, the subject would be less misleading with "Has-Been" in place of "Celebrity."
If it weren't for misleading, though, I wouldn't do any leading. So it stays.
While I work on something worth posting here (for myself to read, if that ain't sad),
here's a fun quiz:
Identify the celebrity who said, of his new album, in a recent interview:
"I approached it from a real guitar place. I've been ... getting back into the guitar thing,
'cause that's where my roots are from."
Start guessing (and no fair Goobling it)!
If it weren't for misleading, though, I wouldn't do any leading. So it stays.
While I work on something worth posting here (for myself to read, if that ain't sad),
here's a fun quiz:
Identify the celebrity who said, of his new album, in a recent interview:
"I approached it from a real guitar place. I've been ... getting back into the guitar thing,
'cause that's where my roots are from."
Start guessing (and no fair Goobling it)!
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