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Friday, August 07, 2009
Ms. Ryan Adams

The above in-store interview with Mandy Moore at famed Amoeba Records strikes me as a little strange. I'd somehow forgotten that Moore married Ryan Adams recently, a fact which still seems odd to me. But far odder than that are the expressions on her face as she answers questions--she definitely seems like she's trying to be frank and relaxed, and I respect that... but whoa, it doesn't really look that way.

The expressions on her face almost don't seem to line up with the words coming out of her mouth--her eyebrows in particular are constantly furrowed, her lips pursed, and her eyes narrowed. The appearance of such mannered posturing belies the sound of honesty in her voice and makes her come off as wooden at best or empty/fraudulent at worst.

I also am unable to watch her in this video--especially when she mentions in reference to the Amoeba store that "most of the time i have to drag my husband out of the speed metal section downstairs"--and not also simultaneously "imagine" the interplay and dynamic between her and Adams. And while I've never thought of Ryan Adams as any great wit or tortured soul of human openness, I still didn't imagine he'd go for this kind of thing.

Labels: case studies, lolgore, music, ryan adams, videos

posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 8/07/2009 02:41:00 PM 1 comments

1 Comments:

AA said...: Like the "rebirth" wasn't her idea. Shah.; 8/11/2009 09:26:00 AM