Comments on: Karin Driejer Andersson. http://annalemma.net/blog/karin-driejer-andersson.html with Christopher Heavener Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:21:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: chris http://annalemma.net/blog/karin-driejer-andersson.html/comment-page-1#comment-710 chris Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:15:56 +0000 http://annalemma.net/?p=2831#comment-710 I totally agree about the subtext in the videos. She (or whomever is directing them) is totally nailing it. Confusing and ridiculous on the surface, maybe even a little bit scary. But get past the spectacle of it and there's something really compelling lying beneath: an animalistic girl summoning some sort of water demon from the diving board of her pool while her button down father watches, perhaps seeing her power for the first time. Or an androgynous pop singer seductively, suggestively casting a spell on a crowd of football fans. It'd be interesting to try and apply this idea to a story. I totally agree about the subtext in the videos. She (or whomever is directing them) is totally nailing it. Confusing and ridiculous on the surface, maybe even a little bit scary. But get past the spectacle of it and there’s something really compelling lying beneath: an animalistic girl summoning some sort of water demon from the diving board of her pool while her button down father watches, perhaps seeing her power for the first time. Or an androgynous pop singer seductively, suggestively casting a spell on a crowd of football fans. It’d be interesting to try and apply this idea to a story.

]]> By: Leilani Clark http://annalemma.net/blog/karin-driejer-andersson.html/comment-page-1#comment-709 Leilani Clark Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:46:34 +0000 http://annalemma.net/?p=2831#comment-709 I came late to the Fever Ray--Karin Driejer Andersson party myself, after growing completely obsessed with her music and videos last month. I like that you connected her music to writing, as that was something I tried to work through in a blog post in December. I became intrigued with the idea that the Fever Ray videos in particular (which of course are almost inextricable from the songs themself--but do exist too as their own entities) capture a sort of "congested subtext" that I would kill to be able to to do as a writer. "When I Grow Up" is a particularly vivid example of that underlying bubbling subtext that all interesting characters should have. I came late to the Fever Ray–Karin Driejer Andersson party myself, after growing completely obsessed with her music and videos last month. I like that you connected her music to writing, as that was something I tried to work through in a blog post in December. I became intrigued with the idea that the Fever Ray videos in particular (which of course are almost inextricable from the songs themself–but do exist too as their own entities) capture a sort of “congested subtext” that I would kill to be able to to do as a writer. “When I Grow Up” is a particularly vivid example of that underlying bubbling subtext that all interesting characters should have.

]]> By: chris http://annalemma.net/blog/karin-driejer-andersson.html/comment-page-1#comment-708 chris Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:43:21 +0000 http://annalemma.net/?p=2831#comment-708 Haha, I was wondering when this one would show on your radar. Glad I could put you in good company. Haha, I was wondering when this one would show on your radar. Glad I could put you in good company.

]]> By: Tim Jones-Yelvington http://annalemma.net/blog/karin-driejer-andersson.html/comment-page-1#comment-707 Tim Jones-Yelvington Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:33:29 +0000 http://annalemma.net/?p=2831#comment-707 Seriously though, your linking of that photo just made my day a little... I was feeling a tiny bit down (not too down, just a tiny bit) over what I assume is Annalemma's exclusion from a certain set of announcements that's been going around this morning. Also, Karin Driejer Andersson is def. awesome, I recommend her records as both The Knife and Fever Ray. Not sure anybody has worked the vocoder (or whatever voice-distortion equipment she uses) so beautifully since Laurie Anderson. Seriously though, your linking of that photo just made my day a little… I was feeling a tiny bit down (not too down, just a tiny bit) over what I assume is Annalemma’s exclusion from a certain set of announcements that’s been going around this morning.

Also, Karin Driejer Andersson is def. awesome, I recommend her records as both The Knife and Fever Ray. Not sure anybody has worked the vocoder (or whatever voice-distortion equipment she uses) so beautifully since Laurie Anderson.

]]> By: Tim Jones-Yelvington http://annalemma.net/blog/karin-driejer-andersson.html/comment-page-1#comment-706 Tim Jones-Yelvington Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:30:22 +0000 http://annalemma.net/?p=2831#comment-706 Oh whoa, I was about to say, "Hey, I do kinda try to do this," and then BANG, my name. Oh whoa, I was about to say, “Hey, I do kinda try to do this,” and then BANG, my name.

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