http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Sat, 9 Aug 2003 18:32:29 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/08/145159.php#comment-14585 When my teenage daughter was six, I took her to see a free concert Aretha Franklin was giving at Baltimore's annual arts festival. I was transported to heaven throughout the performance, but Christy didn't understand the fuss. Not long ago, I treated the now-14 year-old to a listening of <I>Aretha Sings the Blues</B>. "Wait a minute," she said at one point. "Didn't we see her at Artscape when I was little?" "Sure did," I replied. "Wow, she's not half bad!" My Christiane, the master of understatement... Thanks for this; I'm going to go have a listen to the Queen of Soul right now. ]]> 14585@blogcritics.org Sat, 9 Aug 2003 18:32:29 EDT