Thursday, October 2, 2014
Why was BORING Madison not credited!?
I'm grievously offended that fantastically boring Madison Wisconsin, my birthplace, is not mentioned. With every new ten-story condo or generic apartment building being built on Downtown's narrow isthmus, much historic character and charm - to say nothing of affordability - are lost. But at least the traffic congestion, so much more noticeable in recent years, is spicing things up in our central city!
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/01/in-praise-of-boring-cities-arlington-zurich-adelaide-dull'
"'That's the other thing that people don't really understand,' she says. 'I'd come from a city – and even though you can't compare Edinburgh to London, it's still an urban centre where there's all kind of culture around you all the time. Then you go to the Midwest and there's nothing. I don't think a person in Britain can even conceive of what it's like to be in what is basically the tundra. I wasn't exposed to any art; I wasn't exposed to anything....'"
And of course Shirley Manson was referring specifically to Madison. You GO, Garbage girl!
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/29/shirley-manson-interview-garbage
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