Analyzing Monica
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Although I enjoy Monica Kendrick’s Spot Check column enough to read it every week and agree with her collection of 50-word band blurbs at least half of the time, there is always something, either relentless PC-isms or general smugness, that creates a fine line between enjoying her often astute observations and an immediate inclination to use Section Three to clean up dog shit.
you cultured Gen X types were familiar with the notion of irony. Her take on Nashville Pussy is almost as silly [Rock, Etc., May 15]. Ten years ago, with Vixen and metal makeover-era Heart selling tons of records, Nashville Pussy would have been the godsend she described, but at this point L7 and others have already opened those doors. I don’t know a Pussy fan that holds them to more than lowbrow entertainment, and even the band admits it is just “Motorhead with tits.”
Doug Arnold
