Monday, July 26, 2021

Billie Eilish, metal Muslims, Orthodox Jews, girls on guitar, Jasmine Jams (video)

LA Times (IG), Jasmine Jams, Ep. 18; Sheldon S., Crystal Q., Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly
Billie Eilish’s boobs on British Vogue send clear message. So much for modesty (StyleCaster)

Billie is like the female Scarlett Johanson
(LA Times) Billie Eilish is crying on the cover of her new album. The lone teardrop isn’t obvious at first, shiny enough that it could just be part of her glittery makeup. Her eyes are blue and empty, staring vacantly into the distance. “Happier Than Ever,” read the words above her face.

Is this what fame has done to Eilish? Taken the air out of the lungs of the wunderkind from #HighlandPark? Stripped her of her Rainbow Brite hair colors and oversize tees and turned her into a blond pin-up?

I'm depressed because fame is great, but it sucks, too.
Not entirely. But it’s complicated. There was a moment not too long ago, admits the 19-year-old, when she was truly miserable.

After her debut single, “Ocean Eyes,” became a viral hit on #SoundCloud in 2015, she signed with Darkroom Records and landed a deal with Interscope.

But she felt ill-equipped to deal with the sudden onslaught of attention. Which isn’t surprising, because the music industry didn’t see her coming either — a teenager with such a distinctive look and sound that mass appeal was in no way inevitable.

I'm just a kid, and Finneas is my big brother.
“I hated going outside. I hated going to events. I hated being recognized. I hated the internet having a bunch of eyes on me. I just wanted to be doing teenager sh—,” says Eilish, who was 16 when she toured her four-times platinum debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

See something? We see nothing. Oh, those?
She grew depressed, and her body didn’t react well to the stress; she was constantly coming down with laryngitis or developing fevers. And she was surrounded by adults. The only people her age were in the audience, which had become both physically and emotionally untouchable.

Check out the link in the LA Times bio for more. 📸: @kelianne; @robgauthier, @myung_chun, @alschaben; Mason Poole/Disney. More  + PHOTOS

Is guitar genius Jasmine Star a Hesher, autistic, or just nervous? The way she sways and can't hold her eyes on the camera suggest she's on the spectrum, but whatever works. Her guitar playing is in the pocket and out of this world. Catch her on KLOS 95.5 FM, Los Angeles (955klos.com). Here she plays the Slash guitar solo from "Mr. Brownstone" by Guns n' Roses. And for some contrast, here are Israeli Orthodox Jews and Indonesian Muslim girls playing rock. More

Jewish men sing “Wish You Were Here”

Can Orthodox Jews sing on the street for change? Surely the tribal God of the Jews is anti-busking? But maybe it doesn't mind if it's a good sad song like "Wish You Were Here [Sid Barrett]" by Pink Floyd.

Muslim girls rock: VOB “I Wear My Skin”

(Voice of Baceprot, July 5, 2021) “Back then, this song took us to the final of one of the biggest band competitions in Garut, our hometown. At the time, we were so proud to be heard even though we didn’t win. A few years after, we were able to play the song live at shows in Jakarta and other places outside of Java. We always enjoy the song... Until one day, a clip of us performing the song became one of the highlights in a news segment on a German television station, yes, a country that we only know from its location on a world map. An outpouring of appreciation came from people who did not care where we were from. From that moment onwards, we believe even more that music could traverse distance and unite differences.” Taken from Voice of Baceprot's EP The Other Side of Metalism.

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