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Jim Caligiuri 'Imagines' Himself to Be a Critic?
RECEIVED Mon., Jan. 29, 2007
Dear Editor,
In the Jan. 26 issue, “Texas Platters” [Music] has a review of Mandy Mercier's fabulous new CD, Run Out of Darkness, by Jim Caligiuri. He begins said review with "Mandy Mercier imagines herself." Isn't that Jim speculating on how Mandy imagines herself? How in the world would he know how she imagines herself?!
It would be like me writing that I imagine Jim Caligiuri has tremendous lack of self-esteem issues; got bullied around as a kid and tries to make up for it by tearing down people's life work; has a tiny, little ... bank account; can't get the time of day from a woman; hasn't had a date since the Bee Gees topped the charts; has a dusty guitar he can barely play in the corner of a room in his house; can't seem to let himself get rid of that huge stack of papers with his terrible songs written on them; and wonders why he hasn't the respect of musicians or other writers in town.
Like his comment regarding Mandy, it would be based solely on speculation. It would not be insightful and informative but would be unnecessarily mean and hurtful. Well, I imagine it would.
In the Jan. 26 issue, “Texas Platters” [Music] has a review of Mandy Mercier's fabulous new CD, Run Out of Darkness, by Jim Caligiuri. He begins said review with "Mandy Mercier imagines herself." Isn't that Jim speculating on how Mandy imagines herself? How in the world would he know how she imagines herself?!
It would be like me writing that I imagine Jim Caligiuri has tremendous lack of self-esteem issues; got bullied around as a kid and tries to make up for it by tearing down people's life work; has a tiny, little ... bank account; can't get the time of day from a woman; hasn't had a date since the Bee Gees topped the charts; has a dusty guitar he can barely play in the corner of a room in his house; can't seem to let himself get rid of that huge stack of papers with his terrible songs written on them; and wonders why he hasn't the respect of musicians or other writers in town.
Like his comment regarding Mandy, it would be based solely on speculation. It would not be insightful and informative but would be unnecessarily mean and hurtful. Well, I imagine it would.
Freddie Steady Krc
[Editor's note: For Jim Caligiuri's review of Krc's latest project, see www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A290802.]