436. "Wise Up" Aimee Mann

"Wise Up"
Aimee Mann
Magnolia
1999

I don't know who my favorite contemporary director is, but I know it's either Quentin Tarantino or Paul Thomas Anderson.
To put them in music terms, QT is the White Stripes. Exciting as hell, accused of ripping off previous genres when in actuality he is performing a new riff within and outside of those genres. No matter what you read or heard about the new Tarantino/White Stripes project that made you nervous going in, once you pressed play you calmed down. You knew you were in good hands.
PT Anderson I would compare to the Arcade Fire. Ambitious to the point where people would call their projects "pretentious", you never know quite what's going to happen, but you will experience some emotional highs on the way. And then it will just stick with you.
Oh hey there Aimee Mann, I just used your entry to talk about the White Stripes and the Arcade Fire. Oops. Um, Aimee Mann is also good.