pj-kate connection

["Brian J Dillard" <dillardb@student.msu.edu>]

the latest issue of Option has a very illuminating article about pj harvey, and
it is quite interesting the parallels she shares with kate in terms of
supportive parents who exposed her to good music early on, etc. she grew up in
dorset in a small village and her parents played her captain beefheart records
and booked music acts at a local inn. . . . blah blah, read it, it is in the
march/april option (#61). anyway, aside from all the other parallels, there is
one specific Kate mention, in connection to polly jean's dislike of london and
her retreat back to her hometown area and her decision to start limiting
interviews, etc.:

"What alarms the ardent feminist and fan in me," writes the journalist, "is the
fear that by making herself a Kate Bush-style recluse Harvey is actually caving
in to those pressures. Her craving for domesticity is understandably human, but
has disturbing implications for those of us eager for brave examples. 'It has
to do with what we were saying about getting older,' she says. 'You feel like
there are lots of other things that are important in life, things that are
equally as important or more important. You have to readjust the balance a bit.
Up until now music's been the most important thing, but I'd like to stay in one
place for a little while. . . . ' "

hmm m m m . . . . ..

brian