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November 16, 2004
Apologies accepted
Tyra points to a website that reminds me of those "response" songs that were popular in the early-early 60s. Somebody would release a song (about a woman who done him wrong, for example) that would get a lot of radio play, and then somebody else would release a "response" (about why he was such a jerk that she had no choice, for example) that would get its own 15 minutes of fame.
Well, Tyra points out that the "sorryeverybody" website has generated "apologiesaccepted." I found sorryeverybody wry but painful. Apologiesaccepted, on the other hand, has something compelling about it; I keep going from one frame to the next, fascinated by the mix of jocularity, forgiveness, accusation, hope, and despair there. Setting aside comparisons with 60s AM radio pop music, these two websites offer a strange and somewhat wonderful visual montage. Instead of writing their thoughts on a blog or in a chat room, people wrote them on posters and then photographed the posters, usually showing the writer holding the poster. The effect is banal but poignant and disturbing--in a good way.
Posted by senioritis at November 16, 2004 08:57 PM