Mail Kall: Fiona Apple Edition

Dear KBall,

Now hold on a second, blogmistress. I love your new postings (mostly the penultimate one, since I've never watched LOST), but I take exception to Fiona Apple making the comeback list. Hello? She's never had a bad album, she's never disappeared into oblivion because people didn't care anymore (the Free Fiona people certainly care...a little too much, you might say), and she's probably as much or more talked-about now than ever before. Granted, she's got stage fright so hardly tours, and she's got a no-rush Kate Bush attitude about her studio albums, but she's no Taylor Dayne. In fact, I suggest you switch Fiona's name with, say, Loggins and Messina. In Columbus, they had to give away tickets to that show last week. And one more thing, have you no Philly loyalty? Boyz II Men? They were ten times as good as any of the Boy Bands from the past decade. "Motown Philly"? "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"? "Water Runs Dry"? Even "End of the Road"--I didn't love that one, but I slow-danced to it with my biggest crush in seventh grade, and I was in heaven that the song was a good five or six minutes long. Ah, middle school.

Looking forward to the next one, Khyber

Dear Khyber,

Dude! Fiona Apple hasn't put out an album in 6 years! She totally disappeared into oblivion...even though I will admit that she managed to hold on to a bevy of loyal fans. But come on! I'm sure even Kirk Cameron has a few diehards out there begging ABC to bring back "Growing Pains." Fiona needed a comeback...and she's getting one right now! I put her on the list because I felt she was deserving of a second chance. A Loggins and Messina comeback? Krystal-Ball predicts it's not gonna happen. You may be right about Boyz II Men though. I should have more Philly pride than that since I too have shared many a slow dance to their slow jams over the years. Thank you so much for reading the krystal-ball.

Mowtown Philly back again, KBall

PS: I like the soud of "blogmistress."

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