Woman-Size: Female Image-Making and PJ Harvey
A raw video of a diminutive woman howling “I’m the king of the world!” and nearly eating the camera was a welcome assault on late-night TV. It’s why I stayed up on a school night.
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Posts Tagged: Rid of Me
PJ Harvey Tuesday #2: “Rid of Me”
“I very much wanted to write songs that shocked,” PJ Harvey recently told Spin about her early career. “All I wanted to do was shock with my artwork. When I wrote ‘Rid of Me,’ I shocked myself.”
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It may be hard to believe, but neither you nor your favorite ’90s albums are teenagers anymore. To celebrate the 20th (!) anniversary of PJ Harvey’s seminal sophomore effort Rid of Me, Spin talked to Harvey, her bandmates, and their legendary producer Steve Albini for an oral history of the record’s creation. A small preview: At that time, […]
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