Unearthed.In Flight * Linda Perry * Kill Rock Stars Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States, though it will be moving some of its operations to New York City and Portland, Oregon in 2007. Today, songwriter-producer Linda Perry is one of the most sought-after collaborators in pop music, having scored huge hits with Pink and Christina Aguilera. But back in 1996 the lesbian alt-rocker was the bride, not a bridesmaid; after her chart-topping band, 4 Non Blondes ("What's Up?"), split up, her solo debut, In Flight, was issued by a major label--and vanished like Amelia Earhart. Reissued a decade on, the album bears the gloomy stamp of its era but also hints at Perry's future accomplishments. Despite the grim character of the booze-soaked "Life in a Bottle" and soul-searching "Success," there's no denying their hooks. Perry shows the quieter, purring purring a physiologically very complicated, semi-automatic, cyclic, controlled respiration involving alternating activity of the diaphragm and intrinsic laryngeal muscles in cats. The frequency of the alternation is about 25 times per second. side of her distinctive pipes on "Too Deep," but the big prizes are "Knock Me Out," a scenery-chewing tour de force with Grace Slick, and "Fruitloop Daydream," a freaky freak·y adj. freak·i·er, freak·i·est 1. Strange or unusual; freakish. 2. Slang Frightening. freak parade of colorful characters a la Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" delivered with a jaunty jaun·ty adj. jaun·ti·er, jaun·ti·est 1. Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk. 2. Crisp and dapper in appearance; natty. 3. Archaic a. Stylish. b. Genteel. vaudevillian vaude·vil·lian n. One, especially a performer, who works in vaudeville. vaude·vil  lian adj.Noun 1. twist. |
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