The Caps Busting in Air
BG writes in after a brief absence:
Dread and Awful Czar –
You write, “The pop star hyper-coloratura version is the worst way to do it. “
I must beg to differ. It is the worst way that it has been done. But it is decidedly not the worst way to do it.
If a pop star hyper-coloratura version is acceptable today – and to many people it is, damn their souls – then it’s just a matter of time before we get a hip-hop version.
You’ve been warned.
The Czar sees two possibilities with this:
1. Jeez, anything different is good at this point. If done right, it could be innovative and memorable.
2. Holy crap, you’re right! What were we thinking?
Time will tell. And BG bets it will tell pretty soon.
Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.