Disclaimer: I’ve only watched the movie and not read the book. Please use a measure of grace when throttling me in your response.
Ladies, I’m going to need your help with this one. First, an admission; I watched Pride and Prejudice last night. On my own, it wasn’t with a group, or because of a girl, just because I wanted to know what the deal was with Mr. Darcy. To answer the question, why are so women taken with this character?
I’m sorry to be a dumb guy here, but I don’t get it. Why all the hype? He announces his affection for Elizabeth and is rejected but keeps his head in the game by doing things behind the scenes. She totally misjudges, and then puts him through the ringer. I don’t see how the book and movie are hailed as incredible. She dismisses him because he’s not good at communication. His silence or lack of disclosure is a put off to her. If I had a nickel for every time I miscommunicated with a woman… lets just say, I don’t think I’d be working. I’m not trying to be insensitive (even though I may be succeeding), I understand the idea of chase.
So please… help me out. What’s the deal? Why is Mr. Darcy the end all be all? Why is this story hailed as understanding the key to a woman?
It’s all about the music on this episode. This week features Beantown upstarts Francine. Their moody music tells such a story that I can’t stop listening to it. You may recognize their subtle grace from last season on “The O.C.” I was able to catch up with Clayton Scoble as the album was releasing and I can’t wait for you to hear it. Their latest release, Airshow is on Q Division and it’s heavenly. Also the Swedish genius that is the Acid House Kings joins us. Niklas and Johan talk with Dan from their tour stop at the DC9, They talk about touring and the best marketing tag line. On the music side, they’ve been compared to Belle and Sebastian, Kings of Convenience and Sondre Lerche. Twee pop or as we like to call it - really good, never made us want to dance around more. TwentySeven Records has made their latest Cd available with an additional karaoke DVD. (You know you want it)
Just launched in the last few days and it’s some wild stuff. Give it a peek.
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Henceforth…. or something.. I’m making an adjustment and I hope you would support it. In the coming weeks DanPortnoy.com will be adjusting to be more of a personal nature. Any regular posts on music or pop culture will now be moving over to The Drop Online.com so that what I’m doing is less segmented. The neat part is that I’m going to be joined by some additional writers to really add depth to the site. More on that soon.
Thanks,
Dan
