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Neko Case is even cooler than I imagined

I always get in trouble with the ol' ball and chain when I talk about Neko Case because I can't help getting all giddy like a schoolgirl. But really, you need to read Pitchfork's interview with Neko. Sometimes the beauty of her songs make me forget about how dark and scary they can be. Like Star Witness, which is a song about an ugly murder:

"It was one of those things where there's gang violence and somebody gets shot right in front of you, and you live it and it's horrible. And, of course, it doesn't make the news because the kid is black. Nobody gives a shit except for his family, and you see how much nobody gives a shit and it's fucking heartbreaking. He wasn't even the kid they were looking to shoot. He was just some kid who they mistook for somebody else and they shot him. I saw it happen. I didn't make the song about me either. The song is pieces of different people but the event is in there."

The interview also has lots of not so grizzly bits about David Cross, Celine Dion, and her future with the New Pornographers.

MP3 Neko Case - Star Witness

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Posted by Mark Allen on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Comments (7)

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