Thursday, March 14, 2019

"Apocalipstick"


        I learned about this rock album on the radio a couple years ago.  I never heard any of the music or words on it, but the title amuses and provokes me.

       The interviewer told Cherry Glazerr, the female singer and band leader on the recording, "I like the word play, but any other particular significance?"  She said "No."  "OK," he said, "Fine."

       But that perfect binding of the two words "apocalypse" and "lipstick" says it all, or at least suggests plenty!  The end of the world yoked to something specific, personal, intimate, feminine, the opposite of horrendous world-ending images.  Or maybe not?  Who will bring about the apocalypse?  Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmmm!   Some say after that cataclysm, evil will be defeated, good triumphant.  Possibilities?  Nice.  Challenging.  "Apocalipstick."    


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