Oh Jamie Kelly, You Bitch!
The Missoulian’s Jamie Kelly turns in a comically conflicted Elton John concert review.
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The Missoulian’s Jamie Kelly turns in a comically conflicted Elton John concert review.
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14 April, 2008 at 3:05 pm
When I was a junior at UM, I took a class in environmental history from Dan Flores. Towards the end of the semester I wrote a paper that was a scathing review of The Monkey Wrench Gang. At some point during the writing process I convinced myself I didn’t have the experience or gravitas it takes to tear apart Edward Abbey. I backed off, ending my assignment with a lame, “…but it’s a good book, regardless.”
Dan gave me a B. Under the grade he wrote, “This could have been an A paper, but you chickened out at the end. Too bad.”
Jamie, you get a B.
14 April, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Thanks, Rebecca. I think it’s funny that the Missoulian sent two reporters (Nickell and Kelly) to review a show — obviously it would be the same show — that just went down six months ago. I think it’s funny that Nickell called it a rock concert (ha) and that Jamie Kelly couldn’t directly say, in a family newspaper, what he apparently really wanted to say: that these big touring shows (from Brad Paisley to Elton John) are basically (however predictably enjoyable they may be for the masses) hit-and-run jobs (”staged, deliberate, rehearsed, repetitive”).
6 May, 2008 at 3:59 pm
[...] just a few weeks ago. One of our local reporters, Jamie Kelly, gave Sir Elton’s performance a less-than-stellar review. If Jamie was in the audience at the Adams last night, I don’t think he could say the same of [...]