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"So I could totally go to prison for saying this, but Taylor Hanson is a *saucy*
little dumpling. The music is enthralling, and the vocals literally amazing. If Billboard
thought that Taylor's voice in TTA was jaw dropping, this is going to cause heart
attacks." "Excuse me while I retract my claws, because the reason I'm finally getting down to talking about MOE is because I'm just bursting with glowing commentary on it, ranging from Taylor's super-artsy cover photo to the cutesy "MOEllenium" teaser. Whoever put this together has a great eye for design, and whoever wrote the articles has an evil little sense of humor. Two whopping hooves up!" Haphazard: Briefs from the Front The Meeting (part 3) What, TTA Doesn't Stand for Teenies Travel Around? (added 9/18/00) "To express the magnitude of the wonder that was the September 16th show at the Tower Theater, you'd have to take "worth it" and multiply it by itself several thousand times. It was spectacular. It was amazing. It was leaps and bounds more enjoyable than the Albertane tour (although perhaps the comparison is a bit to apples/oranges for comfort); it was maybe the best show I've ever seen. When the two hour-plus set ended I hesitantly shuffled out of the classically ornate building unsure if I wanted to cry, laugh, or maybe just get "I love Hanson" tattooed on my forehead." I See London, I See France, I Saw Taylor Hanson's... (added 6/7/00) "Some review of This Time Around listed off the various things we could be grateful that Hanson hadn't done during their time off: buy wind machines, dance lessons, or matching white jump suits. And yes, these things are indeed suitable to invoke grateful heavenward glances, but are absolutely nothing compared to the things we have to be thankful that Hanson *did* do--learn to do rock." Tulsa: The Hometown Perspective "Good old llama, still being in "omygosh I'm in Tulsa" related shock, just sort of stood there. In retrospect I must have looked really dumb, because I was right in front of him but didn't really want a signature, I just wanted to watch. Finally, after about five minutes of me looking like a bizarre Bottecelli carving, Jess inquired if I would be asking John for an autograph sometime in that century. " Letter to the inner teenie: Strategy is the key! "The above is the accumulated knowledge of the Montreal trio. We hope you use it for good, not for evil, and we wish you the best of luck in your quest to meet Hanson. May the force be with you!" Montreal: The Other Perspective "The charming woman behind the computer screen calmly informed us that there were 3 seats in the 7th row that had yet to sell. Jaw, meet floor. Floor, meet jaw. The Molson employee demonstrated with the nearest wall that we would be "this far from the stage," causing the three of us to exchange glances contorted with disbelief. " Hanson, heights, and humiliation and (It's Been a Year Now) "I had just officially gone from superteenie to supergeek as I stood there, mere inches away from the inspiration for hundreds of pages of my writings. At least a superteenie would have had the presence of mind to do something constructive: propose, or scream, or something. " Great Woods: The Backstage Perspective "Amusingly enough, when we had been in the bathroom seconds before joining the line to get backstage there had been comments made about our stunning appearances. If I recall correctly one was: "Now we totally will meet Hanson, and they'll probably turn us away we look so scary." Two pictures up and more coming! Tulsa Time: A llama's point of view "It is easy to sense the newness of T-town, to feel that it has been carved by past generations of settlers, but is still free from the calcification of centuries that stiffens the air in Boston and London, taking away the ability to feel human. If you watch closely you fairly see it grow. Everywhere on its outskirts are briskly busy construction sights, pushing back rural frontiers and perhaps dragging Tulsa one step closer to that cookie cutter world of which Hanson speak." A slew of pictures and reflections posted on the occasion of the llama's second trip to Tulsa in honor of Mayfest '99. Transcript of Hanson.net's Second Anniversary Video "Ike: (Who has been speaking pretty much this whole time, a low, indistinguishable rumble in the background.) Thank you guys for all your support, for sticking around, for making this site as awesome as it is. Thanks for all your activity. (Blah blah blah, I may be saying I know where Jimmy Hoffa’s grave is, but you can’t tell because I’m not annunciating.) We’ve enjoyed the last two years." A Pit Stop on the Road to Albertane "For some reason, when I was a fifteen-year-old girl the antics of fifteen-year-old boys held little charm. I was much more impressed by the kind of boy fifteen year old girls should not only not be impressed by, but should also be avoiding at all costs. But now that I've reached the advanced age of 22 the pleasures of things like miniature golf, playing with my food, and video games have come floating back into my subconscious… along with an odd fondness for waterfights. " Tulsa Tokoyo and the Middle of Nowhere moments of note "2 Naked ladies in the background! When the boys are in the studio singing that "nonono" song the wall behind them has some sketchy pictures on it. One is some blonde chick totally naked with other pictures scotch taped over her... ahem... chest. The other is on the other wall, it's a dark haired woman and looks a wee bit more arty and less exposing than the first." Intellectual Stalking (1/01) "I couldn't say when it began, but at some point in fansonhood, many of us started investigating things we knew the boys liked. I think it was yet another unapologetically feeble attempt to figure out what made them tick, and over time it's inspired many of us to try things that would normally be out of our realm of experience. Which is good. Right?" "The book also has some nitty-gritty about the making of videos and other such important topics. Each song to be found on the Hanson album is given a brief treatment, including inspiration and story line. The most amusing category included here would have to be “Weep/Sap o’ meter,” which ranges from a low of zero for a song about a dying relationship called Speechless to a high of 10 for With You in Your Dreams. “Got a tissue handy?” Asks the author. “Got several?” (Uh... no. Thanks anyway.) This song is described as having been written for their dying Grandmother. (Okay, maybe just one tissue). Form her point of view. (Fine! Gimme the box!) " "The lack of any acceptable, quantitative, form of girl power extends far beyond this. Throughout the candid tidbits of the girls dispersed informally within their first long-form video assertions like "we don't talk about girl power, we live it," run rampant. It seems almost inevitable that no sooner do these words pass the lips of a Spice Girl than the camera will pan away and cut to a shot of an intense make-up session, or perhaps an attractive shot of one of the girls macking on a male crew member. " Everything I need to know I learned from NKOTB "Screaming girls, sold out concert tours, videos and biographies on the the top of the chart. Hanson, you think? Well, sure. But first there was another band, and another dream drempt by other dreamers. In 1990 Big Step productions and the New Kids released a group of dolls patterned after the then-gods of the teen scream scene; the dolls were twelve inches of molded plastic that bore nothing more than the most passing of resemblences to the actual band members, but offered Barbie a viable alternative to stuffy old Ken. As part of a charming package deal, along with the figures came audio tapes, proudly labeled "personal feelings," in which a nausiatingly energetic female interviewer asked deeply probing questions of the boys. These tapes and the question and answer sessions contained within, have pretty much become a paint by numbers for the pre-fab groups of the nineties." |
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