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From: dwelch@devnull.mpd.tandem.COM (Dan Welch)
Subject: Diamanda Galas -- my first listen
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After all the talk here on her, I decided to get one of her CDs, to
find out what it was all about.  I bought _The Divine Punishment and
The Saint of the Pit_.  After listening to the first half of _Punishment_,
I only have one word.

Terrifying.

I don't think I've been so scared (or riveted) since puberty taught me
what a wonderful thing my gonads were.  This is the first time that I've
ever experienced anything that made me feel I knew what Hell was really
like.

This woman has an amazing talent.  I'm not yet sure if I like it, but there
is no denying the reality of her recordings.  I eventually shut it off, both
because I felt I had to digest the album in smaller chunks and because my
girlfriend was looking at me like I was nuts.  (She didn't like it.)  When
my fists unclench I'll listen to the rest.

One question:  are all of her recordings religiously based?


Daniel Welch
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