This evening I listened to a CD by Tanika Tikaram. It was one of the ones I had snagged at the library book sale. I'd never heard of this artist, couldn't tell from the cover photo if she was male or female (female), didn't know what kind of music to expect. But because of the exotic name, as well as the title of the CD, "Ancient Heart", I was expecting something international or meditative, maybe chanting and droning with drums, something along those lines.
Nope. She's sort of a pop singer/songwriter, with a very ordinary voice, and not particularly deep, insightful, nor poetical lyrics. It was for this sort of artistic experience that the term 'meh' was invented. I don't mean to dismiss her too callously. She did get a CD made, after all, and wrote all the songs herself. But still, meh.
The other Something New today was a bowl of cold cucumber soup at a friend's house. Probably very healthy, and the other friend at table seemed to really enjoy it and even asked for the recipe. But for me, meh. The rest of dinner was terrific, and the conversation as we dined was far-ranging and full of fun and deep thoughts alike. And that made the evening very much not meh.
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