Jill Cunniff
Mercury Lounge
March 11th
Although Austin's annual South By Southwest music eggstravaganza sounds like the grandest event of the year, I doubt I'll ever go. It's not that I have anything against rockin out with my cockin out in the great state of Tejas, but there's this thing called the NCAA Tourney that commences over the same weekend, and lettuce be honest, it trumps everything, including HJs, BJs, and seeing The Zico Chain in some sweaty bar! Anywho, lucky number slevin for me that a lot of these bands and musicians stop by NYC before heading south by southwest (ha!). Over the next three nights, I'm catching three of these acts, starting with ex-Luscious Jackson lead Jill Cunniff
I cannot pinpoint when I fell in love with Jill Cunniff, but I can tell you that its been a love that has lasted almost 15 years, and a love that will last another 15 years, if not 1,500 years! While I've basically been out of the Luscious Jackson loop since their '96 release
Fever In Fever Out, I've never forgotten the hottness that is JC. And after catching one of her first solo gigs, at the Merc, I muss say that this mother of two is hottier than ever. Even hottier than
Pat Summitt AND your moms!
Jill is not only hot, but she's got the voice of an angel... the HOTTIEST ANGEL MT EVEREST!!! While her singing chops defined the sound of Luscious Jackson, Luscious Jackson did not define her. Take away the phat beats, as she did with then keyboardist Vivian Trimble for the side project
Kostars and their one fab album
Klassics With A 'K', and you will see who's the most luscious of them all! Well, 12 long years after that side project, Jill finally has dropped her first solo album, the simple, fun and breezy
City Beach. While most may find it all too mellow, I say give it a try, I say that you should say HELLO!
'Happy Warriors' [
d]
what, you want something juss as simple, but with mo beats?
try this on for thighs
'Starz In Their Eyes' [
d]
Oh, you wanted to know about the show? She was hot and so were her tunes. I want to make love to her and I want to make love to her music. And since tits impossible to make love to music I guess I'll settle on making love while her music plays in the background!
