i need a stage name

if in the end it turns out that we actually get reincarnated, i'd really like come back as the next fiona apple.

let's pause for a moment to give her appropriate kudos for songs like "shadowboxer," "criminal" and "never is a promise."

who doesn't like her? selected as one of their 2006 top 99 women, askmen.com said "this waify singer/pianist may seem jaded, but if that's what has made her music as introspective and powerful as it is, then she can vent to us any day." certainly. of course, her 1997 VMA acceptance award - albeit childish - secretly makes me laugh to think of it ("this world is bullshit, and you shouldn't model your life on what you think that we think is cool, and what we're wearing and what we're saying," she proclaimed, and then proceeded to quote maya angelou).

i also like her because shadowboxer popped into my itunes in the moment i lost the blog i had just finished writing but had yet to publish. much to my roommate's great pleasure, i'm sure, her voice made prevented me from raging against this machine (it is, after all, katherine's computer).

seriously, if you don't have the tidal album yet, buy it asap. you don't want to wait for me to be reborn, find a sassy stage name and make it big. it may be awhile.