Rock Stars Did Not Invent Burning Out.

Julia Louis-dreyfus Is Just Perfect In 'veep.' She Gets To Show Off The Spiky Claws Beneath Her Patrician Finesse. The Obvious Way To Play 'veep' Would Be To Make Louis-dreyfus A Folksy Heroine, One With More Common Sense Or Populist Heart Than Her Enemies. But She Isn't One.

Big Star Invented A Vision Of Bohemian Rock & Roll Cool That Had Nothing To Do With New York, Los Angeles Or London, Which Made Them Completely Out Of Style In The 1970s, But Also Made Them An Inspiration To Generations Of Weird Southern Kids.

When You Stick A Song On A Tape, You Set It Free.

She Was The First Person On Either Side Of Her Family To Go To College, And She Held Herself To Insanely High Standards. She Worried A Lot About Whether She Was Good Enough. It Was Surprising To See How Relieved She Seemed Whenever I Told Her How Amazing She Was. I Wanted Her To Feel Strong And Free. She Was Beautiful When She Was Free.

We All Get As Miserable As Erika M. Andersen Sometimes, But We Rarely Approach Her Musical-ideas-per-miserable-minute Ratio.