phlawless

Aaagh. I was once introduced to her at a party in Manhattan, and came away with the impression that she seemed very 'brittle' and not particularly interested about anyone else's feelings. I do understand that our life circumstances shaped us all, but in that that interaction I was so very switched-off that I gave up on any notion of music-geek conversation with her. Darn shame; in many ways she was also somewhat of a personal heroine.

'Anger and meanness': oh yes, that does seem to be the usual current of discourse.