Whether it was as the guitarist who created the gothic-western landscape of Shiva Burlesque 20 years ago, the even bigger guitar sound of Grant Lee Buffalo that rode herd in the ’90s (while he screwed up his courage to get his feet wet as a singer) or his current solo career (a wonderfully diverse summation of most everything that’s come before), Grant-Lee Phillips has become a consummate musician. Little Moon (Yep Roc) is the kind of record you keep playing until the songs refuse to go away, even long after you’ve switched off the electronics. Phillips is guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week, Read our Q&A with him.
Phillips: Tinker Bell, Disney’s 2008 modern animated film, is my daughter’s favorite movie of all time, and I must admit that I like it, too. It plays on an endless loop in our house—and I also play it for my daughter. I like the message in the story: that girls can solve problems and claim their power in the world, and that they don’t need the kiss of a prince to do so. Too many fairy tales tend to fixate on romance, which is waaaay down the road, thank you. Dads, back me up. Tinker Bell is a world that exists among the twigs and the leaves and the little things, a place where kids spend a lot of time. Video after the jump.
