Girl Talk

So I was listening to my new favorite NPR show The Bryant Park Project last week (which was designed to be and clearly comes across as a morning show for people in their 20s). Apparently it started last fall with Allison Stewart (I'm sure I'm not the only one to remember her from MTV news) and Luke Burbank (he guest panelists on WaitWait every now and then). But the internets say he quickly left, then Rachel Martin was on as co-host, making them the first NPR (morning?) show with 2 female hosts. Yay for girls talking.

Then suddenly, Allison popped out a kid so she's on maternity leave; Rachel is apparently onto bigger and better and video-er things. Meanwhile, new(?)/temporary host Mike Pesca did a segment on artist GirlTalk. Then I read about it on PopWatch. Then I downloaded the album.

It's kind of the musical equivalent of the "someone takes drugs" segment in Requiem For A Dream when there are 100+ edits in 15 seconds or whatever it is. It also feels very Stuff White People Like: "I want to hear rappity men do their thing, but over interesting and comforting background beats like Avril Lavigne singing Girlfriend or Ace of Base All That She Wants Is Another Baby." Overall it's really fun though, and could easily be thrown on for an hour at a summer party when someone complains how they want to dance.