Ashleigh Mannix - Big in Japan?

Any relation to the Uncanny X-Men frontman?

Been to the Folkus Room at the Italo Australian Club VG? it’s a big, big room.

Probably bigger than the ANU refectory which has hosted no-marks like Nirvana and The Cure.

I’m not saying she can fill the room, I don’t know that.

I have seen her live and yes, she is talented. However she is one of many in the ‘cutesy girl with a guitar’ genre.

She has been the ‘next big thing’ for at least the last 5 years. Based on that she isn’t the next big thing. If she was she wouldn’t be playing the Italo-Australian Club.

That reminds me of a Tom Waits song (it goes a little somethin’ like this):

I got the style but not the grace
I got the clothes but not the face
I got the bread but not the butter
I got the winda but not the shutter

But I’m big in Japan I’m big in Japan
But heh I’m big in Japan

I got the house but not the deed
I got the horn but not the reed
I got the cards but not the luck
I got the wheel but not the truck

But heh I’m big in Japan I’m big in Japan I’m big in Japan

etc