ocr: LORI LARSON: A GOLDEN PALIMINO RUNS WILD about the melancholy nature of her work, she still hates answering the question saying it's like "being ordered to smile by a stranger on the street. - But if she had to explain the discrepancy between her upbeat self and downbeatlyrics, it would be simply this: writing sad songs makes her happy. And it's this sort of contradiction thatmakes Carson's music So engrossing. While theidea oflistening to a bunch of songs about tainted love and broken dreams may sound rather unpleasant, Everything ITouch is as compelling and paintully satistying as popping a ...
