“Nellie McKay is awful because she's cute-- gratingly cute, the cutest drama chick in high school, just 19 years old and already writing sharper tunes than, well, most girls her age who write pop songs. Then there's that 1950s-era kitsch cover photo of McKay wearing an adorable red coat that matches her lipstick, and orchestral arrangements that circle her piano with sweet pippy strings and flute t”
