I don't really see how any album by any songwriter isn't self-indulgent. It's that particular someone's vision of art, life, whatever... and it's up to me to decide if I can appreciate their vision, or maybe more deeply, if their vision and mine intermingle in some fashion that is emotionally meaningful. Self-indulgent isn't a label that means anything much to me.
The videos Lindsey made for his Cradle songs were, I thought, a really welcome addition to rounding out the way he seems to be perceived a lot. He even said once that he knew that there was this general view of him as this hermetically sealed, always totally serious individual, but that he wasn't really. Those videos are funny and totally silly. I like 'em all quite a bit.
I think portions of Countdown were supposed to have been filmed in his house. Did I read that somewhere?? He's crawling down his own hallway, I believe...climbing his own tree...dancing in his backyard.
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