Exactly, man. The facts is the facts. Hell, I went right out and I bought a
pistol right after I heard "Gun" because I worship Uncle Tupelo. And that's
not all - when Anodyne came out I rented a car and drove to the New Madrid
fault and slept there for a few days in my flannel t-shirt and blue jeans. I
then went out a bought a house with a screen door so, I, too, could have my
friends over to sing. We would all have our whiskey bottles with us and
bitch about the boss and how we just couldn't rip ourselves from our
hometown. Those guys SPOKE to me man. They were real. They knew the struggle
of farming, just like I did.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Gerard Roll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)
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>On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
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>> ps I think Jim might have taken my post a little bit wrong, because, I'll
>> admit, it didn't have a great deal to do with Tera's post that was copied
>> in that message. Her post just indirectly sparked those thoughts; I
>> wasn't necessarily challenging her argument.
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>Perhaps. I just find it frustrating that there is a debate as to whether
>on a concrete level, UT/Son Volt/Wilco can be associated with the origin
>of the Americana/No Depression/Alternative Country movement.
>
>To me it is a no brainer. And it seems highly relevant that both the No
>Depression Magazine and the Listserves 'Postcard' and the offspring
>'Postcard2' are all directly related to UT songs and albums.
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>I AM NOT CONDONING OR JUDGING THE QUALITY OR INTEGRITY OF THESE BANDS,
>MAGAZINES, OR ASSOCIATIONS, OR ADOPTING THEM FOR MYSELF. JUST
>ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY EXIST FOR MANY (NOT ALL) PEOPLE.
>
>I am defintely done with this topic.
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>-Jim
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