RE: Japanese hipsterism....
NW wrote: Got me thinking, anyone know who the most popular Japanese artist in US history might be? I can't think of anyone beyond Cibo Matto, who, by virtue of being on a major label, might win this pony race. Whoa, let's not forget about the 80's Japanese metal band Loudness. derek
RE: Clip: The state of country radio
From: Mike Hays Not aware of what her lounge singing consisted of in Canada, but before she met Mutt she did a pretty decent straight ahead country CD which if I remember correctly, received critical acclaim but little commercial acceptance as it came out just as the POP boom in country was exploding. Yes, but was this the pre-Mutt Lange Shania, or post? If it was pre, then she was only allowed to contribute one or maybe two songs of her own. Her lounge singing BTW, consisted of Gloria Gainer etc. type songs. Derek
RE: Clip: The state of country radio
From: Jon Weisberger More to the point, though, the CMF's new Encyclopedia of Country Music says that 1) she came to Nashville with a tape and hooked up with Shedd there, Well shame on me then for watching and believing what I see on VH1, but according to their report, she was singing away doing her lounge act while Mr Shedd just happened to be in the audience. As reported by Mr. Shedd in the segment, he approached Shania and asked her to please come back to Nashville with him. 2) "by her teens she was a veteran of Canadian country TV shows," which suggests that her background wasn't solely pop. I never meant to suggest that her background was "solely" pop (which I know it kinda came off sounding like), but according to Terry's post (which got me started), he was dissapointed in Shania for her desertion of "real country." I just don't see it that way. It's not as if she had some long struggle as an unknown country artist, then only to make it to the top and totally do a 180, thus leaving her throngs of long devoted country fans in the dust. Now if Terry was simply saying that he liked Shania better as a "real country" performer, than the pop diva she's now becoming, then I can understand that. Derek
RE: Reading between the lines
Nancy wrote: Derek, Paul, whoever, darlin, ya'll - calm down. I don't think I ever once mentioned that people who drive SUV's were assholes. First, I should have put one of those big G thingys in there, but ... I didn't mean to infer that you were calling anyone an asshole. It was meant more as a general sarcastic statement to all those who so far have had nothing but ill things to say about SUV's (and punching shots at the type of people who own them). This wasn't a reply to you as much as it wast to the thread. Seeing that Mr. Purcell was the only one to come forward as owning an SUV, I felt the need to join him. Your post just happened to be the one coming out when I got the urge. I don't want to piss List Daddy Yates off anymore with this topic. Derek
RE: Question about TV bands
How about HR Puffin Stuff. Didn't they have a little band going? I also believe that Sigmund and Seamonsters rocked it out a few times. Derek
RE: Question about TV bands
The Jetson's featured the family in a band, right? I think they were called the "Way Outs". The Jetsons did have the "Way Outs," as well as "Jet Screamer." Andeven though I don't remember the name of the cartoon band in the Flintstones, I do remember part of the song. "In Bedrock, twitch, twitch.." Fred Flinstone was also doing a little solo act as "Hi Fi" Can you hear em Grab'em, nab'em Listen to them Rock, Listen to them sing Oh the Humming Bird is singing somethin somethin psst Wilma did ya hear? I heard Hi Fi is a square (made with hand gesture) Derek
RE: Question about TV bands
scene from that episode in which Barney drops the bowling ball in Fred's foot,a nd thus, creates "The Frantic." Which was soon followed by the "Flinstone Flop" later in the episode. D
RE: Yiddish URL??
Well, This link will put you to a Yiddish dictionary for travelers, but it should be helpful for basic words or sayings: http://www.travlang.com/languages/cgi-bin/langchoice.cgi?page=mainlang1 =englishlang2=yiddish And this site from here in Philadelphia at UPENN has a dictionary etc... http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/german/yiddish/ Good luck, Derek http://www.buckdiaz.com No yiddish on this site.
