Speaking of Noise
I've finally gotten around to listening to the Rykodisc reissue of the first Meat Puppets album - with 18 (!) bonus tracks - and I'm really digging it but I forgot how brutal it is at times. For those on the list who find Freakwater unlistenable - I'd be curious how long you'd listen to this before ripping it out of the CD player. Now, I realize that the Meat Puppets wave(d) their punk flag much higher than Freakwater ever has but I've always thought of both bands as rock and roll bands with country tendencies. Tony - who once upon a time lived on a steady diet of the Germs, Void, Discharge, Venom, Throbbing Gristle, SPK, James Chance and the Contortions, Half Japanese, and a boatload of other noise. Tony Lombardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] n.p. - Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets
Bar Code Sticker Annoyance
I don't know what annoys me most - the broken cd case phenomena, the plastic wrapping frustration (opening it), the tearing off the bar code scanner sticker overlaying the cd, or the dreade dhidden bonus track that typically young bands think it's cool to do still, years after the technology is no longer novel. I'll definitely second the annoyance of the bar code sticker. There seems to be a large variation in the quality of these stickers. Some (very few) come off easily and in one or two pieces. On the other side of the spectrum, there are those stickers that absolutely refuse to come off in less than 25 small pieces and insist on leaving behind a sticky residue. Most are somewhere in between. For the longest time, I really loved the way that Rounder did it. My memory is a little fuzzy, but somehow their packaging had the bar code sticker as part of the cellophane wrapping and not actually stuck to the case. Alas, they seemed to have stopped this practice sometime in the last year or so because everything I've bought from them recently has the sticker stuck to the case. They were the only label that I am aware of that did packaging like that. Does anybody know why they stopped? Of course my favorite CD packaging does not have a bar code sticker at all... (I know, I know, there are good reasons for it). Tony Lombardi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jo Dee Messina?
I've got tickets to see Vince Gill this summer. This will be my first time seeing Gill and I'm really looking forward to it - "The Key" was my second favorite CD last year (Dave Alvin's was number one). I just found out that Jo Dee Messina is opening up. Anybody know anything about her? The only song she does that I'm familiar with is "Bye Bye", which is a catchy enough pop song. I gather from the lack of talk about her here, though, that her music is nothing special, but I thought that I'd ask. Tony Lombardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] np: Avengers - Died for Your Sins
