Re: Robbie Fulks and Jet

[stuart]

Don Yates wrote:

 . the divine Neko Case (who's playing the Tractor
 Tavern on March 11).--don

  Also found this on the Mint site.  When *is* this shaping up as a
masterpiece gonna be out?


 NEKO CASE
  Furnace Room Lullaby!

  Neko Case is currently in the midst of putting the finishing touches on her new
  album, a record that has seen her hop between studios east and west. In
  November, Neko made tracks for Toronto, working on duets and recordings
  with all-star backing from Wilco's Bob Egan, Ron Sexsmith, Brian Connelly
  (formerly of Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet), Dallas Good and Travis
  Good of Bloodshot Recording Artists The Sadies, Henry Sangalang, Matt
  Murphy of The Superfriendz, and the Rheostatics' Don Kerr at the Gas
  Station studio.

  Neko then returned to Vancouver to complete her follow-up to "The
  Virginian," tentatively titled "FURNACE ROOM LULLABY." The album is
  being produced by newsy Darryl Neudorf, and will feature an array of great
  musicians and vocalists, handpicked by Ms. Neko Case - including Evan
  Johns, Kelly Hogan, Carl Newman, Ford Pier, Linda MacRae, Carolyn
  Mark, Rose Melberg - as well as her established band-mates John Ramburg,
  Joel Trueblood and Scott Betts. By all reports, the new album is shaping up
  to be a masterpiece!

  Neko's next scheduled live performance will take place at this year's South
  By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, March 17-21, 1999. Catch
  Neko wailin' out the hits at the Jazz Bon Temps Room, Saturday, March 20,
  at 11:00 p.m.

Re: Robbie Fulks and Jet

[Don Yates]

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, lance davis wrote:

 BTW: does anyone in the Pacific Northwest know if the band the Model
 Rockets are extant?? They used to do a great cover of this song, which
 got me to thinking of their Cheap Trick-ish selves.
 
They still occasionally play around town.  Lead MR John Ramberg has also
been busy backin' up the divine Neko Case (who's playing the Tractor
Tavern on March 11).--don

Re: Robbie Fulks and Jet

[lance davis]

OK, OK, finally I just have to ask "WHY?!!!"  I just don't get it.  Why do
people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called alt.country bands
to do covers of godawful cheesy rock songs?  Why do people respond to these
more than they do to the, OK, I'm going to say it, "real" songs?

Dina

Never one to pass up an opportunity to state the obvious, I believe the
answer to this one is, "Because it sounds good." Covers can be fun, ya know,
and I believe that's just as important as earnestness or "keeping it real."
And as far as "Jet" is concerned, I think this song is actually one of his
finest moments in and out of the Fabs. BUT, aside from his first album and
Band on the Run--neither of which are flawless masterpieces, anyway--don't
even get me started on the guy.

BTW: does anyone in the Pacific Northwest know if the band the Model Rockets
are extant?? They used to do a great cover of this song, which got me to
thinking of their Cheap Trick-ish selves.

Lance . . .