In a message dated 3/1/99 10:18:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Make up, Fire, Heavy Metal, Glam,
Spitting Blood, The Comic Book,
Kiss, come'on didn't Alice Copper do much of this before Kiss... As far as
"Glam," David Bowie, even Mot the Hoople I think, was there before Kiss. I
lived in
went to a wedding last year that jesse played at, yeow, mighty fine tunes for
a wedding!!!
dave
Hey there,
Dina 'Gundy' Gunderson
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
I picked up What I Deserve yesterday, and from the first couple of spins
I like it at least as much as Bang Bang (up til now my favorite of her
records). It's more uptempo than I'd been led to expect, and the record
sounds like it should get played all over the radio. All this and some
tasty
At 12:39 AM 3/2/1999 Carl Z. wrote:
Anyone have tour dates for her?
Yup. Sorry for the ugly formatting, off Pollstar.
Now I gotta figure out which show to travel to...
03/06/99
Houston
TX
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just wondering whether Jesse Taylor made any "best" lists for his
fine work over the years (the strong arm of the acoustic guitar
world)? If you've ever seen him with Ely you know how his ability
to shape a song is unmatched.
Well, he certainly figures in my
Keith Beck writes:
While looking up a movie in a video guide, I came across this entry:
HILLBILLIES IN A HAUNTED HOUSE(1967)
Unbelievably bad mishmash of country corn and horror humor. 88m
Director:Jean Yarborough
Cast:Ferlin Huskey, Joi Lansing, Don Bowman, John Carradine, Lon
Chaney Jr.,
That assumes that Buckner has word-of-mouth "street
cred," but wouldn't the word-of-mouth say that his word is MUCH MORE
creative than whatever spills out of your cakehole? I don't get it, like I
said, in the small picture. In the big picture it's obvious. "Hey,
Fuckface!
You're not in your
Was perusing Richard Carlin's "The Big Book of Country Music" (Penguin
Press, 1995) last night. Man, this book is chock full of provocative
judgments about country music and its past -- enough stuff to launch
hundreds of lengthy threads about such things as country vs. pop,
production, the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Neil writes: Not even close. Seger made some great great music way back
when.
GAG!
Great compared to what, REO Speedwagon? g When you look in the rock
dictionary under "over hyped, bombastic and silly" there's a picture of
Seger and nothing else. Next!
Jim,
Matt Benz wrote:
Which weren't really being played, i don't think: they were just held by
the back up singers. That was truly a terrible performance, awful song
(we ran the close captioning, so we could catch the lyrics: one of the
lines is about changing hair color: now *that's*
Iain Noble wrote:
Looks like I have a good chance on interviewing Ringo and trying to get ready.
Anyone have any ideas on "different" questions to ask him other than the same
old crap?
Thanks in advance for any tips, I have a feeling I will have to remind myself
to not drool, so I want to
-Original Message-
From: Gary Grismore [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 6:09 PM
To: passenger side
Subject: Re: Bob o the sovines update
Great news Matt! Does this mean we're no longer collecting a
donation? I'd
still be happy to contribute - just
In a message dated 3/2/99 6:04:18 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
While looking up a movie in a video guide, I came across this entry:
HILLBILLIES IN A HAUNTED HOUSE(1967)
Unbelievably bad mishmash of country corn and horror humor. 88m
Director:Jean Yarborough
Cast:Ferlin
Someone wondered if
anybody else had gotten hot-shot bluegrass players to work with them -- so
I've got to mention Dan Fogelberg, who in the 80s got a who's who of
bluegrass knights to back him on a record. Forgettable songs, generic
muzac-ified bluegrass, if I remember correctly.
Some of
I believe she's the woman who played the main female character in Jim
Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise." I think I remember reading something
about her father being a jazz musician, but I could have been halucinating.
I also seem to remember reading something about her releasing a CD.
Jamie
Barry Mazor wrote:
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
Reply to: Re: Esther ???
Her name is Eszter Balint.
Jamie DePolo wrote:
I believe she's the woman who played the main female character in Jim
Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise." I think I remember reading something
about her father being a jazz musician, but I could have been
Kelly's web site kellywillis.com currently has dates for March and April. She will
be touring w/ a new band (Amy Farris, Rafael Goyel and Jerry Holmes) and all April
dates have Bruce Robison opening (how convenient).
A bunch of us NY P2'ers are already warming up the car for our April 22 road
Barry says,
And bonus 3:
It is a passing peculiarity of the late 90s that it passes for ultrahip to
celebrate the most addlebrained and plain dull pop pablum of years gone by,
at the deliberate expense of what somebody's older brother with taste
liked. So you scream for Karen Carpenter and
I think something got distorted below here, at least I *think* so
Lance wrote this in sympathy w/ my painful live Buckner experience
(painful due to the gabbers right up front with me);
That assumes that Buckner has word-of-mouth "street
cred," but wouldn't the word-of-mouth say
Jeff Sohn wrote:
Kelly's web site kellywillis.com currently has dates for March and
April.
When she was on Crook Chase (what a goofy-ass show) last week, she said
she was going to be touring Europe later in the spring.
--
Tom Mohr
at the office: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
at the home: [EMAIL
5. Steve Earle Del McCoury TX 62
^^
I'll bet that's news to Del'n'em - being TX artists, I mean.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Shane asked:
BoudinDan mentions in his fine playlist: ...the new Elvis set called
"Sunrise."
When did this come out? What's on it? Is it a box set?
It's a double-CD in one of those flip cases, released a couple of weeks ago.
Basically, it's The Sun Sessions plus - the plus being a number of
Has anyone heard of any of these bands? What kind of music do they play?
This is supposedly a lineup for a Jazz festival that someone is questioning
me on and I don't think I recognize any of them.
Anybody? Thanks,
Jim, still smilin'
Gin
Draga
Hall St. Honkers
Jean Kittrell
Wooden Nickel
Buck
although I believe that Steve is from San Antonio
In a message dated 3/2/1999 10:03:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
5. Steve Earle Del McCoury TX 62
^^
I'll bet that's news to Del'n'em - being TX artists, I mean.
Jon
Here's the Richmond Times-Dispatch review of the Capital City Barn Dance
show Saturday night featuring Elena Skye and the Demolition String Band,
The Ghostrockets and Honky Tonk Confidential:
Monday, March 1, 1999
BY BILL CRAIG
Special Correspondent
For the
Jon Weisberger writes:
It's a double-CD in one of those flip cases, released a couple of
weeks ago. Basically, it's The Sun Sessions plus - the plus being
a number of live cuts from 1955, pre-Sun stuff and a couple of
alternate takes that didn't appear on The Sun Sessions. The
notes
There will probably be 27 different replies before this gets through but
Steve Earle is originally from Virginia.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
although I believe that Steve is from San Antonio
In a message dated 3/2/1999 10:03:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
5.
hmmm.was this the story about his grandfather sending dirt up to Virginia
so he'd be born with Texas soil beneath his feet? If so, you are correct,
thanks for the reminder! And if not, it's still a great story if anyone knows
all the details!
Kate
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There will
So I get back from England, where I saw nothing about the grammies, although
they had just awarded a bunch of Brits awards to musicians (?) I'd never
heard of, and I find a gazillion posts about the grammies. What the hell is
wrong witch you all? Does anybody take this industry crap
DRAGON THE PEN COMMUNICATIONS PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ìTHE DRAGONíS ROARî NOW HEARD ëROUND THE WORLD!
West Coast country and western and American roots music historian,
critic and journalist JANA PENDRAGON has begun a new column, THE
DRAGONíS ROAR, to be published in the online
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote:
ps in the Bobby Bare entry, he cites "Detroit City" as a seventies hit
by Bare. Did Bare record this tune twice, or did Carlin get it wrong?
I know Bare recorded this tune in the sixties.
Carlin got it wrong, certainly the "hit" part. The hit
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...anyway, if I'm reading you right Tera, don't worry about it, Lance
was simply writing in sympatico and telling me what I (or anyone) should
think about saying to the jabbermouths next time. At least that's what
I think he was saying, and
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
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Joyce Linehan wrote:
West Coast country and western and American roots music historian,
critic and journalist JANA PENDRAGON has begun a new column, THE
DRAGONíS ROAR, to be published in the online international journal of
arts and ideas, THE TOWER OF BABEL.
My
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED], asked:
Which reminds me, who's covered "Carrie Ann?" That's a good song.
I don't know who else has covered this song, but the Burns Sisters lifted the
melody from its chorus for "Far From My Home" on their last Rounder CD.
jim catalano
"Ferguson, Dan" wrote:
Jon wrote:
Oh, and finally, one thing that's bugging me half to death... Earle's
mentioned a number of times that Del and the guys brought back the use of
one mike, but speaking in terms of national acts, that honor (such as it is)
really belongs to Doyle Lawson.
Excerpts from recent postcards:
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?
Two reasons I think.
1. If you do like
At 08:50 AM 3/2/99 -0800, Don wrote:
My memory's a little shaky this morning, but isn't that the person who
wrote a letter to ND rippin' into ol' Cantwell about his negative critique
of Dwight's half-assed cover album? Just wonderin'.--don
You are correct, sir! I never would've remembered that
Whoops forgot to post the winner for Friday.
It was: Melinda Haire (Houston, TX)
'Ghosts of Hallelujah' is released on March 9 but is available for
pre-release sale on the site - www.allegro-music.com/gourds
I could care less about Cake, but Gloria Gaynor's original version is just
swell. Great song delivering a dead-serious message that no doubt
resonated with lotsa folks inside and outside of her intended audience.
I want to defend Cake here, who it seems some folks might wanna toss away as
On the other hand, at least Carlin bothers to have a countrypolitan entry.
That's more than can be said for the CMF's otherwise excellent Encylopedia
Of Country Music (well, not entirely otherwise--there's also no southern
gospel entry, let alone individual entries for the Blackwoods,
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, David Cantwell wrote:
And here I was going to attack that press release on its merits (She's
going to tackle "REAL CW and roots music"? Oh come on, won't this silly
distinction ever be discredited?; Cisco is "as physically charismatic as
a young Elvis Presley"? Let's
And while I'm at it, the snide remarks about Shania Twain's dress got
on my
nerves. It's one thing to criticize her music; another to apply a
double
standard to her stage clothes. What double standard? Imagine the same
exact
dress on Tina Turner. That double standard. Plus, the catty
At 11:18 AM -0600 on 3/2/99, David Cantwell wrote:
(She's going to tackle "REAL CW and roots
music"? Oh come on, won't this silly distinction ever be discredited?
You lost me there, David. Country may be roots music, but not all roots
music is country. Why's her distinction silly?
Bob
By the way, speaking of covers, the Del
McCoury Band did a great cover of Tom Petty's "Love Is A Long Road" on
Sessions at West 54th.
The first time I heard their version was on the televised portion of the
Opry a few years ago; that flat 7 chord jumped right out at me. It's on
their last
At 08:31 PM 3/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
Jennifer, who is going to scream for "Jet" at the top of her lungs when
Mr. Fulks hits town next month...
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
(now, who the hell is Pete Krebs?)
Portland singer-songwriter, asociated with Hazel, Golden Delicious and others.
This new album of his reminds me of the Young Fresh Fellows at times and
country rock at others. Hard to pinpoint why I set this apart from the pack,
but it just sounds fresher
Someone (sorry, missed the initial message) wrote:
> Why do people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called
> alt.country bands to do covers of godawful cheesy rock songs?
And Jeff Weiss responded:
> Secret confirmation that those godawful songs we all loved as kids
> aren't as
At 11:37 AM 3/2/99 -0600, you wrote:
You lost me there, David. Country may be roots music, but not all roots
music is country. Why's her distinction silly?
You're right, Bob, about roots and country. But I was referring to the
distinction between REAL and unreal. --david cantwell
NP: Kelly
Reply to: Re: Robbie Fulks/Cake
Warning! Mention of alternative rock not country to follow. Proceed with
caution!
I picked up Cake's Prolonging the Magic. And, IMHO, it's pretty fabulous. I think for
anyone who grew up on quirky alternative radio (Oingo Boingo, X, Wall of Voodoo,
At 12:32 PM 3/2/99 -0500, Jon wrote:
True enough about the individual entries, but I'll argue back a little bit
on the southern gospel thing; though there's no entry as such, there's some
discussion in the entry under gospel music (written by Charles Wolfe).
yeah I knew that. And it's better
At 09:15 AM 3/2/99 -0600, you wrote:
Has anyone heard of any of these bands? What kind of music do they play?
Just as a guess, I'd say you're looking at some sort of traditional jazz festival.
These are the bands of which I have heard, and my simple generalization about their
music:
Cats N
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Dave Purcell wrote:
If Jake London is out here still, he should forward his very fine
essay on covers to the list.
Speakin' of Jake and cool covers, he does a swell version of the Spinners'
"Games People Play."
Hi everyone. Did I miss anything good?
Nah. We've all
Hi folks,
Does anyone out there know the whereabouts of John Miller (recorded w/Rounder
and Blue Goose) or Peter Stampfel (Bottlecaps/HMR fame).
I thought I'd heard Miller on an E-Town show a while back and mentioned living
out on the West coast, true? I still play "Biding My Time" about once
After driving around the entire outerbelt searching for an elusive copy
of this album, I weaved my way back to the "impeccable indy store" and
of course found it. Learnin lessons the hard way here.
Anyway, I love the record, but am surprised to hear the tag team of
Yates and Weiss claim this
punk camp than the pop world. He's constantly alienating people at live gigs
by spouting off about something.
Well, that might make our SXSW party kinda fun.. or not.
Jeff
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At 12:54 PM 3/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
By the way, speaking of covers, the Del
McCoury Band did a great cover of Tom Petty's "Love Is A Long Road" on
Sessions at West 54th.
The first time I heard their version was on the televised portion of the
Opry a few years ago; that flat 7 chord jumped right
My vote for a Band to be Eradicated: Squeeze
Though I've drifted away from recent releases, "Pulling Mussels
from the Shell", "Black Coffee in Bed", etc. were such a part
of my college dating/dancing soundtracks, that I must cry "Nay!"
"When the Hangover Strikes" and "If I Didn't Love You" are
And you're rude and disgusting. What a vile mouth you have! How dare you
flame another poster that way.
It is not funny! Who do you think you are? I've read your self-important
postings lo these past months and I cannot believe that anyone could put up
with your long, I-AM-GOD self-righteous
Howdy,
Dern. I thought y'all were talking about a new Richard Scary book or
something...
Take care,
Shane Rhyne
Knoxville, TN
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NP: $1000 Wedding, Somewhere In Between
In a message dated 3/2/99 12:59:33 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
punk camp than the pop world. He's constantly alienating people at live
gigs
by spouting off about something.
Well, that might make our SXSW party kinda fun.. or not.
Can I come? I promise not to
Lead MR John Ramberg has also
been busy backin' up the divine Neko Case (who's playing the Tractor
Tavern on March 11).--don
Is he the brown-haired fella or the blonde one (who I always thought looked
like a young John Lennon)?
Lance . . .
At 12:20 PM -0600 on 3/2/99, David Cantwell wrote:
You're right, Bob, about roots and country. But I was referring to the
distinction between REAL and unreal. --david cantwell
Well, but have you written this off as a question not worth exploring
-- how far can a style be stretched and still be
What I don't get is how Jana's gonna resolve this part;
The ëHonky Tonk Divisioní of THE TOWER OF BABEL will go beyond
the hype and marketing .
with this part;
. More like Bakersfield pioneer MERLE HAGGARD or Texas Outlaw WAYLON
JENNINGS,
CISCO is as physically
Thanks for some of you guys' input on this book. I sort of figured you
wouldn't be too thrilled about it, those of you who take a tolerant view
of pop influences on country music. Even skimming through the book, I do
detect that the author, Richard Carlin, definitely has a bad attitude
about pop
...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?
The obvious answer here is that people like to have fun (and
unfortunately sometimes people like to have fun much more than they
like
So they made a ragin full on glossy pop album, eh? Ok, so how fare the
songs under Tweedy's increasingly raspy vocals, which would seem to
these ears to defy glossy pop, at least the 70's kind David C refers to
throughout his fine review. Or did Tweedy clear his throat finally? g
By no
Aw, Dave's back.
Hi everyone. Did I miss anything good?
Smooches,
Dave
Actually, you didn't. Marah is still the future of alt-country. g
marie
Lead MR John Ramberg has also
been busy backin' up the divine Neko Case (who's playing the Tractor
Tavern on March 11).--don
Is he the brown-haired fella or the blonde one (who I always thought
looked
like a young John Lennon)?
Lance . . .
Model Rockets are back up and running with Scott
Sounds interesting enough to give a listen. And don't think I don't like
pop, so even if it was real glossy, I could take it. Those Rasberries
singles around my house weren't ignored while growing up.
But tt is a *single* disc, isn't it?
M
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The first time I heard their version was on the televised portion of the
Opry a few years ago; that flat 7 chord jumped right out at me.
Uh... as a non-musician who doesn't even aspire to play three chord Lou
Reed songs, what the hell are you talking about?
Hah, am I glad you asked, because
Jon wrote:
It's a double-CD in one of those flip cases, released a couple of weeks
ago.
Basically, it's The Sun Sessions plus - the plus being a number of live cuts
from 1955, pre-Sun stuff and a couple of alternate takes that didn't appear
on The Sun Sessions. The notes consist of a good
The first time I saw The D-Nation, I had the same feeling.
A little too ND for me, but they do it so well that it grew on me. And
since then they have branched out a lot.
Rob and Keith are so far beyond what anybody in any other country band
(except the Gourds, of course) can do for me, it's not
Dina asked why a person might scream out for a cheesy pop cover...
Well, speaking only for myself, I have to say that I enjoy "Jet." A lot.
So sue me g.
On the topic of covers, generally, I enjoy the occasional incongruous
cover that an artist throws into the set, even the cheese.
I believe the live material (and I thought I read it in the liner
notes) is
taken from an acetate of a 1955 Louisiana Hayride appearance.
Oh, er, um, yeah. Still not dated more precisely, though g.
Regardless, the sound quality of those unreleased live tracks is
just short of abysmal.
In
I knew about the web stuff already, but the rest of this is very good to
hear, Shane. 'Round here in KC I can say that it's dying or dead, though I
can still see references to shows down southern missouri way. Our only
southern gospel tv show, on cable access, isn't around anymore, and the
At 02:18 PM 3/2/99 -0600, Bob asked about distinctions between REAL and
unreal country music:
Well, but have you written this off as a question not worth exploring
-- how far can a style be stretched and still be considered part of
that style?
No, I haven't written it off as a question
On Tue, 02 March 1999, Matt Benz wrote:
And don't think I don't like
pop, so even if it was real glossy, I could take it. Those Rasberries
singles around my house weren't ignored while growing up.
"Raspberries singles"?
The force is in you...come over to the dark side, Matt. g
Heck, this
At 03:30 PM 3/2/99 -0500, Mr. "I have to go to my brother's jazz festival
instead of twangfest" Smith wrote:
Thanks for some of you guys' input on this book. I sort of figured you
wouldn't be too thrilled about it, those of you who take a tolerant view
of pop influences on country music.
Well,
At 04:40 PM 3/2/99 PST, John K. wrote:
I never thought I'd be glad to hear "These Boots Are Made For Walking"
again until I heard Candye Kane reinvent it on her CD.
My favorite version of this song is Loretta Lynn's. And she don't do it
campy, neither--I mean, she is all but out the door!
-Original Message-
From: Bill [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 4:54 PM
To: passenger side
Subject: RE: Summer Teeth
On Tue, 02 March 1999, Matt Benz wrote:
And don't think I don't like
pop, so even if it was real glossy, I could take it. Those
But tt is a *single* disc, isn't it?
Yes, it's a single, albeit a loong single. Like 17 songs or something. Add
that to the half of Mermaid Ave and a third of the last Golden Smog and it's
no doubt that boy is prolific.
NW
I believe she's the woman who played the main female character in Jim
Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise." I think I remember reading something
about her father being a jazz musician, but I could have been halucinating.
I also seem to remember reading something about her releasing a CD.
Jamie
Well, I've held off burdening the whole list with this for a couple of
years now, although I have sent to a few folks I thought would enjoy it.
But since Dave Purcell brought it up, I'll post this behemoth against my
better judgment. I do think it's germane. And I also think that when Fulks
Howdy,
Arrgh.
Bill Silvers posted Kelly Willis' latest tour schedule which includes, in
part...
04/08/99--Lexington KY-- Lynagh's
04/09/99--Nashville TN-- Exit / In
04/10/99--Memphis TN-- Newby's
04/11/99--Atlanta GA-- Smith's Olde Bar
No. No. No.
This is geographically non-efficient. A
Unfortunately, Jon, from the perspective of just about anybody'd who care,
you're absolutely rightThere's much good music and a lot of interets in
getting to hear how that sound was arrived at--and some of the alternate
versions hold their own anyway, some of which are the ones they keep on
Joe mentions:
One mic is cool because the singers mix themselves into a coherent,
single sound. This is a far superior sound than when a soundperson tries
to take 3 or 4 mics and mix it and the monitors into a fake blend.
People sing more in tune, they sing together, and they sing better.
i'd much rather be lurking, but can't let this one slide by.
c'mon jerry.you are unable to find a single band or musician that meets
your criteria in a town with a population of nearly 2 million people,
especially in a town with a thriving and supportive music community such as
portland?
Chaco (who I'm sure knows better) queried:
(Is there really any difference between Live, Matchbox 20, Fastball, and the Goo Goo
Dolls?) Cake is, well, an alternative.
Well, Chaco, I'd submit that each of the four bands you mention sound distinctly
different from another.I loved Fastball's
"Similarly, Elena Skye got her professional start in the wild world of
New Jersey and New York punk rock before the rediscovery of bluegrass
music led her to turn down the volume and form her traditional
country-influenced but cowpunk-driven quartet, Elena Skye and the
Demolition String Band".
Since I'm one of the lucky few who Jacob had shared this with, I can give
my estimation of the piece right now: one of best, smartest, most
insightful music pieces I've ever read. Period. --david cantwell
Slonedog says: Or perhaps it's because the artists actually like the songs.
I for one love "Dancing Queen", "Jet" and "I Will Survive". They're not
"guilty pleasures", they're just fun songs.
I don't like to do the "But that's what I said in the firts place"
thing--but I did--before those,
Now folksthat's a good piece of thinkin' and then writin'.
Jake, thanks for expressing some of the thoughts, much more eloquently
than I can, regarding my love of old pop music. I couch my deep
appreciation in terms of being eclectic, but sometimes I hate feeling
that my tastes need to
Um...Terry Robb Joni Harms! And, I do kinda like the Countripolitans,
the Flatirons to a lesser extent. Little Sue is getting better all the
time. Fernando, Bingo, Golden Delicious, and Pete Krebs, I just can't get
into. Would love to hear 44 Long on record and outside of a "wall of
noise"
Genesis - all incarnations.
To Iain: Yes? YES !!)
Brian
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I'm off to a company-awards dinner with an open bar, so I can't linger
at the moment. But I'd like to urge everybody who might have balked at
the length to read Jake's piece right now (tho he shouldn't have sent
it as an attachment - you should repost it as mail for those
Carl starts a thread:
I also have some thread-sparking questions (what was the first known
instance of the half-ironic cover - is he right in naming the 'Mats's
Kiss cover as Patient Zero - and also how to relate this web of
analysis to the various levels of irony
Yes, Jake, can you please repost your piece in straight mail form for
those of us whose computers don't open attachments?
Many thanks,
--junior
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