On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Will Miner wrote:
(ducking, in case Curry is anywhere nearby)
Golly.could you imagine Rick Wakeman decked out with
a cape AND a Stetson!!! Wow..
Think about stacked steels..run through multiple
effect banks. The possibilities are endless.
Going to start
Well, all I know as I watch lobby the FCC to pass the Pow Power FM
initiative is that the suggestion for our proposed station's block
programming format is: Americana!
YepAmericanabig tent including: traditional country, jump blues,
blues, delta blues, surf, bluegrass, folk, perhaps a
Border Radio, WXDU Duke University
March 7, 1999
Analog - Pete Krebs and the Gossamer Wings - Sweet Ona Rose
Day Job - Farmer Tan - Farmer Tan
Throwin' Horseshoes at the Moon - Tom Russell w/ Iris Dement -
The Man from God Knows Where
Gravity Talks - Green on Red - Postpunk Chronicles: Going
Hey there,
Paul
oh wait...now that whole Blues Traveler song ("Hook") makes sense
now
As opposed to the rest of their repertoire "Noodle"
Later...
CK
boom boom one in a row
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You don't need to buy Internet access to use free
Hey there,
Linda "it's not about the music it's about the internet" Ray
That's pretty gosh darn funny.
I'm a bit amused that there seems to be a strong alt.country (or at least
Uncle Tupelo) backlash going on on this list.
Later...
CK who somehow manages to like almost everything g
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Christopher M Knaus wrote:
Later...
CK who somehow manages to like almost everything g
Welcome to the *dark* side, Chris. Eclectic club meets
every 3rd Wednesday. Next meeting's focus: is Euro synth-pop dead?
Jerry
. Three P2ers, three classic films, three
memorials. Who'll go for four?
b.s.
I'm Spartacus!...
Honey, I'm home! ..
h; that smarts!...
Now close the pod bay doors, Hal.
But you can't quote the lighting in Barry Lyndon.
You can't quote the lighting in "Full Metal Jacket" (esp
-- Forwarded message begins here --
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Although George Jones is still in
critical condition, doctors say the country singer has made a
significant improvement and might be taken off his ventilator
today.
``I've got to say that he's done
Chris wrote:
I'm a bit amused that there seems to be a strong alt.country (or at least
Uncle Tupelo) backlash going on on this list.
C'mon, CK, why be amused? It's been clear to me for the past, oh, two
years, that the name of this list is mainly incidental for many of us. It
has about as
Hi
I'm looking for a contact number or email address for the Gourds management
and also Calexico management?
If anyone can help me, please email me off list.
Thanks
Kirsty Fitzsimons
When cell phones are outlawed...blah blah blah.
[Matt Benz] And SUV's.
Praying for another gas crisis.
And for George.
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Brad Bechtel wrote:
If you own a Mac, I'd recommend getting a copy of Adaptec Toast (version
3.5.6 is the most current).
Heartily seconded. I picked up a La Cie 4x write/8x read CD-R unit for my
Mac last week, and Toast (along with the Audio Extractor) is *really* easy
Howdy,
Birthplace of Country Music Museum opening in Bristol
By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer
BRISTOL, Va. (AP) Her lifelong bout with polio has taken its toll on her
fingers, which are so bent she can barely grasp the fiddle to tuck it under
her chin.
Its been nearly seven
Linda Ray wrote:
Yah. Actually, all UT started was P2. Well, and Postcard, of
course. Well okay and No Depression Magazine, but, hey.
Uh, you can bet dollars to donuts that P2 would've happened on its
own. The accidental spawning of P2 off of Postcard nicely
coincided with the general
I don't understand why we can't just use "country rock." Sure, the Eagles
took that term and rammed it into the dirt, but that's no reason to scrap
the name and search for another. Huey Lewis and the News put out a shitty
rock album and you don't see that having any effect on bands wanting to
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Steve Gardner wrote:
And I see no reason to call someone like Wayne Hancock anything but country.
The man talks sense. I think that most of the people we are talking about
are country. i.e. Wayne, Tom T. Hall, Merle Haggard, Emmylou, etc. I
mean maybe instead of
Steve Gardner wrote:
Gatemouth Brown (we are putting out a reissue from him this month)
This wouldn't be the nearly-impossible-to-find
"Bogaloosa Boogie Man" would it? (he asked hopefully)
My favorite Kubrick movie is "The Killing," a film noir from the late
50s, I think (pre-Lolita anyhow). The dialogue was written by Jim
Thompson. It's hilarious. The heaviness of the later films would let
you forget that Kubrick had a hell of a sense of humor once.
Will Miner
Denver, CO
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 8-Mar-99 Re: RIP Stanley
Kubrick by "lance davis"@simplecom.
H . . . I wonder if Tarantino ever watched this one while trying to get
ideas for Reservoir Dogs
Yes. Tarantino said as much when he was promoting Pulp Fiction.
Carl Z.
This is bad news, especially on the heels of Bashful Brother Oswald's fall a
couple of weeks ago and now the news (apparently a bit hopeful today) about
George Jones. I surely hope they all recover and return to making music.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 3/7/99 10:59:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This sounds mean
It was mean, we all make mistakes don't we?
Um, please tell me that this is the actual title of the song and not a
cover of "Cash on the Barrellhead." Then again, if _that_ tune is the
weakest on the disc it _must_ be pretty amazing. g
Later...
CK
It is "Crash." As least that's what Murry said on a radio interview before
he and Rhett
YEAHH!!! i've been searching and searching for a show/station in
austin other than klbj who plays local music just in the
mornings...and kgsr (i can't stand jody's voice)
i'll tune in for sure
how long has this been on?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The New American Roots Music Show is heard
In a message dated 3/8/99 3:37:45 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Yes. Tarantino said as much when he was promoting Pulp Fiction.
Carl Z.
Pulp Fiction, now THAT'S the one with Slim Whitman, right?
Mitch Matthews
Gravel Train/Sunken Road
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It was mean, we all make mistakes don't we?
Yeah, there's a little Ryan Adams in all of us, aint there.
What I hope people get from this is DONT TALK ON YOUR DAMNED CELLPHONES
WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING. Studies show that people who cant hang up
And the "lucky" thing for George is that he didn't plow into a car with
that SUV of his: he might be looking at a lawsuit as well.
Let's get folks off the phone, and out of SUV's!
-Original Message-
From: Will Miner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 11:03 AM
To:
P2ers-
Just got this from a friend of mine . . . figured some of you might appreciate .
. .
--
Neil Young for the birds? Apparently so. A fan letter posted on the "Hyper
Rust" website excerpts an article from a recent issue of Cottage Life
magazine that
how long has this been on?
Just celebrated 3 years running.
Jim, smilin'
Um, please tell me that this is the actual title of the song and not a
cover of "Cash on the Barrellhead." Then again, if _that_ tune is the
weakest on the disc it _must_ be pretty amazing. g
No, it's not a cover but a Murry original, and IMHO, maybe the most
interesting song on the album,
Hi,
Has anyone seen/heard the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recently? They gonna play a show here
in Switzerland.
I didn't knew that the band still exists and I am asking if it's worth to go to the
show (I would have to travel because it's somewhere in the provinces).
Thanks for your advice.
Hans
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Shane S. Rhyne wrote:
guitar. There are handmade violins, mandolins, dulcimers and other
instruments from the collection of Joe Morrell, a former radio station owner
and musician.
Morrell also is lending songbooks sold by artists who performed on Farm and
Fun Time, the
No twang, but atypical good news for the cult of Ms. Mann...
Stand By Your Mann
Aimee Mann survives
label upheaval, gears up
for banner year
Aimee Mann recently
Jon writes re the Kenny/Ann-1979, G*rth/Shania-1999 comparison:
It's not a bad comparison, especially if you look forward a little bit -
1979 was a low point, followed shortly by the Neo-Trads (Skaggs, early
McEntire, et.al.) - but it has its limits; "rules" is a pretty slippery
term. Murray and
In one respect, I'd add, Postcard 2 works as a sort of backlash
receptacle for many people who are shit-sick of hearing about UT, Wilco,
etc.
Frankly, I'm shit -sick of hearing that my appreciation for UT, Wilco, etc.
is just some youthful infatuation that I'll get over when I grow up and
Howdy,
On lunch break...
JC asks: Is Joe Morrell the fellow that used to operate the "world's
largest guitar" shaped museum right off of I-81 just above the Tennessee
border?
After a few years of passing by the polace, I finally decided to stop.
Sadly, it was already out of commission.
Roger Ebert on "Clockwork Orange":
Kubrick's ``A Clockwork Orange'' (1971) starred Malcolm McDowell
as a violent lout in a fearsome world of the near future; its prophetic
vision was so disturbing that the movie is banned in Britain to this
day.
(
At 09:06 AM 3/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Brad Bechtel wrote:
If you own a Mac, I'd recommend getting a copy of Adaptec Toast (version
3.5.6 is the most current).
Heartily seconded. I picked up a La Cie 4x write/8x read CD-R unit for my
Mac last week, and Toast (along with
At 09:13 AM 3/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
Making an audio CD, in fact, took less than an hour- you capture each
individual track to your hard drive (which takes about 30 seconds per
track, because computer CD/DVD drives read at a much higher speed than the
audio CD standard)...
Generally, but not
Joe DiMaggio, the flawless center fielder for the New York Yankees who, along with
Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle, symbolized the team's dynastic greatness across the 20th
century and whose 56-game hitting streak in 1941 made him an instant and indelible
American folk hero, died Monday in his
Jim says:
I don't think that Wahl was comparing radio play (other people have had #1
records this past year, too, obviously) but was looking at in terms of
*sales*, which is what most of the articles I've read have focused on as
well; You have G*rth and Shania and then everyone else.
Ah,
AMEN! Well said, Todd. Way to go...
(I'm quoting Todd's message after this because it deserves to be read...)
Tom
...who's heard a lot of cool music thanks to various P2ers but still can't
get into country all that much. *grin*
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Todd Larson wrote:
In one respect, I'd
Does anyone out there know who originally wrote and recorded "Wreck on
the Highway"? I understand it was credited to Acuff-Rose, but the original
author was someone else. What is the first known recording of this song?
Also, "Crazy Arms", many people know Ray Price's version, and it was
Sorry, I got in late today. It was a really fun time last night. Lucinda kicked ass;
she definitely won over some converts. Petty seemed to be stoned, but having a lot of
fun. Bonnie Raitt was up in the balcony next to the stage, dancing to the noise. We
all thought she was going to come
Frankly, I'm shit -sick of hearing that my appreciation for UT, Wilco, etc.
is just some youthful infatuation that I'll get over when I grow up and
realize that alt.country was around before 1990. I can call my parents when
I need to be patronized. ...
Bravo Todd, for standing up for what
In a message dated 3/8/99 12:05:20 PM PDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does anyone out there know who originally wrote and recorded "Wreck on
the Highway"? I understand it was credited to Acuff-Rose, but the original
author was someone else. What is the first known recording of this song?
Mary Katherine writes:
Written by Dorsey Dixon, based on a true event, and recorded
by the Dixon Brothers in approx. 1936.
I forgot to mention that the Dixon Brothers recordings have been reissued on four
LPs/cassettes by Old Homestead Records in Brighton, MI. Good stuff.
Jim Nelson
Nic Jones is really cool. Nic Jones' records are really cool, too. It's
criminal that they haven't been reissued on CD.
John Wesley Harding is really cool. His records are really cool, too.
The combination of these two on Wes' latest CD "Trad Arr Jones" is amazing.
Wes takes 11 stabs at
Jamie -- Dude, what's your phone # and/or new email
address? We need to set up a time to talk (soon!).
William Cocke
Senior Writer
HSC Development
University of Virginia
(804) 924-8432
Anyone know if Mr. Jones will get reissued in teh foreseeable future?
Carl Z.
who likes this record more than anything Harding's ever done
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 8-Mar-99 I LOVE FOLK MUSIC!
(it's re.. by "Steve Gardner"@sugarhil
Nic Jones is really cool. Nic Jones'
At 10:07 PM -0500 on 3/7/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OTOH, I've seen 2001 countless times, far more than 100
certainly, last a restored widescreen print on the largest movie screen
in Boston on my birthday. That film still never ceases to amaze me, and
I still find stuff I've never seen
My favorite Kubrick movie is "The Killing," a film noir from the late
50s, I think (pre-Lolita anyhow). The dialogue was written by Jim
Thompson. It's hilarious. The heaviness of the later films would let
you forget that Kubrick had a hell of a sense of humor once.
H . . . I wonder
...I placed all my blame on writers who can't seem
to do anything but regurgitate press releases, and I thought Terry,
etc., were also blaming the hype machine, and no one else.
Well I'd like to think that I championed UT and much of it's related offshoots
(SV's a bore at this point) in the
This is some kind of good lineup...
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
-Original Message-
From: Bluegrass music discussion. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of Lisa Kay Howard
Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 3:50 PM
To: [EMAIL
Great passionate post from Todd "Touch me, I'm shit-sick" Larson,
although I don't remember anyone blaming UT *or* their fans for
anything. FWIW, I placed all my blame on writers who can't seem
to do anything but regurgitate press releases, and I thought Terry,
etc., were also blaming the hype
Sounds from the Mother Road
For Bob Wills Birthday March 6, 1905
Bob Wills and The Texas Playboy:
Osage Stomp
Steel Guitar Rag
I'l See You In My Dreams
Big Beaver
Honey What You Gonna Do
Brain Cloudy Rag
Fat Boy Rag
Bob Wills Boogie
Milk Cow Blues
San Antonio Rose
Faded Love
Tommy
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 16:16:31 -0500 Jon Weisberger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is some kind of good lineup...
That it is. Since moving here last October, I've seen good
shows by Danny Barnes (w/them Hogwallers opening) and Kate
Campbell. It's the closest thing this area's got to those
I teach a module that looks at early modern revenge tragedy in relation to
violent cinema of the past 20-30 years. Clockwork Orange constantly comes up
in debates. A mate of mine finally got me a (French sub-titled) version in
Switzerland so that I can show some clips to my students. Natural
Douglas Neal wrote:
Does anyone out there know who originally wrote and recorded "Wreck on
the Highway"?
Bruce Springsteen, 'acourse. snigger
Stevie
Jeff's cuter than Jay,
Neal Weiss
possibly. But Jay writes better songs. I am frankly baffled by the Summerteeth
hype. My copy will be filed alongside Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels: played it
once, tried to play it again, got bored rigid.
Stevie
Hey folks,
I'm hosting a party on Tuesday March 16th for all the folks that are in
town early for SXSW, this year. I'll be two making two types of chili and
there will also be some live music provided by Beaver Nelson, Ana Egge and
Jim Roll. If you're gonna be in town and can make please let me
It's a favor, they made us a neat little P2 logo (see it on
www.drizzle.com/~lal/postcard2html
Mike Hays
http://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry 24 X 7
Please Visit Then let us know what you think!
Mike Hays www.MikeHays.RealCountry.net
For the best country artist web hosting,
How do I manage to do that? It's www.drizzle.com/~lal/postcard2.htm
not html.
Anyway, the site is still in progress. I'm going to change that black box
table soon, don't worry!
Laura
Is there a web listing anywhere of all the non-festival events, the
SXSoWhat shows at various places like the Carousel, etc?
The Thursday night lineup at the Carousel is gonna be very interesting:
Roger Wallace, T. Jarrod Bonta, The American Music Band (Jim Stringer with
TJ Bonta, Lee Skinnner,
BARNARD wrote:
Is there a web listing anywhere of all the non-festival events, the
SXSoWhat shows at various places like the Carousel, etc?
You find out anything Junior, let me know. I still have thoughts of trying to
round up info for a weekend post on the whole affair.Looks like you were
Haven't seen a website, but the 3rd Coast Music issue has a lot of listings.
Here is another one (NO FIGHTING!!!):
Threadgills South
Wed:
Dale Watson 7:30PM
Thurs:
Don Walser 7:30PM
Chapparal 10PM
Fri:
2PM:b Ruthie the Wranglers
3:15PM: Trigger Gospel
4:30PM: Hazel Dean , no wait, Hazeldine
Dumbling through the onslaught of snail mail about SXSW events, one I came
across that I might as well *pen* in to the date book is the Doolittle BBQ at
Club DeVille, featuring Mount Pilot, Trish Murphy, Todd Thibaud, Slobberbone
and the Bottle Rockets. All this before the sun even goes down on
There's also some kind of Saturday morning do at the Texacali Grill.
Danny Young's thing. Details anyone?
--junior
Hi folks,
wondered if anyone would be interested in hosting a Monte Warden house concert
in late april/May in states of Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois.
let me know via private email.
thanks,
lisa shively
Club Deville is on Red River between 8th and 9th - across the street
from Stubbs. Pretty cool bar. Pretty commercially responsible label.
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Howdy,
Early in the show I started receiving reports of possible bad news re:
George Jones. A special tip of the hat to my momma, who called the station
throughout the show to keep me updated on reports via CNN and local news.
Of course, East Tennessee's thoughts and prayers are with the Possum
Howdy,
Mrs. Robison, are you trying to seduce me?
Tonight's extended tour to the Fringe featured Kelly Willis' new disc, What
I Deserve. In addition to fine cuts from that disc, the following artists
made their Fringe debut:
Aunt Pat, Neil Diamond, The Gourds, Julie Miller, Old Dogs, Red Clay
In a message dated 3/8/99 6:50:21 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There's also some kind of Saturday morning do at the Texacali Grill.
Danny Young's thing. Details anyone?
Texicali Grill
Friday:
4PM Ponty Bone
6PM Mandy Mercer
Saturday: (11AM-3PM)
The South Austin
Todd Larson said:
Frankly, I'm shit -sick of hearing that my appreciation for UT, Wilco, etc.
is just some youthful infatuation that I'll get over when I grow up and
realize that alt.country was around before 1990.
...and a lot of other very perceptive stuff. Y'know, I'm a little tired of
In a message dated 3/9/99 1:57:25 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Frankly, I'm shit -sick of hearing that my appreciation for UT, Wilco,
etc.
is just some youthful infatuation that I'll get over when I grow up and
realize that alt.country was around before 1990.
...and a lot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
.Bravo Todd, for standing up for what you believe in. If it gets inside your
soul, it gets inside your soul. So be it. That's what art's all about.
Sometimes all this dissection and reactionary analysis and over-
intellectualization and other stuff is just plain
This is the Fear Whiskey playlist for this week's show. Fear and
Whiskey can be heard every Monday from 7-10pm ET on 88.3fm in Pittsburgh
and on AudioActive, Winamp and pretty much every mp3-based program via
http://www.wrct.org. Past playlists are available at
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
Reading the day's P-2 stuff late, and amazed how a few folks' simple
challenge of UT's status as godheads of alternative country is being seen
as heresy. A bloody explosion of defensiveness. I didn't really even see
anybody criticize the music; it was mainly just a few expressions of
annoyance at
Hey there,
It doesn't look like anyone has brought up the Steve Earle and Del
McCoury Band shows at The Station Inn, so here we go...
The set up, which I assume will be the same for the whole tour was...
1. Steve and the band w/o Del
2. Del and the band w/o Steve
3. intermission
4. Just Steve
Hey there,
Later...
CK who somehow manages to like almost everything g
Welcome to the *dark* side, Chris. Eclectic club meets
every 3rd Wednesday. Next meeting's focus: is Euro synth-pop dead?
Jerry
Let me ammend my original statement.
Later...
CK who somehow manages to like almost
Hey there,
I posted this over on the Fluff list so I figured I'd send it here too.
All trash talking, gloating, sulking, etc. will take place on the Fluff
list.
Later...
CK
- Forwarded message --
OK, I've created a group for us on the ESPN Web site. It's pretty self
explanatory
Terry A. Smith wrote: . Even tossing out a term like
"over-intellectualize" is a Stalinist-type conversation-stopper. Send
those damn professors out to the fields. Now.
.Actually it's more Mao, and a damned good idea it might be too! Right after the
industry weasels pull their shift. But
Hey Tom,
Knowing you and your music, you would probably get more into UT's "March
16-20" album. All acoustic-based pretty much and album of "Acuff-Rose" type
songs.
Damn! Just shot another Del-Stranger hater out my window with my musket. Hope
I didn't hurt him too bad. I'll be sure to rid the
Caught this band called the Hillbilly Cats in a wonderful working class
pub in Sheffield, and was regaled by Iain Noble on the underground
country/roots scene as it has historically existed in England. This
place was great. Reminded me of the Rose Bowl tap here in Urbana. The
band was
Hey-
Has anyone else been mass full-color spammed from "Apple Books" regarding a
book written by Shania Twain's "Road Manager"? I got hit by it for times
today. Must be those metal heads in Detroit.
Tom Moran
The Deliberate Strangers' Old Home Place
purcell wrote:
Nothing against the original
Postcard-to-P2 folks (I was one, been on since day one), but P2
didn't get really interesting until lots of non-Postcarders started
coming along.
Thank you Dave. I will take that as a complement.
Todd Larson in his pledge for President of P2
Derek wrote:
Something tells me that he one hand on the phone,
and one on his cassettewait which one's holding the wheel.
ok, who else out there is picturing the scene in Planes Trains Automobiles
where John Candy tries to take off his coat?
**not to be meant in bad taste towards Mr.
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