Re: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-03 Thread BARNARD
Probably because a lot of women have crappy taste in music... They're the ones buying the Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, etc. albums and the Titanic Soundtrack...which are all usually #1. I'd say chicks also buy most of Britney Spears and N'SYNC material. And usually they'll buy them at a

Re: Kelly Willis calling the shots

1999-04-03 Thread Amy Haugesag
Bob Wray writes: I am somewhere in between of these two on my evalution of the entire album but I wanted to bop out of lurker land and say that Willis' cover of "Time Has Told Me" is just incredible to my ears. As a minor Drake fan(atic), I almost always prefer his originals to others but

Re: Drake (Re: Kelly Willis calling the shots)

1999-04-03 Thread Amy Haugesag
Neal: Which reminds me, any minor or major Drake fan want to offer up a good starting point into that artist's catalog? I need to go buy yet another CD that I've never gonna have enough time to appreciate to its fullest. Sigh... Neal, Neal, Neal. How can you call yourself a rock critic if you

Re: Howdy

1999-04-03 Thread Amy Haugesag
Newly returned Greg Harness asks: 2. What's the official P2 take on the Freight Hoppers? I don't think there is one--they don't get discussed around here much, though I know there are quite a few P2ers who are fans. Including me. 3. I have a recipe for a meatless 'lasagne' made with polenta

Re: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-03 Thread Debnumbers
Cherlyn, I like your use of the word "cornfused." Can I use that? I'll credit you. Deb just got home from The Possibilities -- whoa boy -- they were great!

Re: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-03 Thread Cheryl Cline
Wasn't Cherlyn, that was Cheryl... but anyway, to give credit where credit is due, Tom Ekeberg is the one who first confessed to being cornfused. --Cheryl Cline Cherlyn, I like your use of the word "cornfused." Can I use that? I'll credit you. Deb just got home from The Possibilities --

Re: Drake (Re: Kelly Willis calling the shots)

1999-04-03 Thread Pflash40
Which reminds me, any minor or major Drake fan want to offer up a good starting point into that artist's catalog? I need to go buy yet another CD that I've never gonna have enough time to appreciate to its fullest. Sigh... as a starting point and ending point i always turn to five leave left

Dale Watson 4/2 Richmond

1999-04-03 Thread Mike Hays
I didn't take notes on songs performed or anything like that but I'll give a shot at a mini-review. It was a typical Friday night in Richmond's "bottom" with the usual assortment of hip-hoppers, UHI's, librarian's and bikers, all looking for the hipets place to be seen ( or a place to get a

Re: Corn stuff

1999-04-03 Thread Barry Mazor
Now refresh my memory..Did Homer Jethro do Kellogg's Corn Flakes commercials, or was it for that once heavily advertised but I think long-gone alt. brand " Country Cornflakes"--scorched in my memory with TV chickens finishing off the brand name--as in, "New Country Cornflakes, New Country

Re: Corn stuff (was:RE: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile)

1999-04-03 Thread John Patterson
Jon Weisberger wrote: Wasn't Cherlyn, that was Cheryl... but anyway, to give credit where credit is due, Tom Ekeberg is the one who first confessed to being cornfused. Not to take anything away from the lovely and talented Mr. Ekeberg, but I believe Homer Jethro made use of the word in

Re: Corn stuff

1999-04-03 Thread Jon E Johnson
Jon Weisberger writes: I have an HJ album out on loan, so I can't check, but if I remember correctly, the title is "Cornfucius Say," and the cover photo is them in "Chinese" outfits, eating corn flakes with chopsticks - and the corn flakes box is a Kellogg's one. Anyway, it seems virtually

Good covers (was: Kelly Willis calling the shots)

1999-04-03 Thread Ross Whitwam
At 12:27 AM -0500 4/3/99, Amy Haugesag wrote: I love the whole record, even the not-as-good-as-the-first-version "Fading Fast," and I'm especially impressed with the Nick Drake and Replacements covers, which are reinterpretations rather than rehashes, just like all good covers should be. Tsk

Dale Watson Report?

1999-04-03 Thread bratkat57
Kate - I did't get back to CT until sunrise on Friday and had to work that day but here is your report. Dale Watson and the guys delivered an awesome show (as usual) on Thursday at the Rodeo Bar in NYC. After a few problems with the mics and monitors the crowd was treated to another great show

A Moment of Silence, Please.....

1999-04-03 Thread NancyApple
Rock Pioneer Jesse Stone Dies In Florida ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (Reuters) - Rock and roll pioneer songwriter Jesse Stone, composer of the classic ``Shake, Rattle Roll,'' has died at age 97, his attorney said Friday. Stone died Thursday at a hospital near Altamonte Springs, in the Orlando

Re: Jesse Stone dead

1999-04-03 Thread Dallas Clemmons
There's a decent Bear Family single CD collection of Stone's own recordings, called JESSE STONE alias CHARLES 'CHUCK' CALHOUN (BCD 15695 AH). And although this tome is not without controversy around here, I'll remind folks that the first chapter of Nick Tosches' UNSUNG HEROES OF ROCK 'N ROLL is

Re: Dale Watson Report?

1999-04-03 Thread KATIEJOM
Hi folks, Tejas-size thanks to all (Mike, Kat, Buddy, etc..) for the fine "field reports" on Dale. He is so damn good! Wish I could have been there. I still haven't recovered from his show here on 10/19 w/Jimmie Dale Gilmore. If Robert Duvall is still working on a movie project about

Re: Dale Watson Report?

1999-04-03 Thread Mike Hays
Kate writes: If Robert Duvall is still working on a movie project about Merle, I think we all need to e-mail the guy and tell him we've found his man! So, you have an e-mail address for Mr. Duvall? Dale would be right for a young Merle part. Charlie (road mangler) G. said something last

Re: Dale Watson Report?

1999-04-03 Thread KATIEJOM
Hi Mike, Unfortunately, I'm not privy to Duvall's address. If I were, he'd have gotten heaped loads of praise for putting Billy Joe Shaver on the big screen. Interesting that he's going to LA for a soundtrack, wonder what that's all about? Soif anyone DOES have a way to reach Duvall,

A little more about Ranchera music

1999-04-03 Thread Will Miner
I cant remember who it was who was asking about Ranchera music a week or so ago. I put in a query with a friend of mine who's a journalist down in Mexico City and here's what he had to say: - Jose Alfredo Jimenez is the Shakespeare of Ranchera music, author of

ASCAP vs BMI (long, and angry!)

1999-04-03 Thread Richard Flohil
Since I once worked for damn near a quarter of a century with Canada's performing right society, I've been following the discussion with interest. Astonishingly, no one has raised the issue of why on earth there are TWO organizations in the US (three, if you count SESAC). The duplication

Re: tea

1999-04-03 Thread Barry Mazor
Cherilyn asked: . Just tried to buy Bloomed and was told by Damon the Bane of my Existence that it's out of print. Is this true? Where can I get my Buckner? Mr. Weiss's Miles of Music has been listing Bloomed as available there; Look under "Hard to Find". Barry (PS: Someone was asking how

Re: tea

1999-04-03 Thread Debnumbers
In a message dated 4/3/99 3:46:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Going to see the fab Jennyanykind tonight. Haven't heard the "new" record (again with the lameness, it's probably really old by now), but I loved Revelator. I hereby encourage all Austinites to flock to

drake

1999-04-03 Thread Jacob London
Confirmed Drake lover. I first heard 5 leaves, like some of it, but it was "Time of No Reply" and "Pink Moon" that did me in. Never heard "Bryter Later" I must confess. Pink Moon rules. I'd go there first. Buy it, dim the lights some night when you're feeling blue, put on the head phones and

Dallas, this week?

1999-04-03 Thread Scott Carpenter
Hiya, Looking for suggestions as I travel to Dallas Wed. through Sat. night. I have a particular thing for western swing, live and/or it's history. Hillbilly suggestions welcome too. Thanks, Scott Carpenter Knoxville, Tennessee WDVX Swing Set http://w3street.com/swingset WDVX Hillbilly Fever

Sorry, Bit I HAVE to do This

1999-04-03 Thread Jerry Curry
This is BIG, BIG news. So, I had to pass it on. Um, OK...the press release is a *little overhyped. Still big news though.right? g My apologies to those of you that will see this twice. Thanks for the original post to Auditiesand you know who you are. Jerry --- MESSAGE