Jon W. wrote;
he's just a flat out liar, as anyone who's read, for instance, the
current
Country Music magazine piece on the Chicks (a full page on the band's
history - with quotes about it from Seidel - including a their first three
album titles, with combined sales figures) can
In a message dated 4/23/99 3:27:27 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You know, I really don't have a damned thing to add as I've yet to see or
hear Pumpskully, but I did want to welcome "meggs", is it (?) to the list,
and congratulate her on having maybe the most badass
JP wrote;
The lineups for those silly concerts are filled with white altern-acts
because those people are the Beasties social peers. If the band hung out
with The Roots or Mystikal, don't you think that's who'd be playing the
show?
Not to take issue with JP's main point about the
hey kids;
Got an Alan Jackson "Everything I Love" press kit that I'm either gonna throw
away (you know, glossy pic, weasel literature, etc. etc. in a nice folder)
unless someone wants it. First come first serve...
dan bentele
(from Wall Of Sound www site)
April 16, 1999
Moby Grape's Skip Spence Dies at 52
Alexander "Skip" Spence, the musician whose heralded but troubled
career included stints as the original drummer in the Jefferson Airplane and
as founding rhythm guitarist for the acclaimed '60s
Stuart wrote;
Dan posted a bunch of upcoming TV stuff, but omitted Mandy Barnett's
appearance on Letterman tonight (Wednesday).
Well, that's cause Yates was so high on that record. You gotta consider
the source, sometimes.
dan bentele
a legend in his own hoops mind wrote;
Between Heaven and Hell and the self-titled record with the
Ring of Fire cover (I think it's a cover, but I don't know whose song
it is, any help? g)
I saw that, Purcell.
Dylan, Jason Dingleberg, Mike Ness..don't know 'em, not worried.
This actually just happened, one of those "Life and Times" deals, and
I'm sorry I didn't check the dang Rockontv.com site and memo P2 on it (i
missed the first 15 minutes of it myself). As is typical with those damn
pseudo-documentaries, there was far too much damned talking and far
Haven't heard this yet myself, but last night on MTV120 Nessie did a
song called "Don't Think Twice It's Alright". This is a cover-ain't it? If
anyone can fill me as to who it's by that'd be great.
dan, pretty sure he's exposing once again a huge amount of ignorance.
answering my own post, I write;
Haven't heard this yet myself, but last night on MTV120 Nessie did a
song called "Don't Think Twice It's Alright". This is a cover-ain't it?
Yeah, it sure is, you idiot. Dylan, off of "Freewheelin'". Hey, Ralph
didn't know who he was eitherG
all times Eastern;
wed
8:00 pm TNN Century Of Country: Bluegrass And Western Swing this 13-part
documentary series is a tribute to a Century of Country music; explores the
distinctive varieties of country music found is bluegrass and western swing;
features Ricky Skaggs, Del Mccoury Band,
limey Louise writes;
On Thursday we gigged at an empty La Zona Rosa (well nearly empty) The
publicity was non existent and nobody new us.
Yeah, it's not a big college town anyway.
Our first night in Nashville wasn't so good (ahem). We weren't sure
where to go to eat, and ended up in
Carl asked about this band;
Or I could have them confused with Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her.
...and yeah, there was a band from (Japan, I think?), at SXSW with that
name. I almost skipped a bunch of shows I wanted to go to and went to
"SSKHKH" out of massive curiosity but didn't.
Maybe a motto for next year's P2 Tshirt would be "Screw You,
Christgau," or some witty equivalent.
Oh, that is brilliant, Junior. On the other side of the shirt-or perhaps
on some other form of merch, we should have a clip of some just bizarro
over-written snip of Greil's as well,
is this really Fear of Pop with Ben Folds Five AND William Shatner?
Oh yeah, I saw this about 4-5 months ago, and like Tom said, it is NOT to
be missed.
...thinking this is another sign of the Armageddon
Well it's gonna be one helluva an interesting Armageddon then...g
"Spock!
Well I, for one, will really miss your sorry ass. Remember to duck, and
that we love ya man.
dan bentele
==
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"There is only the Twang. The Twang shall set you free." (Jeff Wall)
"Us Americans didn't climb to the
KC Bill wrote;
We (Jack Copeland, Nancy Copeland and Cathy Weigel) started out in the
back of the really packed (though not sold out) venue, so the sound had
to compete with the conversations around us, but this may have still
been the worst overall sound I've heard in ages.
I know he's on tour right now, is he still doing the solo-acoustic
thing? (hope so, personally g). How are the shows? Please let me know if
possible...
thx,
dan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Larry wrote;
(And after years of not participating in discussions because of the digest
factor, and having posts ignored, it's an honor to be debated by Joe
Gracey.
And I'm not being facetious.)
I don't have anything to add to the main point of this thread, but I do
want to say
No jaded hipsters standing 20 feet back
Bullshit. Me and Bill were right about 20 feet back looking tres jaded
and hip! And Yates was off to one side doing his part also. Damn
reporters...
Where was that clip from anyway Bill?
More questions exposing my profound ignorance;
hipster Bill rapped;
Dan was so overcome in the mass hysteria he bailed on me, right after I
bought him a Bud, the national beverage of St. Louis. That's mother's milk
quality musta put Dan to sleep. g
That was part of it, but I think it was Neko Case's nearly hip-high slit
skirt that
So Barry, what movie stahs did you see??? Was McConaughey (sp?) there
for the EdTV thing? What about Elizabeth Hurley? Jenna Elfman? Did you
invite any of them to Twangfest???
I need responses on this!
dominick dan
-.) Calexico and Calexico with Richard Buckner . . . the coolest
indie-grooves I have heard in a long time. I love that band . .. and
hearing Richard sing Tom Petty's 'The Waiting' with them was a joy . . .
"Yeah I chased a couple women around
a-all it ever got me was down . . ."
arted going into my inbox
instead of the correct folder for that list... I split based on the
contents of the Sender field, which just changed from
POSTCARD2-owner@ to owner-postcard2@..
Man, I wondered if I was the only person who noticed that or if I was
going crazy, thinking
Holy shit, I got mentioned in a Marie Arsenault post...my life is
over! g Man...whatta time. Despite all concerns voiced hereabouts (and
internally-I hadn't been back to SXSW since '91), it was very worth the trip.
Warning; this is a long, sickeningly self-indulgent post. I just hope
the Hag said;
and I've got a studio
here close by. . . . It rains a lot up here. That's low pressure, and
low pressure is good for recording. . . . On a postcard day, the music
sounds a little brittle."
Wow; is that true, producer and P2 musicians? Interesting...
dan
(from the wire)...
"You might want to get a helmet." (San Diage manager Bruce Bochy, to
Garth Brooks, heading to the plate helmet-less)
Nope, not touching that one.
dan
==
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"There is one word in
(i.e. Real: Tom T. Hall Project and Rig
Rock Deluxe)
and her duet w/ Farrar on Rex's Blues on the Red Hot Bothered. It is
weird, she must be the single greatest compilations-related artist of all
time, all 3 of those songs are just incredible.
dan
Stevie explained;
And it remains unavailable legitmately. And yes, Dan, our venerable
British
Board of Film Classification has a pretty tight grip on video over here.
I'
m expecting things to loosen up a little now that James Ferman (an expat
Yank!)
has gone. I hear that The Exorcist
Jeff Wall; what Tera said. You are an unmitigated genius. Publish!
dan bentele; guilty sometime meat-eater, alleged sensitive-guy, and driver of
a foreign-made clown car
==
"Us Americans didn't climb to the top
Stuart, hallucinating about London, typed;
Holy moly, the next thing I see is a guy playing
an accordian singing like a castrato about nastly little children,
accommpanied by a skid roperish guy with a wheel around trap set, and a guy
in a waxed
moustache playing string base. Kind of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Since my return to P2, I keep seeing reference to a "fluff list". Is
this for real?
Beware Joe, you don't deserve it. You're too good for it. You won't
respect yourself in the morningg
beware the fluff!
dan
and are far from able to handle rough terrain, especially
when driven by a certified moron of a soccor mom with a car phone in one
hand and a mascara pen in the other,
Just to be fair Matt, most of the SUV idiots I encounter are certified moron
soccer dads g. I'll admit to liking 'em,
that people who cant hang up while
they drive drive as badly as a drunk driver. I've known too many people
who've had their cars totaled by dimwits who couldnt be alone with
themselves in a car for a few minutes.
Exactly; what I'm always wondering, as someone who has never owned a
My brother - who's
a year younger than me - was horrified by the movie. "Quit laughing,
Jon! This isn't funny! Nuclear war isn't funny!"
You gotta admit tho, Jon, *that* is brilliant.
bio-chemical war ain't funny either,
dan
n.p. uhh..."Masters Of War", or something like that.
(Dodging that "anti-HNC" Stinger missile fired by the Ndubbinistas...g,
I respond);
Jon wrote;
I dunno, Dan; I don't think I've ever seen anything but dismissals of
Garth's "Shameless" or "The Fever," and not because people argued that they
were bad jobs or that he didn't do a good
Tera wrote;
I got a black eye and have to buy both guys a beer.
Damn straight!!
Sorry for all that. It really was a misunderstanding, not meant in any
part
for the list.
Like Joe said-no biggie. I told Tera she's off the hook as long as she
flames Yates or someone else equally
and Joni Mitchell is the original hip chick... she gets slammed around
mostly because of the various inferior imitators that she spawned,
but she is the real deal... and always has been.
that, and then folks almost never give props to the genius of Laura Nyro as
well. She faded away
Dina wrote;
Now I just want to be sure my understanding is correct.
If you are a Hot New Country star and you cover a 70's pop or rock hit, you
will probably be vilified for it.
In my book, not if it was a good song in the first place and you do a
solid job of it. If it ends up
An Elektra spokesman who doesn't want to be named says the label isn't too
thrilled with Fight Songs showing up "months ahead of time" on the jukebox.
"You try to coordinate an effort to make an impact at once, and when it
goes
out piecemeal, it can lessen the impact," he says. "Even
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
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
Wow, thanks a ton for that write-up Steve. I just wrote a check for both
of those Steve Earle tapes pronto!
folkie for a day...g,
dan
Did anyone mention this? Hope not. Related to our Ralph Stanley
"Clinch Mountain Country-Grammies" thread, I saw last night on TNN that when
Ricky received his Grammy he dedicated it to Ralph, and almost seemed wistful
about the fact that Ralph's effort hadn't taken it instead. Also
Louise wrote;
Well, Gemini's are the communicative types, so there's probably nothing
better for them than joining a high volume mailing
list. Librans are very sociable and like to get to know loads of people (
which they are doing on P2) and Sagittarians are
just bloody cool! Taurians
Barry wrote;
The worst mistake is supposed to be to say anything about this
rudeness or to try to hush it..Yoiu become an instant heavy.
I'm afraid you're right Barry, but it is getting out of hand, I mean
it's really getting bad. I was within oh, 15 feet last night of Richard
Buckner
, who would go to a Buckner show to talk?
Well, I'm ashamed to say this, but Son Volt fans. Plenty of 'em. It
wasn't so much a scenester problem as a "I'm staking out my space now to yell
"Whiskey Bottle 50 times", and I'll just wait til this dark-haired bearded
poet weirdo gets the hell
Does anybody know anything more about this
obviously talented writer?
Yeah, I know that someone posted a piece by him on LeAnn Rimes here a while
ago that was so obnoxious and snide it made me wonder whether he'd
propositioned her and been turned down. He also wrote a piece about
Jon wrote;
You gotta have a little sympathy for Ralph Stanley; one of the unspoken
(as far as I know g) goals of Clinch Mountain Country was to get him the
Grammy.
Yeah, I guess it woulda been nice, but hell-he doesn't need one, at least
not a Grammy from the music industry as it was
The year's most inexplicable musical fad was the vastly overrated genre of
"Americana" a/k/a "No Depression," "progressive country," "regressive
country," "independent country," "insurgent country," "alternative country,"
"
(Blah blah blah, to borrow a phrase from Brad Bechtel g).
Actually publish it to the list please. Everyone is so cool about deleting
the excesses/repeats off their posts. cool, but wish I had seen it the
first time.
Unfortunately, of late, I wouldn't agree. Let's get it together folks,
especially some of the new guys and gals. Glad
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
can I inquire about something that puzzles me from time to time? How
come we (the
collective P2 mindset, that is, and maybe most serious music fans in
general)
are quick to slay these writers for their professional opinions every time
we see them but then, at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oh and btw, despite what Matt says, the Damnations are the *best* band in
Austin. Is anyone else annoyed by his constant cheerleading for the Gourds
or is it just me?
Yeah, but that's just Matt. I tend to give him a lot of leeway simply
because he contributes so
According to some DJ on Q101 (Chicagos Rock Alternative) The next Trent
Reznor CD is going to be all Hank Williams covers. The DJ wasnt as
excited as I was. If I was not in my car I might've called him up and
given him what's fur.
God. Say it ain't so.
Aw, you guys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And mostly, let's not forget the future of mainstream country,
Allison Moorer.
Yes.
Her star is rising, and quick. Plus, of all the artists
mentioned above, she is the *only* one that *really* hits me like I need to
be hit.
Equally hit.
Done
(snip)...Garth may dream of slamming World Series homers. Haven't we all.
But I suspect the Padres' ownership is setting up the golden one for an
invitation
to join their little ownership group...(snip)
The ownership thing may be true, but what's really funny is that BlueChip
wasted
Nancy writes;
the trailer park. Sorry, but I agree, it sucks. We had a similar event in
Memphis called Crossroads, and it also bites ass. I just don't do them
anymore.
I dunno, just from our little world I've seen Neko Case, The
Damnations, Hadacol, The Gourds, Hot Club of Cowtown,
Alex wrote;
1. BLOODSHOT (WHY ? Because of Alejandro Escovedo, P.V. Cosmonauts,
Sadies,
Split lip Rayfield,.. )
I can just see Bloodshot's next T-shirt right now;
THE NO. 1 INSURGENT YUGOSLAVIAN RECORD LABEL
Cool post, Alex.
insurgently yoursg,
dan (who
Nosequitr writes:WRONG "Jesus saves, and Esposito scores on the rebound."
Most garbage goals in the history of hockey.
As a hardcore Blues fan I was never fond of Phil Esposito, but true hockey
fans know there's no such thing as a garbage goal. When PE lit the lamp, it
counted just as
Sheesh, isn't everyone?? g. I'll still put their "Making Believe" up
against any rock cover of a country song
And then Jon wrote something like "good thing that g is in there"
(which *was* funny). That said tho, Nessie does have the ability, at least
lyrically, to write many great
Sophie answers Neal's query re Wilco's "All Over the Place" EP;
It was the 10" limited edition EP released on vinyl last year. I
scored a copy from the Wilco website folk for being the "furthest away
Wilco fan"... see, there are sometimes advantages to being 15,000
miles away from
Stay a Little Longer -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Neko Case and Bob
Boyd -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot
I've been meaning to ask, who is this Bob Boyd fella?
thanks,
Dan
In case no one else knows, Alex does a radio show in Yugoslavia/Serbia that
knocks the socks off of 95% of the radio shows here in the states!
Well, let's see some of those play lists firstg
Welcome Alex to P2!
Absolutely, Alex.
dan
yer welcome-Dan
also:
Tuesday; 11:35 pm NBC Jay Leno musical guests: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris
and Linda Ronstadt
Wednesday: 11:35 pm CBS David Letterman musical guest: Chris Isaak
We've *never* been able to agree on anything (not
even on the general worthlessness of Kenny Rogers), and I think if we ever
did, we'd just have to shut the list down. After all, what would be the
point of carrying on?g--don
Don's right. Someone, anyone-maybe even me-has to come
In a mess I have an advance of XTC's "Apple Venus Vol. 1"
What the heck is that record about? Greatest hits, or what? Man I love
XTC.
dan
The group was dropped by TAG/Atlantic after releasing its 1996 album,
"24 Hours A Day," which has sold 16,000 units, according to SoundScan.
That is just a laughably stupid number. Proof positive that big money,
or the lack of it, can make or break an artist. I realize that the
Black Oak Arkansas, a band even uglier
and far worse than Henneman Co. had 3 gold records in the 70's
That was the 70s
And???
Dan Bentele
tonight.
yer welcome-dan
You know, I don't listen to a lot of Hank W. myself because, frankly-in
what can only be considered a pretty high compliment-he just scares the hell
out of me.
Dan Bentele
Excellent show if a bit dragg-y at times. She tended to overstretch
and over-mine a few of her blues songs toward the end-I mean I think "Joy",
almost reached Allman Bros-type length; my estimation would be 20 minutes
long-yikes!
Totally sold out and more, which really shocked me
Why does GE Smith get so slagged? While I may not be a huge Hall Oates
fan and band leading SNL might not be the most cred producing gig, I've
always thought the guy can play.
I'm sure he can, but as someone else said just watching the guy was
painful. I use to watch a good deal of
Carl wroteth;
That viewpoint might be considered right-of-center, if gun ownership and
military content are relevant variables to you. I think Zevon's written
more gun songs than Ted Nugent has, and some of the percussion on
"Jungle Work" consists of him shooting a pistol into a garbage
I think Jon's made a good point about the bio on their official web site
doing an actually pretty good job of discussing the band's past, but having
seen the Chicks myself a number of times from '90 on, a couple of these
passges just about made me blanch;
. All the act needed was a
re Tera;
For
the younger generation who has never heard of a particular artist before
but
possibly has been curious enough to explore someone they've read about who
has been an influence on a current "stars" career (or whatever else may
stimulate their interest), I believe
CDs will be going out this week to various DJs and writer types that I've
been culling from this list for the past couple of months. I hope ( you know
who
you are) like it.
Make sure you slip a $5 into that Neal Weiss package; gua-ran-td
positive ree-vyew. Guaranteed.
Greil
Did anyone happen to catch his.performance (?) on Conan a few
nights ago with some band called "Fear Of Pop"? Shatner did a kind of spoken
word piece over some sort of avant-pop music, Ben Folds was on keys, and...man
it was weird. Is this an ongoing act? Is there a record as well?
MC 900 Ft. Ndubb writes:
But who said Yes fans had
the skills to differentiate so thoroughly?
You'll never understand, Neal, you'll never understand.
Dan
n.p. a bootleg, actually: "Siberian Fugues; Tales From Topographic Oceans-The
Unreleased Wakeman Jams"g
hey kids;
So, I'm just getting around to reading my months-old copy of the Oxford
American music issue, and inside it is a just incredible essay about the
electrocution and very near-death of a young musician. It's written by the
guy's brother, and what's so fascinating about this is not
- George Martin, their producer. George had a lot to do with shaping the
sound of their recordings, and played on a number of their tracks.
I try to avoid "me too" posts if I can, butme too. Without Martin,
even imagining how many of the Beatles records would have sounded is pretty
Hey kids;
Just wanted to chime in and say that I ventured out into the still-
cold-but-starting-to-melt St. Louis muck last night and saw one of Gateway
City's finest. Probably nothing earthshocking to impart that any of you
who've seen OFS live, but they did deliver a pretty sharp 50
In a message dated 1/14/99 3:07:12 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
As an added doohickey, I'll probably
put a program called wpoison on the site that actually screws with the
spambots. It's a recursive fake email and link creator that makes the bots
gather non-existent
Used CDs are fine as long as the artist and/or label is hurting less
financally than you are.
That's pretty good. Hey Matt, you should write a book similar to that
Steve
Earle In Quotes thing. I'd buy it.
You know, I would too come to think of it. I gotta admit that in
earlier
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