The first answer is reallly short: All I know about the Hattifatteners is
what I read in ICE magazine, which says only what I said.
Tortoise and the Ex: now this is an extremely cool record! This Dutch
outfit called Koncurrent makes these records when bands are passing through.
They put
Sorry I missed this one:
May 8: John and Ellen Wright at Borders, 8 p.m.
You've heard me rave about them before--bluegrass pickin', Ralph Stanley
stories and all 'round fun.
Linda
Did you buy Alejandro's Bourbonitis Blues Yesterday? Hope so. I forgot to
put the release date on the calendar last week, though. Do go get you one
and definitely pick up the Backsliders' Southern Lines.
The calendar will be on Wednesday this week and next, so you'll just have to
comb
Sorry. I should have clarified in the first place. This is Stacey Earle of
Chicago, who is a founder and regular at Here Be Monsters, and has
occasionally sung harmony with Jon Langford in Skull Orchard. I talked to
her last night. Her arm is a wreck with metal things sticking out of it.
one of those frequent inexplicable gaps twixt brain and fingers:
5/14-15: 5/14-15: John Wesley Harding and Ellis Paul at SCHUBAS TAVERN!
Two shows each night.
Thought you'd want to know so you could try out the link.
A HREF="http://www.schubas.com/schome.html"Schubas Tavern/A
this is the second post to the thread and no one's brought up the Backsliders?
Linda
Nice write up on Mandy Burnett in Peter Margasak's column in the Reader this
week. It's at www.chireader.com. The section is "Post No Bills."
enjoy!
Linda
Did you know you can order tickets directly from Schubas? Yep. Here's the
link for AOL folks:
A HREF="http://www.schubas.com/schome.html"Schubas Tavern/A . For
everyone else it's http://www.schubas.com/schome.html
HAVE FUN!
*= new or revised since last time
4/23: Alejandro Escovedo
THANK you!
Linda, no longer feeling like twisting in the wind on this band
Christopher Mills wrote:
Please forward to all appropriate parties.
Begin Communication:
Greetings!
Here Be Monsters
April 27 9pm
@ Schuba's
For the benefit of Miss Stacey Early Pt. 1.
The evening's menu will include:
Kelly Hogan-Performing her tribute to the late, great Dusty
So the earnest, intrepid, but clueless cub reporter has stepped in to cover
for the main man at the George Strait hoo ha at Soldier Field on Sunday, and
is hoping you can lift her veil of ignorance (I blush) concerning the
following:
1 pm: Mark Wills
3: Kenny Chesney
6: Tim McGraw
I have
You knew that was what I meant, right? g
It was "Don't take your guns" that U2 didn't do much for.
Linda, who probably wouldn't make these kinds of mistakes if she waited 24
hours to push the send button. . .but probably would make other kinds of
mistakes instead.
In a message dated 4/19/99 7:44:06 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I thoiught Marty Stuart came off surprisingly well. Especially on
Behshazarr, etc.
Contrariwise, I think he completely trashed what would have been a sterling
performance by the Fairfield Four that I
Chris, was it any of these? I don't think so. . .
It was a song Mike Ireland said he'd learned from a 45 that included some
dumb interview in which the DJ credits the song to Charlie Rich. Anybody
know of it? Anyway, it was that song and none of these ring a bell, but when
I try to think
thanks, Dave! That's the one. I remember the last part.
Linda
In a message dated 4/18/99 11:17:43 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If that's the story he told, the I'd say it's definately Life Has It's
Little Ups And Downs (as in "...like ponies on a merry-go-round, but
Jon Weisberger asks "Which one?" and of course, he has to tell me -- if it
isn't called "My Better Years" at least that's the way I remember it.
Linda
In a message dated 4/18/99 12:57:10 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Established fans are guarding the secret,
HA! Established fans are proselytisig like all get out!
Linda
That was gorgeous, Carl.
man, what the hell am I doing in this business. . .
Linda
don't know how this got me started thinking about literally life-changing
hooks. Probably that in spring cleaning I found my paperback deep blues
which I must've started reading a year ago and then lost track of so although
I have missed the entire thread, I'd like everyone to ponder a minute
actually, Mazor, I thought your subject line might indicate promising news
for the new millenium.
Linda
In a message dated 4/17/99 11:04:58 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
...the first splash of "Like A Rolling Stone" comes on the radio
and I crank it up to speaker-cone shred volume, jam the car a gear
lower, stomp it up to 85 and hold it way up there close to the redline
In a message dated 4/17/99 11:17:39 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Coming in July: Songwriter-in-the-round Eastern/Midwestern
US tour w/ Mike Ireland, Joe Pernice Tommy Womack
cannot WAIT for this one!
Linda
In a message dated 4/17/99 11:22:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I distinctly recall hearing "Honky Tonk Women" for the first time on
a radio in a dorm room and going nuts And immediately putting down
everything and driving to a *wholesale* record distribution
In a message dated 4/17/99 12:40:20 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But for great endings that END, you can't hardly beat James Brown's "I Feel
Good."
the little girls know. . .heh heh
YEEOOOWWW!
Linda
NRBQ is on this thing? well. . .kinda. I did not know that! Anyway, here's
more info from the Tar Hut website via the ND Board. Sounds like a local
hero of sorts. I think he used to/does hold down some Sundays at NYC's
storied Lakeside Lounge.
Speaking of Angry Johnny and the
I tried to warn you about hanging out at Chicago blues clubs, Bob Soron.
;-)
Linda, way over the tourist circuit
I think I forgot this part g but it's probably way to late to avoid an
acid retort.
Linda
jeesh.
Kelly Hogan will honor Dusty Springfield's birthday tomorrow, Friday, April
16 at 1 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Spellchecker, phooey! When ever will they make these things with a fragging
fact checker.
Linda
you left out. . .
4/18 Chip Robinson of the Backsliders solo acoustic at Paradise Lounge in
S.F.
lr
just go. They've added a whole lot of other stuff to humor and homicide,
like savage introspection and hopelessly mangled and misunderstood
relationships.
Linda
Chicagoans: I'm adding "Sound Opinions" to the weekly to-do's. It's the Sun
Times' Jim DeRogatis and the Tribune's Greg Kot talking about music each
Tuesday night from 10 to midnight on 'XRT. Usually, there's a guest artist,
too, either in the studio or on the phone. Last Tuesday, Wilco;
I confess I've never heard the man myself, but the covers are GREAT!
Eric "Roscoe" Ambel
Cheri Knight
Ass Ponys
Ware River Club
Angry Johnny and the Killbillies
Anyway, I've enjoyed the heck out of it. . .
Linda
In a message dated 4/14/99 11:56:19 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Appearing at Chicago's best damn little bar (the Hideout), Mike Ireland and
Dan Mesh will be at the Honky Tonk Living Room tomorrow (Thursday) with
Deanna Varagona doing openers, 9:00 start, $6 cover,
have you tried the all berry Captain Crunch?
yum!
Linda, wondering if y'all are pulling my leg about there being a fluff list
ps as for the 17th, Heather notes only Linda McCartney's passing. . .also the
one year anniversary of me being a vegetarian.
Linda
Whew! What a lot to catch up on. Just got back from SXSW and then took a
ten day vacation. Haven't done that in ten years; now I remember why! Okay,
just cuz it's SPRING and I felt like it, I've included some shows that looked
interesting in a couple other cities. Can't say I can keep it
Hey why worry about the penny-ante wristband stuff anyway. go for the big
one!
Seriously, if anyone can let me use their badge from about 2:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Thursday, I'd be much obliged. I can pick it up and return it to the P2
party.
Thanks,
Linda
It has been determined that yours truly will have a room at the Days Inn
University-Downtown. What good it will do anyone to know that remains to be
seen. In my experience, there's never been live music in my hotel room so
I've generally been where there is. Still. . .there's a first time for
I LOVE that! Thank you so much for posting it. . .
np. Southern Line, different but equal
Anybody know how to contact this band these days? A friend of a friend wants
to interview them on a radio show and asked me how to reach them, but all I
have is an empty number at AM
Thanks as always for your indulgence.
BTW, the V-Roys rocked to beat all last night. What a fraggin' show!
You're on your own next week, kids. I'll be in Austin.
Tix go on sale at noon Saturday for Wilco at the Riv 5/7.
HAVE FUN!
Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $10
from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose ***(ATTN Postcarders: If you don't
know who
The best is the simplest. Avocado has a really delicate flavor and light
piquance all its own, too often masqued by way to much salsa-like stuff. Not
to boast, but people rave, so try this. . .it's a bit different. . .
Leave avocados on a south-facing windowsill until they're pretty mushy
Mash
I second the cilantro. I use it if I have it. Personally, I think the
piquante sauce just messes with a good avocado.
lre
There's the whole Lubbock/Austin establishment and friends: Jimmie Dale
Gilmore, Joe Carole Pierce, Guy Clark, Joe Ely, etc.
lr
In a message dated 3/10/99 10:56:52 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At the request of Barry Mazor, who's leaving shortly for his
all-expenses-paid, staying-at-the-swanky-Omni trip to Austin,
must be some kinda well-known workin' weasel!
Linda
tell me about Let's Active, if you would be so kind.
she of boundless ignorance,
lr
oh, now. . .the whole point is the heart, you know.
Linda
In a message dated 3/6/99 9:18:32 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The older folks,
the ones with jobs and largely without .EDU at the end of the e-mail
account, are more into the music.
and less into the bands? wait. . .I'm confused. This often happens at the
brink of
Cheryl --
just please please don't ever find better things to do with your time.
thank you,
Linda
In a message dated 3/5/99 9:14:18 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
/colorBig deal, indeed. I agree completely with Terry, though -- it does
get awfully fucking tiresome to read the tripe about UT starting
some big movement, especially when one reads the oft-repeated
Hank Williams III wants to be characterized as alternative country. . .for
whoever's keeping score.
BTW his show at Lounge Ax tomorrow night was cancelled today.
Linda
Happy Birthday Alex!
Please play
The Handsome Family, "Drunk by Noon"
Sparklehorse, "Sunshine"
Freakwater, "Jesus Year" (It's the only birthday song I can think of off the
top of my head)
Have fun!
Linda
HAVE FUN!
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from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose
*= new or revised since last time
*3/5: Baxter at the Hideout
3/5: Jeff Tweedy solo at Harper College
3/5: Rebecca Gates at Lounge Ax
3/5/1963: We lose Patsy
Anybody seen a show lately? I'm going to see him Saturday. . .
Linda
Wait. . .I've never heard Robbie do this particular cover. Are you referring
to that cheesy rock song Suffragette by the Beatles?
curious,
Linda
In a message dated 3/1/99 9:04:26 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jennifer, who is going to scream for "Jet" at the top of her
In a message dated 3/1/99 10:10:38 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
That's Jet all right, Linda--but it was by Wings.
I knew that.
lr, sleep deprived from the Tweedy show. he covered some Uncle Tupelo. I
don't think the Woody Guthrie stuff counts as covers.
Have I ever mentioned that I like the Stones better?
lr
In a message dated 2/28/99 8:36:31 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
If nothing else, why
someone would want to be that close to a singer-songwriter as talented as
Buckner while she's tearing his way through "22" and be laughing and carrying
on about some irrelevant
I'm waiting for him to cover a Lyle Lovett song.
lr
In a message dated 2/28/99 5:15:37 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We have now
heard Robbie Fulks perform Dancing Queen and the Hollie's ol' "On a
Carousel" electric. In dead earnest. I knew you'd all want to know.
not to mention "Ballad of the Green Berets"
lr
In a message dated 2/27/99 3:29:26 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I cannot give much credibility to Mr. Kott for
example, who seems to attach a "neutralized barb" to his wiriting and then
happily wanders back into mainstream appeal. It just gives me the
impression that
In a message dated 2/27/99 3:29:26 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A critic in my
honest opinion is writing for the public, not for the recording industry or
the artists.
Sometimes I think the best criticism is the stuff you write for yourself,
trying to figure out why
I missed something here. If it matters, I don't mind standing up to be
counted as a Libra.
out of it,
Linda
In a message dated 2/26/99 7:16:31 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I submit my first band for hermetic sealing: the Rolling Stones. To
quote Mr. Simkins, please, please, PLEASE.
Please seal me up with the pre-1977 ones.
Linda
In a message dated 2/26/99 7:22:21 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Abba
no. and DEF initely not Jim Morrison.
It would be tempting to push Celine off the Titanic, but that's too easy.
Everybody else is not that hard to ignore
lr, lovin' the world ever since the clock
In a message dated 2/25/99 11:48:53 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I bet she dang sure would.
me, too.
Another "me too" post brought to you by,
Linda Ray
For the one publication I write for that uses the star system, you can give as
many stars as you want, but the editor reserves the right to change that.
Editors pretty much get to do whatever they want with your stuff, it seems. I
even had one change my point of view. . .once. But it wasn't on
Y'all were gonna laugh at me weren't you if I showed up at the Vic tonight and
found out that the Steve Earle/Del McCoury band wasn't until next month, hunh?
HAVE FUN!
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*= new
Hey Carl, if you sank that far you probably noticed that six critics voted for
5 Chinese Brothers' 1996 release "Let's Kill Saturday Night." um. I don't
think so.
Linda
This makes me sad. . .
Linda
In Chicago at Park West she had Jim Lauderdale on guitar and vocals and the
amazing Kenny Vaughn on guitar.
I couldn't watch cuze I was doing my taxes. Missed the Silos show, too. Only
having to go to work today preventing my spending all day in bed in a fit of
depression.
Linda
np.
How about Lone Star Swing?
In a message dated 2/19/99 2:35:54 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Borders is a similar thing, but I get $150 cash, and $50 certificate. We
also
get free food. These gigs are from 7:30 to 9:30 or 10, Fri and Sat nights.
The
place is out of the way from most places I would
In a message dated 2/19/99 1:22:55 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Linda Ray also has a
Bad Livers review, but I dont think thats on their web site.
Yah, the Rock, etc. articles don't get to the web, but e-mail me if you want
to read it and I'll send it to you in text.
By the way, I already owe a Shiner to Caliguri because Jon Weisberger said he
didn't like The Damnations.
Jon, it was The Mary Janes I gave you leave not to like. Back to the CD
player.
g
Linda
ALEX FOR PRESIDENT OF YUGOSLAVIA!!!
Rock the vote! You rule, man. Made my year.
Linda
np. The Mary Janes. All of you must get this record. Must. Except for Jon
who can sell his back if he wants. I can't remember ever being so bowled over
by a first record. I must say the first time I
Bob Soron! You and Tracy saw TWO SONGS! And you were getting beer through
half of one. Sorry to bust ya, buddy, but. . . let's be fair. The second
song you saw, which was the last in their set, was an a' capella ballad--which
doesn't work for Ryan Adams, either. It was a bad idea.
I loved
Garbage is the only surprise on there. . .
to me anyway.
Linda
Anybody know *for sure* who wrote this song?
Thanks,
Linda
well, hey! I need one also.
Linda
RIP Andy's Chicago Shows list. It was, in a word, comprehensive. I always
was able to pick up a show or two from it, and it was my most reliable source
for amazing band names. Andy was faithful to his labor of love for three
years, and when he lost the passion for it, he was smart enough to
And where was NPR's glorious cowboy poet and former large animal veterinarian
Baxter Black?
lr
well, we all know THAT won't work!
sorry.
lr
In a message dated 2/6/99 2:01:10 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
and I'll recommend that
everyone--well, maybe not Jon W. g--pick it up when it's released in a
week or so.
Actually, I think Jon W. might actually LIKE it. I hate to talk about him
while he's off list
At least there are several witnesses to the fact that it was Alex Millar who
yelled "No Tupelo" at a Jeff Tweedy solo show at Lounge Ax, prompting the
first performance of "That Year" anyone could remember since, um, Wilco
formed.
I mention this only to bring you up to speed a bit with
Thanks for that "Real" review.
I can't believe it, but I don't think I mentioned Summer Teeth. O wait, I
know why. The person asked for indies.
np. A Shot in the Arm for the hundred billionth time in a row
In a message dated 2/4/99 11:30:00 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Prickly mandolins?
I bet this was meant as a compliment. Really. As for five, well I can count
that high on the back cover, but, you know, if writers could count they'd be
musicians.
xo,
Linda
In a message dated 2/4/99 1:33:27 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Steve Earle the Del McCoury Band's The
Mountain.
I'm seconding this bigtime. My favorite of the year so far.
Linda
Actually, so far "Real" is a contender for me, too.
lr
WH! Lookit all the new *s this week! Note that the Calendar has a
contributing editor this week: P2er Tom Mohr. Keep filling in the blanks,
thanks!
HAVE FUN!
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*= new
In a message dated 2/2/99 8:23:46 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Or maybe Neutral Milk Hotel?
good call! hadn't thought of that.
lr
I vote you do a class outing at the Double Door in Chicago on Feb 27, when
Devil in a Woodpile opens for Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire. You want
eclecticism? Eclecticize this!
Linda
In a message dated 2/3/99 3:29:04 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Now Enrolling Students for
In a message dated 2/2/99 12:45:46 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
You're probably right, though, about the reason why it'd get called
that--pianos instead of guitars, so of course it MUST be mellow. Oh
brother... --dc
It's not just the pianos. There's a whole LOT of
I remembered that "Girl That's Hip" song the minute I hit the send key. 'Tis
another goodie. I thought Sire was definite about April, now, but I guess
nothing's really definite in the record business right now.
Linda, hoping all this hoo ha isn't upsetting Miles O Music's business
Who was that guy who sang "Ramblin' Man" at the Heather's Country Calendar
shindig? I've tossed the program (a girl just cannot save all this paper but
always throws out the wrong thing), but that song is still hangin' and
hauntin'. I mean, the song itself will do that to me but the guy who
This was an amazing interpretation of this song. Anna sang it as a
heartaching, borderline bitter ballad. It was indeed pretty wonderful.
I think it's the Paulina Hollers that my friend Eric plays in. Those are all
good credits for Lenny Dietsch. I'll keep watching for him. (I wonder if
Not knowing exactly where this started, I probably shouldn't jump in, but hey
it's never stopped me before.
Richard Buckner did take Eric Heywood on tour for a while. (he plays lap and
pedal steel)
Thank you,
In a message dated 1/31/99 7:27:31 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
um, it also has the advantage that everyone can sing it.
Linda, still sodden with with populism in the wake of Friday night's concert
for the People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle featuring
Pete Seeger
In a message dated 1/31/99 7:28:23 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL
Whoa, I must've missed the part about how you concluded that Ryan is not a
considerate thoughtful human being.
Linda
In a message dated 1/31/99 5:08:45 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
See, I don't think it is a contradiction. It is completely
unreasonable to
I got a couple of reports that this post showed up empty. If you can do
biorhythms, e-mail me. I want to know what went so haywire late last week in
general, and how I can know next time just to stay home in bed!
Anyway, here 'tis:
Regarding release dates, ICE points out that just about all
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