Re: Japanese hipsterism....

1999-04-08 Thread Ross Whitwam
At 2:40 PM -0400 4/8/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Got me thinking, anyone know who the most popular Japanese artist in US history might be? I can't think of anyone beyond Cibo Matto, who, by virtue of being on a major label, might win this pony race. What about Yoko Ono? Ross Whitwam

Re: Good covers (was: Kelly Willis calling the shots)

1999-04-05 Thread Ross Whitwam
when you don't like it. A note-for-note remake, I'd say, is almost always giving the song the same interpretation as the original, whether it works or not. Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Pharmacology Therapeutics Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC

Good covers (was: Kelly Willis calling the shots)

1999-04-03 Thread Ross Whitwam
nt (except he probably would not require even subtle variations if the cover was performed with good grace and skill), Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Pharmacology Therapeutics Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC

artistic control vs. bootlegging

1999-03-24 Thread Ross Whitwam
entirety) of the pro-tape trading crowd on this list do *not* make a single dime on any of their transactions. The notion of sleazy bootleggers getting rich on the intellectual property of uncompensated artists is a bit of a straw dog as it pertains to the discussion here. Ross Whitwam

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Ross Whitwam
ther found others defining his music for him, perhaps it's not surprising that he doesn't feel much loyalty or committment to keep using that tag. Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Pharmacology Therapeutics Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC

Re: Tweedy quote

1999-03-04 Thread Ross Whitwam
to become part of it as if he had grown up immersed in it, he got put in it and, for whatever reason, he seems to feel it doesn't describe what he does now. Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Pharmacology Therapeutics Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC

Re: sxsw criticisms (my take)

1999-02-17 Thread Ross Whitwam
If this is the case, and I have no reason to dispute it, why should poor old Garth get such a ragging around here for all *his* efforts at self-marketing? It's just a difference of scale, isn't it? Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Pharmacology Therapeutics Program Memorial

Re: Dylan

1999-02-12 Thread Ross Whitwam
At 10:19 AM + 12/2/99, Girvan Burnside wrote: Ross Whitwam said: I want to vote for the "Live At Budokan" album as Dylan's worst live album. No I didn't. I too like the _At Budokan_ album. Someone else said that. Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Ph

Re: Dylan

1999-02-10 Thread Ross Whitwam
s current live vocal stylings. It is also the only album he has ever released which features his current touring band (well, the 1994 version anyway -- there's been changes since, but the overall band sound has been pretty consistent.) Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Pharmacology

Re: Dylan

1999-02-10 Thread Ross Whitwam
-- I think it was a prime time special celebrating Letterman's 15th anniversary on the air, or something like that -- when BD performed a somewhat lackluster "Like A Rolling Stone" with Rosanne Cash + two others on (superfluous, it seemed to me) backing vocals. Ross Whitwam

CDNow coupon

1999-02-03 Thread Ross Whitwam
Could someone privately e-mail me the URL for the $10-off coupon from CDNow that was posted here earlier today? I accidently discarded the original message. Thanks, Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Pharmacology Therapeutics Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Re: Old 97s in NYC

1999-01-25 Thread Ross Whitwam
half-hour to scheduled start times for true performance times.) Definitely worth arriving early for, imo. Ross Whitwam[EMAIL PROTECTED] Molecular Pharmacology Therapeutics Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC