Re: Burning London, the Clash tribute album

1999-04-29 Thread Svb442
In a message dated 4/29/99 12:59:31 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know I was going on the other day about how dated the Clash sound nowadays, but jeez, they certainly didn't deserve this abominable "tribute" album. this piece of crap was guaranteed the above by the getting the

Re: Captain Beefheart (re:Welfare Music)

1999-04-23 Thread Svb442
Marie on Beefheart... There is a difference between noise and music, right? one man's noise...

Re: Captain Beefheart

1999-04-23 Thread Svb442
my fave stuff ol' don's is the legendary am sessions ep, which features some the grittiest blues rock of the mid-60's, and the spotlight kid/clear spot double cd, which features some of the most monstrous guitar work courtesy of mr. zoot horn rollo(who's book on his beefheart years is one of

Re: Cheap Trick (was Re: Chicago Calendar)

1999-04-23 Thread Svb442
In a message dated 4/23/99 10:02:11 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: *6/15: RELS: Cheap Trick (live) I read somewhere (ICE, maybe) that this will be available exclusively through Amazon.com for like two months before its general release. Something about Amazon wanting to flex its

Re: Artist of the Decade?

1999-04-22 Thread Svb442
In a message dated 4/22/99 3:54:58 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh yeah, Ray Davies claimed to have invented heavy metal, so... nope. link wray did.

carl sonny leyland

1999-04-20 Thread Svb442
don't know if anyone has mentioned it but his new one, "im wise" on hmg/hightone, contains some of the finest jerry lee pumping piano that you'll ever hear. while he can play pretty much any style out of the pop songbook(as witnessed by his fine stylings with big sandy) he seems to have

Re: ISO digital Todd Snider Blue Mt. trades

1999-03-24 Thread Svb442
In a message dated 3/24/99 12:18:57 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If a record label released material without the consent of the artist, wouldn't it be obvious that something rotten was going on? If so, what's the difference here? the difference is that there's a contractual, legal

Re: boot me baby, but don't sell it

1999-03-24 Thread Svb442
In a message dated 3/24/99 2:10:55 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I say, bootlegg me baby, but when you start making more dough off merchandise than me, can ya buy me dinner or throw me a bone, hey, help me out on rent? how about i just continue to show up at your shows, drink booze from

glass houses:(was Re: boot me baby, but don't sell it)

1999-03-24 Thread Svb442
so now that i've been beaten up for my views on bootlegging, am i to assume that all those that have had a dissenting view point in one form or another have never purchased, or even traded for, such an item? just curious...

Re: Iggy/Pretenders/Clash/Ameritwang

1999-03-16 Thread Svb442
In a message dated 3/15/99 7:02:28 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Masonrod said: Whine, whine, whine. "I got to see him here." "Oooh, I wish I was there." That's why I stay in Detroit. Despite its present day music mundaneness, I got to experience so much when Detroit was still Rock

Re: country radio

1999-03-05 Thread Svb442
In a message dated 3/5/99 12:11:16 PM EST, don yates writes: for those interested in hearing actual country music -- as opposed to roots-rock, f*lk, etc. -- you're still quite likely to run into it on mainstream country radio. And you're certainly gonna hear a lot more of it there than you

biller wakefield

1999-02-25 Thread Svb442
don't know if anyone has talked about this new album, entitled "the hot guitars of biller and wakefield" but it's a gas. dave biller plays guitar and jeremy wakefield plays steel, and the whole thing is jazzed up hillbilly boogie directly descended from the classic sounds of speedy west and

Re: Johnny Rodrieguz

1999-01-20 Thread Svb442
In a message dated 1/20/99 4:26:58 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone out there know the details of Johnny's recent murder conviction? The little details that have been available via Blue Chip have made it all sound very weird. If anyone knows of a way to get to local newspaper