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1999-04-16 Thread Jerry Curry
I'm sorry, I'm not going to take Don's slag lying down. "Powerpop" has to be one of the most retrogressive music forms, excuse me? First of all, the Scott Miller quote reflects the views and tastes of a single solitary powerpopper. Nice of you to extend his thoughts and apply it throughout

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1999-04-16 Thread Don Yates
God, it sure is fun baiting Curry.g--don n.p. The Raspberries - "Go All The Way"

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1999-04-16 Thread Jerry Curry
Here's a Raspberry to you Don..thbthtbht.;P Have a good weekend, ya'll. Jerry On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Don Yates wrote: God, it sure is fun baiting Curry.g--don

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1999-04-16 Thread Don Yates
OK, I can't resist: On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Jerry Curry wrote: I also believe Miller is couching his opinion, not in terms of creative originality, but in terms of sonic originality (i.e. production). One would have to admit, that there is an awfully wide variation in the production of pop

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1999-04-16 Thread William F. Silvers
Don replied to Jerry: Before I get into the ethnic *purity* arguement, let me address the same-old, tired-ass, application of the "wimp" label to powerpop bands. That's the kind of Bullshit that makes most popgeeks feel some kind of inferiority complex. But they are inferior, aren't