What about Terry Allen? Well, maybe not the part about Ronald Reagan.
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Subject: Re: autoclip: Sparklehorse/Varnaline
More broadly, though, I look
Anyone going to see Sparklehorse and Varnaline at the TLA Sunday night in
Philly? Mail me offlist if you are.
I encourage everyone within driving distance to see this show. It's
been my favorite of the year, so far.
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Steve Gardner
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SPARKLEHORSE with Varnaline
The Horseshoe on Tuesday, April 13
By CARL WILSON
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
The critical reception of Richmond, Va. rock band Sparklehorse seems a
sort of bellwether of the well-meaningly misguided End Times
Nice work Carl. Meanwhile, this line:
"So do you have any idea what they sound like"
reminds me of my predicament before seeing them in SF. We were actually in SF
to do some in-law stuff, and thus, were sharing a rental with my sister in
law and her mucho macho hubby, they who reside in
at "if you don't know who Tom Waits is, go find that
out before you worry about Sparklehorse." Likewise the beggarly
description of the Varnaline set as Velvets-to-Huskers, a dead
giveaway of lack of space and one that, again, 10 percent of readers
would grasp.
Not that you asked...
Sparklehorse came to town last Friday night and brought Varnaline along with
them. Local band, the Comas opened. I absolutely am ga ga over Varnaline
so whether or not I would go to this show was a no-brainer. However, I was
really interested in seeing Sparklehorse since
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 15-Mar-99
Comas/Varnaline/Sparklehorse by "Steve Gardner"@sugarhil
Near the end of the show I finally figured it out.
Blasphemous as it may seem (to some people, not me) he reminded me of Roger
Waters of Pink Floyd.
Mark Linkous is
I know of no other geeks I can ask this question of, and it's driving me
crazy. I love the Varnaline Sweet Life cd, but it sounds SO familiar. Do
I know this lead singer guy from somewhere else, or does he just sound like
someone else? In fact, even their production sounds hauntingly
