best o' 95, dec 24-27

1995-12-28 Thread James R. Covey
From: Michael Ligon [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1) best east-coast band 1. jale 2.sloan 3. thrush hermit 2) best non-east coast band(assuming Canadians) 1.Treble Charger2. Venus Cures All 3.Huevos Rancheros 3) best east-coast lp 1. The Super Friendz

bert! my mouth is bleeding! yaHOO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

1995-12-25 Thread James R. Covey
at the risk of sounding totally, um, sappy, i just want to thank all of you for all the contributions you've made this year to our little (200 subscribers) virtual community... there are many many individuals that i could mention here -- this has definitely been the best year for sloan net so

best o' 95, dec 23

1995-12-24 Thread James R. Covey
From: Nina Riihiaho [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1) best east-coast band erics trip 2) best non-east-coast band foo fighters the inbreds sonic youth 3) best east-coast LP um, _mock up, scale down_ i guess :) 4) best non-east-coast LP _melon collie and the infinite sadness_ by smashing pumpkins _foo

best o' 95, dec 22

1995-12-23 Thread James R. Covey
From: Mark Kenneth Mullane [EMAIL PROTECTED] for these ones... 1) best east-coast band- Tim Robbins Experience 2) best non-east-coast band- Pavement 3) best east-coast LP- they all put me to sleep 4) best non-east-coast LP- Wowee Zowee - pavementi 5) best east-coast EP or single- State

best o' 95, dec 21

1995-12-22 Thread James R. Covey
From: Jonathan Dacey [EMAIL PROTECTED] hey there.. i held out on this for awhile cause there's still abit o time left but i dont think anything phenomonal will occur so here it is: all are of 95.. not necessarily of all time..unless otherwise stated... best east coast bands: 1: the motes ...

best o' 95, dec 20

1995-12-22 Thread James R. Covey
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (rod thurber) 1) best east-coast band Plumtree Thrush Hermit 2) best non-east-coast band Morphine Phish 3) best east-coast LP TGPO - Thrush Hermit MOSD - SFZ 4) best non-east-coast LP Yes - Morphine

best o'95, dec 19

1995-12-20 Thread James R. Covey
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lousy) Hi! 3) Hardship Post - Somebody Spoke 4) Ben Folds Five - s/t 5) Broken Girl - Nora Bye! Magnus From: Michael Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] hi - i'm ripping off james' format * best east-coast band - sloan - eric's trip are ok... - spine * best

best o' 95, dec 18

1995-12-19 Thread James R. Covey
) best east-coast EP or single-Witchdoctor/Flexman-Metropoloticians 6) best non-east-coast EP or single - Grifters- Eureka ep 7) best live performance - Boss Hog- Portland Rock for choice 8) best video (EC or non) - tie Micheal Jackson Bjork From: James R. Covey [EMAIL PROTECTED] * best east

realtime dec 23

1995-12-19 Thread James R. Covey
---BeginMessage--- hey hey hey... here's what' coming up NEXT Saturday dec 23rd on RealTime RealTime is proud to present an exclusive concert recording of the Rheostatics This one hour concert was recorded at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa on October 21st The Rheos were asked to

best o' 95, dec 17

1995-12-18 Thread James R. Covey
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Gara) 1) best east-coast band eric's tripunless tara s'appart counts 2) best non-east-coast band superchunk 3) best east-coast LP forever again...(is it 95?) 4) best non-east-coast LP superchunk.. here's where the strings come in 5) best east-coast EP

best o'95 votes, dec 16

1995-12-17 Thread James R. Covey
From: Keith Preston [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1) best east-coast band -Jale 2) best non-east-coast band -Sonic Youth 3) best east-coast LP -Mock Up/Scale Down (SF) 4) best non-east-coast LP -Washing Machine (SY) 5) best east-coast EP or single -Closed (jale) 6) best non-east-coast EP or single -Ask For

best of 1995

1995-12-16 Thread James R. Covey
ok, i've received suggestions and i'm modifying the categories accordingly. PLEASE remember to send your votes to *me*, not the list. i'll repost your submissions daily in a single digest-post until people stop voting. vote up to three times in each category, but only once for each

BNW: wednesday night

1995-12-12 Thread James R. Covey
the word is, i'll be on brave new waves wednesday night/thursday morning at midnight. so tune in, canadians. or don't. :-) james - _James R. Covey [EMAIL PROTECTED]_sloan net is a discussion of the ___| |

sloan net party update

1995-12-12 Thread James R. Covey
ok, here's the skinny. it's this friday the 15th. 6pm - 10pm. 5512 charles st, jim cooper's apt. it's a potluck. bring food/beverages. the party will be ending whenever jim decides to migrate to the oasis for rebecca west. musicians playing at the party: mark mullane (+friends?) sanisoft

Re: Sloan Lyrics-Medium Rare

1995-12-12 Thread James R. Covey
someone asked about the song american groove and i wrote: american groove is an MC5 song. and then chris trowbridge corrected me... don't mean to be picky but...american ruse is an MC5 song. New York Groove is an Ace Frehely song. Groove is in the Heart is a Deeelite song. We're an American

brave new waves

1995-12-11 Thread James R. Covey
well, i was really stupid and forgot to ask patti when my spot is going to air. so tune in tonight to cbc stereo (all of you canadian kids) after midnight and, um, *maybe* you'll hear me. not to mention kool tuneage: horseshoes and handgrenades ridin out, broken girl dance music, state champs

andrew scott speaks out!

1995-12-04 Thread James R. Covey
for those of you who haven't figured it out by now, brendan's post about the new sloan album and subsequent posts by various smartasses, it's all a *joke*!! there's no new sloan album. however, the following is actually for real -- back at pop explosion time i invited questions for andrew scott

new sloan album.

1995-12-03 Thread James R. Covey
you know, what *really* surprised me about the new sloan LP wasn't the fact that there's *three* covers on it, or that one of them is by the MC5. what took me totally by surprise are those magnificent covers of she's called nova scotia by rita macneil and heaven by the dashboard light by

brokedown brokengirl

1995-12-02 Thread James R. Covey
so last night's planned broken girl gig (opening for bob wiseman @ wormwood's theatre) did not happen -- i guess the van or whatever broke down on the way to halifax. so bob played for two and a half hours straight. no joke. i'd post a review but it would go on forever and i don't have time!

another US reviewer discovers thrush hermit...

1995-11-27 Thread James R. Covey
this was on the independent music review list: ---BeginMessage--- === i m r #34 === ..Thrush Hermit (Genius) has a three-sided 7 release that should have many a soul on the next boat

preppy relatives still rolling! (sort of)

1995-11-27 Thread James R. Covey
ok, yes, warren and gordon have parted ways, but gordon is, of course, the singer/songwriter and records the music by himself. so the band will keep going under the same name, but with a different drummer and a gogo dancer (!?) and maybe other members in the future. gordon says he has another

Re: fuck math-rock!

1995-11-22 Thread James R. Covey
Damn, this math-rock thing has gone on too long. This IS a SLOAN discussion group is it not? So let's get down to some discussion! well, actually, it's a discussion not only of sloan, but also of the east coast scene in general. always has been. just to be nitpicky.:-) My topic is ...Did

best state weasel-thrushed sanistraps

1995-11-15 Thread James R. Covey
with sloan net temporarily offline this past weekend, i didn't get to review the weekend gigs. so i'm finally getting around to that, but i don't have much time, so these reviews will be pretty sketchy. sorry if i'm just repeating what's already been said. last FRIDAY @ OASIS some geeky

_Left Hip_ #5 zine review

1995-11-10 Thread James R. Covey
issue #5 of gordon isnor's zine _left hip_ is now available! i got my hands on a copy about a week and half ago now, and it's really excellent. highlights of this one (in addition to the poster problem piece): - al tuck in conversation about his new band, growing up in pei, and ghost

read this and VOTE!! :-)

1995-11-04 Thread James R. Covey
---BeginMessage--- Hi All, the 1st Annual RealTime Upick Concert/Contest is officially ON. if you've got www access: http://realtime.cbcstereo.com/ccl/upick.html if you don't have web access, read on WHAT IT IS: You get to vote on which RealTime live concerts we'll replay On December 23rd.

bobjuliealyou

1995-11-03 Thread James R. Covey
hey sloannetters. looks like the success of the pop explosion gigs at wormwood's did make people think about it as an ideal venue for gigs where you want people to actually pay attention, they've booked a couple such gigs and actually listed them in the cinema guide along with the movies.

Re: Tim Robbins Experience

1995-10-31 Thread James R. Covey
helen axed: Does NE one know NE thing about the Tim Robbins Experience? They have a song on the Bubblegun Records compilation CD (Blow Hard and Pop) and the band appears to be a Thrush Hermit side project.. it's three members of thrush hermit, on different

see emily play

1995-10-28 Thread James R. Covey
ok, i think i've used that subject line before. oh well. a little pink floyd reference for all you space needle fans. all the young dudes. get it on. bang a gong. when you rock and roll with me, there's nowhere i'd rather be. anyways, the point of this post is to talk about last night's

more POP EXPLOSION REVIEWS

1995-10-21 Thread James R. Covey
dream did such a good job reviewing shows that i'm just going to review stuff that he didn't and maybe add a few comments here and there. i still haven't recovered fully. sitting through five bands last night in truro was more taxing than what i'd usually expect... this will probably get less

Re: another dumb-ass question

1995-10-21 Thread James R. Covey
hey warren, we miss you... Which jale single has the original version of 'promise', or does one even exist? I seem to remember seeing one at Edgefest... the 7 single was on sub pop, and it was called _cut_. it contained versions of promise and 3 days that were recorded in boston @ fort apache.

motes live in truro + SC + PR

1995-10-21 Thread James R. Covey
i am not yet fully recovered from last night's all-ages gig in truro at, yes, the lion's club. among the bands playing were the motes, state champs, and preppy relatives. this was the motes' final show -- they are moving to BC and may stay there for a few months before they come back. it

sanisoft!

1995-10-20 Thread James R. Covey
well, there weren't a lot of people at birdland tonight; everyone's recovering from the hpxIII, but heather jim i dropped in to see sanisoft open for a couple of other bands, and they did not disappoint. they've done a little re-arranging and the mix was better and so they put on an even

Re: Eric's Trip + Orange Glass in Montreal

1995-10-19 Thread James R. Covey
jules writes: if anyoone could tell me about Orange Glass and who they are I'd appreciate it. it's two people who also play in elevator to hell, plus this drummer guy. here's the pop explosion description: orange glass is another mixed oddity of moncton. with no others with whom to compare

Re: Pop Explosion!!!!

1995-10-19 Thread James R. Covey
cecil seaskull wrote about the potluckmaster: Cool to put names to faces. A bunch of people played some songs (including me) and it was all super. i just want to add my two cents and say that i had a really great time too. so thanks, jim, for letting us use the place (thanks to chris, too,

from alt.music.canada: chris coyote logan

1995-10-18 Thread James R. Covey
here's a rant that chris logan of coyote posted to alt.music.canada. discuss. :-) -- Forwarded message -- Date: 1 OCT 1995 19:30:17 GMT From: Chris Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newgroups: alt.music.canada Subject: The pitiful state of Canadian 'alternative' music. It's always

Re: Mike Price speaks out

1995-10-13 Thread James R. Covey
Here's two cents back at ya': Thruster don't make up lyrics to be offensive. They sing about things that actually happenned to them/to Mike Jackson. When Mike sings 'his dick was in her mouth' it's because it was, not because he's some kind of women hater. as heather said, the biggest problem

Re: which guide is right?

1995-10-11 Thread James R. Covey
mike gthe coast sched says they are playing birdland at 6. me um, mike, i think this has been mentioned on sloan net already, me but all-ages shows in bars have been banned. mike gstrange that the coast AND birdland forgot about this. mike gno printed sched mentions the gravitee club. the web

!!! late breaking potluck news !!!!!!!

1995-10-11 Thread James R. Covey
hey everybody, NERDY GIRL are gonna arrive in hfx around 5pm, which means cecil seaskull is gonna do a set at the potluck ya-h so the lineup is now... LOVE HER EMILY VEY DUKE GORDON ISNOR (of preppy relatives) DANISOFT (danny from sanisoft) CECIL SEASKULL (of nerdy girl) wa-hoo!!!

sloan gig tomorrow night (wed 7pm)

1995-10-10 Thread James R. Covey
well, now that sloan have retired, they are playing halifax more often than when they were a going concern... i think it's safe to say this now -- they are playing on wednesday night! this according to a reliable inside soure or two... ;-) anyways, it's an all-ages gig, NOT AT BIRDLAND, but at a

potluckmaster update

1995-10-08 Thread James R. Covey
reminding you of the first annual sloan net(tm) P O T L U C K M A S T E R ! ! ! also brought to you by daydream records ;-) WHEN: THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 5PM til 9:30 PM (music to happen between 7:30 and 9:30) WHERE: 5512 charles st (directions to follow) WHAT: potluck supper +

Re: you shouldn't believe everything you read..

1995-10-06 Thread James R. Covey
ok, so i read in one mag (i think it was _chart_) that alyson (macleod) ...she'll play guitar, seb on bass, and mike on drums, and alyson will become the primary song writer!?!?! !@@! Exclaim just reported that it was a new band, not giving the impression that it was ending HP, and that

andrew scott questions, anyone?

1995-10-06 Thread James R. Covey
hey kids, next week i'm gonna do something i've never done. talk to andrew scott. :-) in fact, i'm going to interview him for my forthcoming 'zine (yes, it's finally happening) so if you have any questions you think i should ask, or have always wanted to ask, send them to me by personal email

sound familiar?

1995-10-03 Thread James R. Covey
---BeginMessage--- heh, heh Jim Cooper -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 18:29:01 -0300 From: kid sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: the natural life cycle of mailing lists (fwd) --- begin forwarded text THE NATURAL LIFE CYCLE OF MAILING LISTS

flashing -- the new halifax trend

1995-10-03 Thread James R. Covey
so what i'm doing here is rolling reviews of *8* different musical acts that i saw on the weekend into one post... [friday september 29 birdland] SIX TOO was so sickly that he couldn't even stand up to do his raps, he sat on a chair and delivered a mediocre set, which is as much as anyone could

more info on the potluckmaster

1995-10-03 Thread James R. Covey
reminding you about the first annual sloan net P O T L U C K M A S T E R ! ! ! also brought to you by daydream records ;-) WHEN: THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 5PM til 9:30 PM WHERE: 5512 charles st (directions to follow) WHAT: potluck supper + acoustic sets by LOVE HER EMILY VEY

Re: Just plain uncanny

1995-10-03 Thread James R. Covey
lou writes: Mine also (21st)--zoinks! Since SloanNet + Sloan itself encompasses around 200 members, what are the odds that three of those people were born on the same day? well, speaking as someone with a math degree (yikes) i think the probability is better than 99%. i know that's not

sloan net PARTY!!!!

1995-09-29 Thread James R. Covey
announcing the first annual sloan net(tm) P O T L U C K M A S T E R ! ! ! hee hee. apologies to newf-rockers. yes, it's a sloan netter get-together at jim cooper's apartment! woo-hoo! also brought to you by daydream records ;-) WHEN: THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 5PM til 9:30 PM WHERE: 5512

ok kids, pipe down in there!

1995-09-28 Thread James R. Covey
ok, for those of you who haven't figured this out yet: nhl96 thread = well-flogged dead horse i have 34 email messages in my account this morning and a couple of unsubscribe requests. which, you may realize, always happens when there's another burst of irrelevant chatter on this list. not that

jim me to the rescue

1995-09-28 Thread James R. Covey
hey, kids, are you all psyched for a SLOAN NET THINGUMAJIG?!?!?!? apologies to derivative. actually, we have another name in mind for it, but we can't reveal that yet. anyways, jim and i don't have our proposed venue for a sloan net get-together nailed down yet, but never fear, we *are* in

superfriendz on mucheast

1995-09-25 Thread James R. Covey
i can't believe nobody's mentioned this yet, (or maybe someone did and i didn't notice) but that *was* bob weston and peter rowan guiding the superfriendz out of the hotel room and across spring garden road to row. other celebrities that appeared in that piece: chek luv shakil, tara s'appart,

Re: Pop Xplosion

1995-09-22 Thread James R. Covey
fil asks: Is there anyone who knows what bands will be playing the pop explosion this year? I've heard that nobody is really sure about some bands but what about bands that are currently scheduled to play. here's what's been made public so far: fastbacks, the posies, cub, eric's trip,

Re: some very important stuff

1995-09-22 Thread James R. Covey
jon wrote: ... at the explosion ... are the sloannetters doing anything? so far, there's one thing to mention -- tara, jim and i will be staffing a daydream/zedd/sloan net info table at the label symposium. so come say hi to us. we'll be selling all sorts of cool shit. :-) is the sloannet

Re: what!

1995-09-10 Thread James R. Covey
brendan wrote: ...you may find that there is a bit of a resembelance between the two, and has anybody noticed the resembelance between Lil' Orton Hoggit and Matt Murphy it's uncanny really, and their drummer looks alot like Chris Murphy of Sloan, yeah I think there is definately something

hfx happenings

1995-09-09 Thread James R. Covey
this is going to be a sort of catch-all post; i just want to comment on a few things i took in over the past week. last weekend's rebecca west gig was good, but strange. the band were doing a very fast, full-on set, but audience response didn't seem to measure up. there were a *lot* of

Re: a few brittle things.

1995-09-09 Thread James R. Covey
i talked to hayden on the weekend and he said he's playing with the foo fighters at the explosion. i also know about urge overkill. but being away from everything all summer, i totally don't know much else about the 95 pop explosion. i'm sure the bands have been posted all summer long, but for

Re: Hello?

1995-09-02 Thread James R. Covey
andrew asks... Anybody home? Anything happening out there? Any gigs this weekend? ok, here's your recommended course of action for saturday in halifax: at 2pm in the afternoon go see PREPPY RELATIVES for FREE(!!!) yup, it's another instore at row spring garden. then in the evening @ birdland

pop explosion info

1995-08-29 Thread James R. Covey
hey kids, the pop explosion now has a 1-800 number -- and it's good in the states too! 1-800-EAK-1TUP :-) that's 1-800-325-1887 but if you're curious about who's playing i'd wait at least a week 'cause they're not going to be confirming bands 'til next week (peter guesses that he can confirm

nemesis nuptials

1995-08-18 Thread James R. Covey
even further off the topic, a bunch of us guys are going out to have dinner and shoot pool tonight, and most of you aren't invited, because it's a private bachelor party. for those of you who've been on this list for awhile, i'd like you to know that the lovely and talented former

spine

1995-08-17 Thread James R. Covey
Does anyone know if spine has left Halifax yet. Does that mean there will be no farewell show? 'fraid so. david ledden is in montreal and on his way to england this week. jason (guitarist) and maybe trevor (drums) will join him there this fall, i guess. First Sloan and now spine, what a sad

Re: so what does this all mean?

1995-08-11 Thread James R. Covey
rana writes: Releeef. I thought I was the only one in this discussion group who didn't like Sloan, or Jale, OR The Hardship Post. I find them a bit (very?..yes) DULL. Nobody has ever mentioned the almighty P.F. Station...why? I saw every gig they put on last summer and they are brilliant.

cinnamon's sin

1995-08-10 Thread James R. Covey
just a little word of warning for all you fans of cinnamon toast... i saw this in the july 26 edition of the halifax _daily news_. CINNAMON'S SIN by Lawrence G. Proulx The Washington Post There's good news and bad news for cinnamon lovers, you daredevils! And if your passion for

Re: Yet another point of view of Edgefest

1995-08-08 Thread James R. Covey
shawn writes: T-shirt prices were outrageous. A shirt which you could get from murder for $15 would sell for $27 there. How can that be? well, the answer seems pretty simple to me. i would assume that somewhere along the way, someone, like the promoter or the facility or someone, demanded a

Re: Edgefest

1995-08-07 Thread James R. Covey
derek wrote about jale @ edgefest: I was disappointed that they didn't play Not Happy and i should point out that not happy is alyson's song, and, well, she's not in the band anymore. Nebulous. Overall a great sounding set...their new drummer is really good. yes he is, but apparently he's

state champs other new releases breaking europe? (which also would mean that might be comming over here!)

1995-08-07 Thread James R. Covey
per wrote: i can't recall if the state champs' _back to the billions_ tape has been commented here yet or not. it sure should've been. especially now when they got their 7 comming out and not many, what i know, east-coast bands are releasing any new tape, 7 or cds. well, you know, two of my

if it's three o'clock, this must be sloan

1995-08-07 Thread James R. Covey
this is what neil davidson wrote about sloanfest for the canadian press, as reproduced in the halifax chronicle-herald monday august 7: Edgefest 3 was more like 29 little concerts than one big alternative rock festival. It was also an intriguing -- and encouraging -- glance into the

steve albini on lollapalooza

1995-08-04 Thread James R. Covey
a reforwarded forward -- i saw this on the pavement list. ---BeginMessage--- the following comments were attributed to Steve Albini. It was posted as part of Thurston Moore's tour diaries. He responded to it in the next part in the series. I'm not sure in what forum Mr. Albini's comments

thee hardshippe poste

1995-08-01 Thread James R. Covey
did everyone (in canada) see HP (3-member configuration) on _the new music_ on much tonight? it was actually a good interview. sebastian said that the the was tacked on, not to be rigidly followed everytime someone refers to the band, but to encourage variance. i'm glad that they don't mind

(the) hardship post in ancient rome

1995-07-27 Thread James R. Covey
hi kids, i'm back out of the hospital. you do *not* want to taste the medicine they sent me home with. i'm going to try to catch up with my email today and tomorrow. while i was in the hospital, i read this great, long (770 pps!), indulgent, funny novel called _gospel_ by winston barnhardt. i

Re: HP - Won't You Come Home LYRICS

1995-07-27 Thread James R. Covey
darryll tried his hand at transcribing hardship post: Come home won't you come home what's so great about being in Rome BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! oh my god, i always thought that that line was being alone, but now that i listen to it again, i think you might be right! i honestly had not read

bouncing email

1995-07-23 Thread James R. Covey
this is something i end up having to explain about once a month. i should probably have a standard message warning people about it. i think there *is* such a warning in the greeting i send to people when they subscribe, but anyways... i don't mind explaining things from time to time... sloan

Re: sloan breakup rumors

1995-07-20 Thread James R. Covey
tara writes: ps/ i heard that spine was playing with the superfriendz *and* the doughboys...HAHAHAHAHAAA!!! how do you like *them* apples, james??? well considering that spine are playing *before* the superfriendz, all i can say is, i feel bad for the superfriendz. :-) james punker-than-thou

Re: nevermind the moluskeses

1995-07-19 Thread James R. Covey
jale _sort of gray_ 7 Is this still available? Has it been repressed?? Cinnamon Toast told me that it was no longer available when I tried to order it (this was a long time ago though...I don't really remember how long), and that it possibly wouldn't be available in the future... But then I

east coast cuisine news

1995-07-19 Thread James R. Covey
hey, has anyone seen those wacky TV ads for the new cinnamon toast eggos(tm)? the marriage made in heaven theme features a male eggo (haw!) and a female slice of cinnamon toast walking down the aisle together. there must be some clever and damn illegal way in which a certain local record label

Re: lawn jam?????

1995-07-19 Thread James R. Covey
why isn't there a lawn jam this year? last year's was so incredibly fun.bummer... well, if you'll remember, last year's party was thrown by greg clark and he didn't have a club to run at the time. unless someone else were to take it on, i doubt such a thing could happen. maybe it would

Re: nevermind the moluskeses

1995-07-18 Thread James R. Covey
3.is it just me or are all of gods great bands putting stuff out on sappy records then taking them all and hiding them in some warehouse so average joe blo's like me can't find them? matt, sappy puts out really limited runs of their releases, like, a few hundred at a time. julie's really

wikked weekkend

1995-06-30 Thread James R. Covey
whew. just finished folding and stuffing 300 single sleeves. thanks a million to roderick and shant for helping out with that. your cheques are in the mail. :-) the state champs singles look really cool! and they sound cool too. ya-hoo! hey, did anyone see the story about daydream

Re: Sloan's Linament

1995-06-08 Thread James R. Covey
adam wrote about sloan's linament: The stuff itself smells a lot like Vicks Vapo-Rub but it is a clear/brown (Just like SAPPY vinyl:) oily liquid. gee, name a liquid chemical, adam can tell you what it smells like. now why is that? ;-) you know, i'm really enjoying this thread of how many

scarce / hpe

1995-05-31 Thread James R. Covey
scarce = post-pixies power pop hpe III: october 11-15, 1995 jrc - _James R. Covey [EMAIL PROTECTED]_sloan net is a discussion of the ___| | ___ __ _ _ __ _ __ ___| |_ halifax / east coast music scene

thruster must die

1995-05-29 Thread James R. Covey
first of all, thruster, strictly musically speaking, play amazing, first-class skate rock. secondly, emily's totally right about that band being misogynistic, but she doesn't even go far enough. i caught them at birdland this week and had just about all i could stomach of songs about shitty girls

Re: see-through vinyl

1995-05-24 Thread James R. Covey
On Sun, 14 May 1995, Adam S Rodenhiser wrote: To anyone who does not like the see through vinyl and likes Eric's Trip: Take a look at ANY Sappy 7 gord replied: Are they see-though? I don't doubt it - Julie gets all her stuff at this place in Nashville called United Record Pressing

blowin' this popsicle stand.

1995-05-08 Thread James R. Covey
hey kids, i'm outta here for two weeks or so. so if you want to unsub, TOO BAD! YOU'RE STUCK ON THIS LIST!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA! sorry, that was rather tactless. i do have time to unsub you on wednesday morning if you get back to me by then. otherwise, don't expect to hear from me until the 22nd.

intended for the list...

1995-05-01 Thread James R. Covey
---BeginMessage--- Hey, What's happening ? Just for the record Jay Ferguson has JF's 'Real Life Ain't This Easy' and the critically acclaimed ;)? 'Thunder Island'. I also asked him about the SLOAN tour books and he said that they made some a couple of years ago but they are long gone.

the great pacific ocean

1995-04-30 Thread James R. Covey
as far as i know, this is *not* a thrush hermit full-lengther, it's an EP. and there will be a CD and cassette, but not for a few weeks. i think it's just the 12 at first. Q: why are thrush hermit called thrush hermit? A: because bunchofuckingoofs was already taken. just kidding about that

miscellaneous

1995-04-29 Thread James R. Covey
hey kids, we number 152 subscribers now, i just processed a bunch of gone-for-the-summer unsub requests. if you are still on this list (e.g. you got this message) and you want to leave for the summer, send me an email note. welcome to a handful of new subscribers as well! i hope you enjoy your

two great gigs in a row

1995-04-23 Thread James R. Covey
reviews: REBECCA WEST + leonard conan + al tuck @ birdland thursday apr 20 CHANGE OF HEART + coyote + sunfish @ birdland friday apr 21 AL TUCK took the stage by himself this time, so it was sort of al tuck and even less action, if you can accept my math. anyways, he only did a handful

Re: Spine

1995-04-23 Thread James R. Covey
aaron asks: Can someone tell me what Spine stuff is available and where I can get it and how much it is in US$? thank you well, i'm afraid that the spine 8-song cassette is sold out. there is, however, the newly available black greasy five eye 7-inch single on white vinyl. there's three

don't you get tired of this?

1995-04-19 Thread James R. Covey
here i am with another tiresome post about where to find me in the mass media. tonight joanne nugent is doing a feature on sloan net on the asn 10 o'clock news. your chance to check out my basement digs. i know you'll be thrilled. :-) james

Re: Sloan are NOT ripoffs!

1995-04-18 Thread James R. Covey
tara writes: Just to clarify, almost everytime I've ever talked to Chris Murphy he will talk about a sloan song and then tell me what song it is that he or Jay or whomever wrote the song ripped it off from. So blame him for these ripoff rumors. :) Sloan even rip themselves off

Re: Et 7 (was RE: moonsocket)

1995-04-17 Thread James R. Covey
On Mon, 17 Apr 1995, James R. Covey wrote: nope, i'm thinking of the belong 7, doesn't it just say eric's trip on front? adam wrote: ok ok, you are right, it does just say eric'e trip on the front, but I have always heard it referred to as Belong 7, cuz just saying Eric's Trip 7 is a little

lisa's hour of power

1995-04-15 Thread James R. Covey
so did everyone (in canada) hear lisa wilton on nightlines tonight, talking about tara wittchen _joey joey_? they played snowsuit sound, and lisa says: that one goes out to tara... she's a sloan *freak*... she get's mail from all over the place... she's

hardship post

1995-04-15 Thread James R. Covey
aaron asked about where to find hardship post music. here's a quick discography. sugarcane 7 is on magwheels, out of boston. sub pop is listing it these days, so you can get it through them. i think it's been re-pressed 'cause i picked up a copy the other in a local record store that just

hardship post

1995-04-12 Thread James R. Covey
since it was asked, here is the track listing for the new hardship post record. i'm going to post a song-by-song review, but no hurry on that, since the album doesn't come out for another month and a half (may 23). hardship post _somebody spoke_ (sub pop) 1. New Wave 2. Garbagetruck 3. What a

spine all-ages gig

1995-04-12 Thread James R. Covey
spine will be playing an all-ages gig at the khyber this friday night, that's right, good friday. birdland is closed so you have no reason not to show up. :-) james - _James R. Covey [EMAIL PROTECTED]_sloan

stinkin' rich

1995-04-12 Thread James R. Covey
tara also asked for a list of the songs on the new stinkin' rich cassette. here ya go... stinkin' rich _game tight_ (murderecords) side one Three Up Three Down Easy To Be Hard Kick Up A Stink Caught Lookin' You're Pissin' Me Off Jackie Robinson Work To Do side two Maintenance

monster rock

1995-04-06 Thread James R. Covey
another reason it would be fun to call the spine single _monster_ is that there is a bw photo of a godzilla doll on the cover. you should see it, it's a hoot. but no, those bastards in r.e.m. already stole our title. oh well. black greasy five eye, that's what it's called. GIG ALERT! the

adventures at frog hollow

1995-04-06 Thread James R. Covey
so today i went to frog hollow books to check out this sign that quotes my _alternative press_ halifax article. (pleasingly eclectic and a great place to browse, yup, that's what i said :-) and there it was, right out front. AP, _alternative press_ magazine, cleveland, ohio. i had to chuckle.

spine! zedd! at last!

1995-04-05 Thread James R. Covey
hey kidz, i have waited months to make this announcement... *drum roll* ZEDD RECORDZ is *up and running*!! (woo!) *corks popping* our first release is a 3-song, white vinyl seven-incher by spine. the black greasy five eye + 2 single rocks, baby. loud and crunchy deconstructed monster rock

CBC's jim nunn on _riot nrrrd_

1995-03-31 Thread James R. Covey
the *craziest* thing happened to me after tonite's gig. (state champs + popularity contest + preppy relatives + tim robbins experience) i *swear* this is true. (i'll go back and review the gig itself tomorrow sometime.) at the gig, catano passed me a copy of his new 'zine, _riot nrrrd_. i had

murderecords is online

1995-03-29 Thread James R. Covey
the new email address for murder is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tell colin that sloan net sent ya! :-) james - _James R. Covey [EMAIL PROTECTED]_sloan net is a discussion of the ___| | ___ __ _ _ __ _ __

Re: ________ experience

1995-03-29 Thread James R. Covey
tara scribed: The Brent Bambury Experience for those who miss him...h funny thing is I could have sworn I've heard of a band with a name *similar* to this somewhere ;) patrick glossed: I think that Tara (LW) is thinking of the Anti-Catano Experience, but I was talking to the

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