Chalkhills Digest Volume 6, Issue 109
Date: Thursday, 11 May 2000
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 6, Number 109
Thursday, 11 May 2000
Topics:
Volume Control
an invitation (no xtc)
Over The Hedge
The Busboys
XTC L.A. interview and other stuff
the other hand
...sting like a Wasp!
My 2 cents on Wasp Star
Re: ENTIRE albums
fully listenable cd's
Deep In The Heart Of Texas Power Pop
Wildly Unrelated Things
Premiata Forneria Marconi / "Overflow" EP??
I'll believe it when I see it
Skip Over This One
"lost" bands
Saturday Banana
Strijbochu - I choose you!
Re: Minimum Wage Rock and Roll
Re: Lost (becomes a rant)
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 17:13:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Brown <mb2@deltanet.com> Subject: Volume Control Message-ID: <200005110013.RAB02266@mail2.deltanet.com> Before anyone else sends me a thoughtful note- ..In my radio interview post I mentioned that I ran outside everytime a WS tune was played. (I didn't want to hear any of them until I got my own cd)..yada-yada... Why didn't I just turn down the volume, like someone suggested? The antenna needed constant adjustment to keep the transmission from disintegrating, hence the volume was up enough to be heard. Satisfied, Mr. Smarty Pants? o.k. Debora Brown
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 17:45:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Brown <mb2@deltanet.com> Subject: an invitation (no xtc) Message-ID: <200005110045.RAA10523@mail2.deltanet.com> ...To THE 'Mr. Smarty pants', who tolerates my daily XTC messages... and likes XTC's music... and even likes to peruse Mr. Relph's lovely site (especially the archived digests)... Come... join us, Tom! Debora Brown *
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 22:17:20 -0400 (EDT) From: RSMko@webtv.net (Moore's Code) Subject: Over The Hedge Message-ID: <28693-391A1830-15530@storefull-253.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Greetings Chalkboards! XTBULLETIN! Spotted a shocking XTC reference in this morning's (May 10) newspaper comics! WOW! The series is "Over the Hedge." www.hedgeweb.com Not sure if it's nationally syndicated, so we've quickly created a short, cheaply-scanned webpage to show it to ya. See the 2nd panel; bottom right hand corner for the surprise. EIGHTIES! http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/dilimo/xtchedge.html Naturally, Wes Hanks will provide the ultimate pro-images soon... :-) All we have is a camcorder. Took us an hour to build this shrine! Hope it's clear enough. It's a fine how do ya do to read that on the bus in the A.M. Repondez vous toute de suite! Yours in The Black Sea, Krys O. and R. Stevie Moore
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 20:08:06 +0000 From: David Schneider <dnschneider@earthlink.net> Subject: The Busboys Message-ID: <B53F7095.14FF%dnschneider@earthlink.net> > I believe The Busboys came on the L.A. club scene around 1980. The major > musical force/leader was Brian O'Neal. Kinda unusual for the times, a black > band that rocked (as opposed to rap, r&b, etc)... Didn't they do that song, > "The Boys Are Back In Town"? ..and it's not the Thin Lizzy hit(I love Thin > Lizzy!) It was a rootsy rocker piece. I seem to remember it was used in a > popular film. Anyone remember which film? "48 Hours", I believe. Dave
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 19:47:40 -0700 From: "John Keel" <jbkev1@ev1.net> Subject: XTC L.A. interview and other stuff Message-ID: <004101bfbaf3$47a247a0$1c525d3f@sony.com> Hi kids! So, I taped today's interview with Andy & Colin on Channel 103.1 in Los Angeles, but like Jane, I'm not sure how to share it. I started to transcribe it, but it would take up loads of space. Maybe I could send it off-list to those who are interested? If Andy is going to be on VH1's "The List" which they tape here in L.A., we should try to go (those fans in the L.A. area). I know that they give away free tickets to the tapings at Universal Studios, but I'm not sure how else to get them. If anyone finds out, PLEASE e-mail me off-list at johnkeel@cgvfx.com during the day. Oh, before I forget - a big damn hello to Jan & Beverly. Welcome to the gang. Let's see, what else? Deborah, how could anyone forget X? It's not like they were obscure to start with. Did anyone see any of the three recent shows at the House of Blues? Alas, I did not. Oh, and John. Thanks for bringing up "Dead Dog's Eyeball" by K. McCarty. Great, great CD. I saw her live on that tour in Seattle and it was such a fun show. As for my "lost" bands: Crack the Sky, Jennifer Trynin (which some of you know from Dave Gregory's appearance on her first album "Cockamamie", but her second one "Gun Shy Trigger Happy" is damn near perfection - one I can listen to all the way through for a week at a time) and, lately, I've been wanting to find my old Scruffy the Cat tape - which is long gone. I loved that first album. Finally, anyone who doesn't see the perfection in "The Wheel and the Maypole" closing :"WS" is just plain crazy. And that's my final answer. Thanks for listening!! John ********************************************* "The world is not my home, I'm just a-passin' through." Tom Waits
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 21:05:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt@yahoo.com> Subject: the other hand Message-ID: <20000511040544.21415.qmail@web2106.mail.yahoo.com> re: Now it looks as if someone needs to start a thread about albums you can only listen to one track on but you've inexplicably kept! --- WEll, I sold most of those a couple of years ago when I moved out of state. I used to work in a record store, and amassed a huge cd collection. Sold all the stuff I never listened to. I'd have to go through the collection to see if I have any left with only one good song. There have been cds I bought becaiuse I liked one song. Al Green Explores Your Mind is a good example for me. Bought it for 'Take Me to the River'. I usually listen to just that song, too, but the whole cd is pretty good. Oh, I remembered another lost band: The Plastics. Sort of the Japanese version of the B-532's. They put out two albums in Japan in the early '80s. An American album was made of reproduced tracks from those two albums. It's not nearly as good as the originals. I'm very lucky to have both Japanese records on CD, plus a vinyl copy of the U.S. album. I'm pretty sure they're all out of print now. but the two Japanese releases (Origato Plastico nad Welcome Plastics) are highly recommended.
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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:25:06 CDT
From: "vee tube" <veetube@hotmail.com>
Subject: ...sting like a Wasp!
Message-ID: <20000511042506.38800.qmail@hotmail.com>
Will all of you who think Andy sounds like
Stang! Please! Go back to the 'Stungsters' home page...
...and STAY there!
I'm asking nicely. Please don't make me ask again.
Thank You.
Now, Mr. Relph queried? What MUST I listen to, top to
bottom,back and forth,then start over from the end?
Dr.John's Gris Gris! Cat# RR 4130-WZ
Yours in PVC,
}---:)
P.S. If you like the 'Hammersmith show' you will like the...
...Fab Four in Philly (XTC Black Sea Live at a Club in...)
http://www.idrive.com/xtfab (MP3s)
Vee "XTC is GANGSTA! And some day I'll prove it to you" Tube.
OUT!
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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 22:20:40 -0700
From: gino <gnave@sirius.com>
Subject: My 2 cents on Wasp Star
Message-ID: <391A4328.8BD50E88@sirius.com>
Hi all. Delurking due to the new record. After a week of digestion, here
are my faves in order:
1. ITMWML: Great classic Partsy song writing. Could be a track from O&L.
2. We're All Light: Again, another Pop gem. Nothing wrong here.
3. Standing in for Joe: I hum this song all day. In a perfect world, this
would be the second single and it would crack the top ten. One of
Collin's best.
4. The Wheel and the Maypole: The last GREAT song on the record IMHO.
Bouncy as a romp on a waterbed.
5. Playground: Things go downhill from here. The lyrics are a bit too
earnest and predictable for an XTC number. ("Careful what you say
ground???") Also, the guitar part is un-interesting AND repetitive. The
background vocals save the song.
6. My Brown Guitar: has one of the best intros ever-BLAM a wall of
vocals. The verse is great, but the God Damned chorus has been
"de-Beatlized" from the demo version. Hence you get Andy yelping, trying
not to be Fab, when we all know he IS Fab.
7. Church of Women: The most challenging song on the record. One of the
best moments is when he sings the "Gargoyles 'round their hearts" bit.
Sends chills.
8. In Another Life: Pleasant. If this song were better produced it would
be great. Nice melody reminiscent of America's "Tin Man".
9. Stupidly Happy: So common it hurts. I am liking this song less and
less.
10. You and the Clouds: It's been said here before which artist this
thing sounds like, so I won't mention Sting's name.
11. Boarded Up: I hate this song, but I have a feeling I will like it a
year from now.
12. Wounded Horse: What the fuck was he thinking? Why didn't the
producer demand that this number be tossed in favor of "Ship Trapped in
the Ice"? I hate to be rude and use vulgarity instead of intellect, but
this song is a piece of Shit. Barely deserves the capital S.
All that said, it's a great record and I still love 'em.
-gino
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 15:55:55 +1000 (EST) From: Mud Shark <mudshark1944@yahoo.com.au> Subject: Re: ENTIRE albums Message-ID: <20000511055555.5206.qmail@web1703.mail.yahoo.com> When I posted thusly: >>Here's a list of albums that I listen to in their >>entirety (for what it's worth): John <relph@cthulhu> replied: >>Now what I'm interested in are albums that you >>simply *must* listen to in their entirety. Not >>albums that you *can*. But that *was* a list of the albums I have to listen to all the way through! If I posted all the albums I *could* listen to without skipping anything, there'd be no room for anyone else. Sorry it wasn't short enough. MS ===== "I rail against God because I was told to stop eating paste in Sunday school" - P.J.O'Rourke
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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:02:30 -0700
From: "Kurt Heinen" <kurtisj@gte.net>
Subject: fully listenable cd's
Message-ID: <000e01bfbb0e$7f10b1c0$55d5113f@GTEkurtisj>
These are some of the CD's that I genuinely enjoy. A full listen is a
"must".
ALLMAN BROTHERS THE FILLMORE CONCERTS - 2 DISKS 1971
BEATLES SGT. PEPPER,S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 1967
BLUE OYSTER CULT BLUE OYSTER CULT ( FIRST ONE ) 1972
BOWIE, DAVID ZIGGY STARDUST 1972
DEEP PURPLE MACHINE HEAD 1972
DOORS MORRISON HOTEL 1970
DYLAN, BOB BLOOD ON THE TRACKS 1974
FAIRPORT CONVENTION FULL HOUSE 1970
FLEETWOOD MAC FUTURE GAMES 1971
FOGELBERG, DAN SOUVENIRS 1974
HENDRIX, JIMI ARE YOU EXPERIENCED 1967
JAYHAWKS TOMORROW THE GREEN GRASS 1995
JETHRO TULL STAND UP 1969
JOHN, ELTON TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION 1971
KANSAS LEFTOVERTURE 1976
KANTNER, SLICK BARON VON TOLLBOOTH & THE CHROME NUN 1973
KINKS ARTHUR 1972
KING CRIMSON IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING 1969
LED ZEPPELIN ONE & THREE 1969 1971
LIGHTFOOT, GORDON SUNDOWN 1974
MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND SOLAR FIRE 1973
MASON, DAVE ALONE TOGETHER 1970
MAYALL, JOHN THE TURNING POINT 1969
MELLENCAMP, JOHN BIG DADDY 1989
MERCHANT, NATALIE TIGERLILY 1995
MILLER, STEVE BAND YOUR SAVING GRACE 1969
MITCHELL, JONI HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS 1975
MORRISON, VAN MOONDANCE 1970
MOUNTAIN NANTUCKET SLEIGHRIDE 1971
MOVE MESSAGE FROM THE COUNTRY 1971
PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 1973
PRETENDERS PRETENDERS 1979
PROCOL HARUM A SALTY DOG 1969
ROLLING STONES LET IT BLEED 1969
RUSSELL, LEON RUSSELL, LEON 1970
SAVOY BROWN STREET CORNER TALKING 1971
SPIRIT THE TWELVE DREAMS OF DR. SARDONICUS 1970
STEELY DAN KATY LIED 1970
STEVENS, CAT TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN 1970
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS 12 GRACIOUS MELODIES 1994
SWEET, MATTHEW 100% FUN 1995
THOMPSON, RICHARD SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS 1982
TOY MATINEE TOY MATINEE 1990
XTC ENGLISH SETTLEMENT 1982
XTC APPLE VENUS 1999
YES CLOSE TO THE EDGE 1972
YOUNG, NEIL RAGGED GLORY 1990
ZAPPA, FRANK WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY 1967
TRAFFIC JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE 1970
SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN 1978
Thank's, I got a little carried away it seems.
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:44:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Douglas <ccosmos_64@yahoo.com> Subject: Deep In The Heart Of Texas Power Pop Message-ID: <20000511064427.21327.qmail@web3803.mail.yahoo.com> Since we're on the subject of great albums, I would like to give props to a couple of pop bands hailing from Texas. COTTON MATHER released an album called 'Kontiki' on Copper Records that will delight any Chalkhillian. Loaded with lo-fi charm and scrumptious melodic savvy, 'Kontiki' makes me think about what The Beatles might have sounded like if they had recorded in Guided By Voices' basement studio. The songs 'My Before And After' and 'Church Of Wilson' are worth the price of admission alone. PLUM is another awesome band, yielding a great collection of songs in 'Trespassing.' These guys have felt the Swindonian influence of our favorite band, and you'll feel it too, with listen upon listen of this fantastic album. Front man Steve McAllister knows how to write great hooks. It's another indie release. As a wise man once declared, "'Nuff said."
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 03:12:27 EDT From: Telehead@aol.com Subject: Wildly Unrelated Things Message-ID: <25.58283fe.264bb75b@aol.com> Hello Chalksters! A couple of wildly unrelated things: First, I will be hosting an internet radio program beginning this Monday at 6pm Pacific Daylight Time. The program will be at http://www.saclive.com . To begin with, we will be playing unsigned artists from the greater Sacramento Calif. region, many of which I think you folks will like (wait 'til you hear Deathray!). We are working on getting the proper licensing from ASCAP and BMI; I'm told that should happen by mid-summer and at that time I can begin playing XTC, Ben Folds Five, and others we have talked about. I encourage your emails (privately please) at Telehead@aol.com and do let me know what you think and what you like (or don't). I've really enjoyed the talk about the Bus Boys, a criminally underrated band. "Minimum Wage Rock and Roll" is available on CD through Rattlesnake Venom (I am NOT kidding) records; check the BusBoys web site www.busboys.com. Code Blue was not session guys; Dean Chamberlain was the original guitarist with the Motels until his (reputedly) obnoxious behavior got him tossed. I saw Code Blue open for Tonio K in 1979 and was very impressed; the band went through numerous personnel changes before the record came out, and eventually folded under the weight of Chamberlain's ego. Speaking of Tonio K, track down "Life in the Foodchain" on Gadfly. Tonio is a running buddy of Sam Phillips and T-Bone Burnette, a brilliantly subversive writer and a helluva nice guy. "Ole" (also on Gadfly) is a more recent record that got lost in the shuffle when A&M went under and well worth checking out. See ya, Warren
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 11:34:49 +0200 From: "Giovanni Giusti" <giovanni@delizia.com> Subject: Premiata Forneria Marconi / "Overflow" EP?? Message-ID: <001d01bfbb2c$27d3a480$a301a8c0@Satellite.iol.it> In the last chalkohillo, graphomaniac Tom Kingston mentioned the "Premiata Forneria Marconi" (or PFM), whose name has been properly translated as "The Award-Winning Marconi Bakery". Although not a big fan or connoisseur of them, I suppose my national affinity entitles me to say: Although they were only known abroad for a while, they had a very long and continuing career in Italy, and they can be easily considered one of the "big" acts of the 1970s and early 1980s here. They released a sh*tload of albums that often reached the top of the charts. Even today, CdNow has over 20 of their albums in stock, which is not bad at all. A comprehensive website is at http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/6725/ . -- XTC content: I just used a new Italian music mail-order site to buy Wasp Star. They also had on sale a 12" vinyl titled "Overflow", published on September 8th,1999 by Cooking Vinyl. Anyone have any idea what this is? I have bought it anyway (it's only 9,700 lire, or about 4.75$), but I'm curious. You can find it by going to http://www.cdflash.com and searching for - you guessed it - "XTC". The General and Major of Simpleton, Giovanni
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 05:04:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Molly Fanton <mfanton99@yahoo.com> Subject: I'll believe it when I see it Message-ID: <20000511120451.28048.qmail@web1306.mail.yahoo.com> Someone said that Andy will be on The List. I'll believe it when I see it. I haven't seen him on Space Ghost. So can anybody tell me when did/or will he be on Space Ghost. I have a feeling I missed it, but I'm not sure, since not many people have talked about it. I watch The List more than Space Ghost, so I'll pay more attention. Molly ===== Molly's Pages: http://www.angelfire.com/mn/mollyfa99/index.html AIM Name: MFanton00
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 07:21:42 CDT From: "Megan Heller" <hellerm@hotmail.com> Subject: Skip Over This One Message-ID: <20000511122142.20467.qmail@hotmail.com> I can't think of any albums I listen to without skipping tracks... maybe David Bowie's "Hunky Dory", Momus' "The Philosophy of Momus" and "Circus Maximus", and XTC's "Skylarking". Wayne commented-- >Now it looks as if someone needs to start a thread about albums you >can only listen to one track on but you've inexplicably kept! now *this* I can comment on. The Golden Palominos' "Drunk with Passion", for the track with Michael Stipe, "Alive and Living Now"-- I got that song stuck in my head over and over again for years, to the point that I finally had to buy it when I found it used. m.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 07:09:58 CDT From: "Megan Heller" <hellerm@hotmail.com> Subject: "lost" bands Message-ID: <20000511120958.99943.qmail@hotmail.com> okay, I so I like this thread. I was thinking about another band that a friend taped for me back in 1991 called Moose - he recorded a song called "Suzanne" and one called "Last Night I Fell Again". I thought they were great, but I have never been able to find anything by them in the US. I was surprised when I saw some of their cds when I was in England a couple years ago, although these tracks were not on the ones that were available. What ever happened to this band? m.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 13:52:29 +0100 From: Adrian Ransome <Adrian.Ransome@tsi-ltd.co.uk> Subject: Saturday Banana Message-ID: <497FEA72C392D3118AE700508B7311770D28CC@NT4SERVER03> Having recently looked at the Eleven Different Animals book on Mark Strijbos' excellent website, I felt I had to comment on the photo of the band in the book that was taken whilst they were performing on the Saturday Banana in Nov. 1980. The Saturday Banana was a live tv show for children that ran on Saturday Mornings, filling the yawning gap that was left by Tiswas. Brought to us by the delightful Yorkshire Television, it suffered in comparison to ATV's mighty flan-fest. Tiswas threw buckets of water over members of Status Quo dressed as sunflowers; Saturday Banana boasted "Metal Mickey". Tiswas hurled custard pies at Genesis, Saturday Banana had squeaky twitcher Bill Oddie. There was also some girl presenter who I shall come to later. I remember clearly when XTC appeared on the Banana, Colin Moulding's stripy blazer sticks in my mind even now. They mimed their way through Making Plans for Nigel before an obviously impressed audience of about 20 children from Leeds. Miming the fade-out in an uncomfortable fashion, the band came to a halt. The girl presenter steps into shot; GP: "Wow! That was great! Who wrote it?" Gregory & Partridge point to Moulding. GP: "So, that song was called Making Plans for Nigel." CM: "Yes" GP: "So who's Nigel?" CM: "Nobody. I invented him for the song." GP: "So you made him up?" CM: "Yes, he doesn't exist." GP: "Do you know anyone called Nigel?" CM: "No, I just chose that name. I made him up." Rest of the band start to snigger in the background GP: "So he's not a real person then?" CM: "No." ...2 seconds of uncomfortable silence that seem like a week.... GP: "Great!! XTC, everybody!! whooo!!" Don't ask me why I can remember this, it has just stuck in my memory along with Andy Partridge saying something about "eating nude fish" on XTC at the Manor (which I haven't seen since its transmission on BBC2). Adrian "I should get out more" Ransome
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 13:10:02 +0100 From: Adrian Ransome <Adrian.Ransome@tsi-ltd.co.uk> Subject: Strijbochu - I choose you! Message-ID: <497FEA72C392D3118AE700508B7311770D28B9@NT4SERVER03> In Chalkhills #6-105 Mark (long may his Lighthouse shine) Strijbos said >> In Swindon, Wiltshire, two boys held another at knifepoint >> on a railway footbridge, and stole #200 worth of Pokemon cards. >Makes you wonder why this sort of trade is still legal, doesn't it? These companies are relentlessly pushing our kids towards addiction and criminal or anti-social behaviour.< If you sat down & watched the Pokemon cartoon series or even played the game you would see that the core values they try to promote are Teamwork, Friendship and Working Hard to Achieve Your Goals. Any form of cheating (as exemplified by the evil Team Rocket) is shown to be worthless and futile: Team Rocket never EVER succeeds. Nintendo have been very careful in the way they have designed the game and I'm sure they're fully aware of the impact their product has on the malleable minds of young children. These acts of violence are carried out may suggest that Nintendo's message isn't getting through, but when the seed you cast falls on stony ground, it ain't gonna grow. And surely some of the blame can be laid at the door of whoever it is that decides that certain Pokemon cards are worth 200 squids? XTC content: I listened to the medium-wave-radio quality 30-second snippets of Playground & Stupidly Happy on CD-NOW & now I'm REALLY itching to get Wasp Star! Adrian "Well aware that he's going to have the piss taken out of him for standing up for a kiddie's computer game" Ransome
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 08:38:25 -0700 (PDT) From: relph (John Relph) Subject: Re: Minimum Wage Rock and Roll Message-ID: <10005110838.ZM60642@mando.engr.sgi.com> "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> wrote: > > The Busboys, on the other hand, I remember very fondly. > I have their first album, Minimum Wage Rock and Roll, and >saw them live once. I never picked up the record although I looked at it in the LP bins often enough. I also saw them live once, opening for Gary Numan at the Forum in Los Angeles. The Busboys were quiet enjoyable, but were completely overshadowed by the glory that was Numan. Speaking of albums that I must play all the way through: Gary Numan: Dance New Musik: Warp I'm sure there are others, but I'm not going to clog the list with my list. -- John NP: Matthew Sweet: In Reverse
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Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 14:05:34 -0400
From: "Brian" <mattone@bhip.infi.net>
Subject: Re: Lost (becomes a rant)
Message-ID: <009501bfbb73$822d4020$74e49cd1@Brian>
Tschalkgerz!
Ed K. writes:
> In 6-106, I was shocked when Debora wrote:
> "does anybody remember X?"
> My god, are they forgotten now too? I was never super-hugely into them,
> but they were a well-known, respected band, and the very idea that
> people wouldn't remember who they are just leaves me stunned. Have you
> experienced mentioning them only to have people say "who?" If so, that's
> truly a sad state of affairs. People on this list must at least have
> bumped into them while scanning record store "x" sections for
> you-know-who. It's almost as galling as the idea that people really are
> remembering the music of the 80s according to TV-advertised decade
> compilations featuring the likes of Glass Tiger or Huey Lewis (just to
> name two of the worst I could think of).
About X - I got into them from the review of their album 'Under The Big
Black Sun' in Rolling Stone Magazine (the same forum by which I disovered
XTC, with their review of 'English Settlement'), and I have come to
appreciate them. As for why they've been forgotten: it's our
chew-it-up-spit-it-out-and-demand-something-new-NOW culture that has
caused this... I'm not surprised... does anyone remember the sci-fi spoof
TV show 'Quark', with Richard Benjamin? Anyone? How many more examples can
I come up with? Tons... all of us could, likely.
>Radio sucks.<
You said it, brother.
I know that there is way too much music for radio stations to cover, but
there is alarmingly way too much of the ExTrad mentality among the
radio-listening masses, and Ed's right. There is way too friggin' much
music out there to where I shouldn't have to worry about hearing Sarah
McLachlan (sp?) once again ("I will dismember you..."), or Jewel, or Goo
Goo Dolls, and even too much of stuff I like (Dave Matthews Band). There's
one of these "alternative" radio stations here in the Tampa Bay area, and
I was into them at first because I'd hear Talking Heads and Depeche Mode
and The Cure with some frequency, but now it's the same damned songs by
THEM too, over and over and over... I got plenty sick of the radio before
MTV first came out (which at the time was a godsend for me), with Boston
being the epitome of what I hated about radio... not that I don't
appreciate them, but DAMN! people! Enough is e-fucking-nough.
Even MTV sucks hugely now.
-Brian Matthews
http://www.angelfire.com/fl/sapringer
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