Emily wrote:
>that post about liz phair, jen trynin, and juliana hatfield
>was so informative, so specific, and just: thanks!
>you really intrigued me with jen trynin, whom i've never
>heard of. i've added her to the top of an alarmingly-fast
>growing list.
I'm glad you enjoyed my post. I always worry when I'm writing about music --
I'm really passionate about the music I love, but I have a hard time
effectively putting what I feel into words sometimes. I always worry about
doing justice to the artists I'm writing about.
Of course, even better than words from a fan is the chance to hear the music
itself. If you'd like, send me your address off-list and I can make you a
sampler tape of Jen, Juliana and some of the Liz Phair you don't have, along
with a few of my other favorites.
Jen in particular is one artist it'd be a shame not to hear. Unfortunately,
that's pretty much become the case as both of her albums fell out of print
this year. She has a small but loyal cult following, but I'm surprised that
Warners weren't able to break her to a wider audience. Lately I've been
rescuing copies of _Cockamamie_ and _Gun Shy Trigger Happy_ from the used
and cut-out bins and finding good homes for them.
>when i asked for some music recommendations, i think i hardly
>knew the breadth and depth of wonderful suggestions (some
>reminders, some totally new artists to me) that would come
>from this great list. thank you! i hope reading about these
>has been interesting and thought-provoking to others.
I've enjoyed reading all the posts myself, and they've given me a few ideas
on other music I'd like to check out. I've come to rely more and more on the
mailing lists I'm on to find suggestions for new music and I've gotten a lot
of great leads from this list in particular (Lucinda Williams stands out as
being one of the best purchases I've made). I don't often read any of the
major music magazines anymore and radio is currently in such a sad state, so
it's great to have a lot of people writing such descriptive and intelligent
posts about music that I probably wouldn't be aware of otherwise.
On the Liz Phair list, we've now taken it one step further though; we've
been doing a trial run of a tape swap, in which everyone makes a mix of
their favorite music and sends it to someone else on the list and also
receives a tape from another list member in return. Then, if people so
choose, they can write a review of the tape they've received and post it to
the list. I got the idea from another list I'm on, where the swaps are done
every two months. It's been a great source for finding new music.
Cheers,
Jase
NP: Joni, _For the Roses_
