Anyone know why Dead Reckoning has become so dull recently? The last Kieran Kane record was boring as was the disappointing live record and now Tammy Rogers new one The Speed of Love. She doesn't even play her fiddle much on it and almost all the songs are real trite and ho-hum. There's a couple of twangy songs on it, but when she has a lyric that goes "If women are from Venus, then men must be from Mars" you have to cringe. I enjoyed older Dead Reckoning records including Tammy Roger's first record on the label, but I've given up on them. The new Joe Henry record suffers fromt he same problems as these Dead Reckoning records. It sounds nice - wonderfully produced, but the songs themselves are just so darn boring. I kind of like what he's doing with percussion and mixing up alot of instruments, but he's got to write better songs too. Oh well - a few good pickups recently - aling with Tom Russell's new one I really do like the new Terry Allen record alot - that has both great music proudction AND wonderful songwriting. I also love the new Paul K (he hasn't put out a bad record I don't think), and I love the new Beth Orton too. With these 4 records alone we have a good quarter so far. keep dancing, -ldk ************************************************* * There is nothing so cruel in this world as * * the desolation of having nothing to hope for. * * - Haruki Murakami * *************************************************
