RE: A Shuffle and a Hook?

1999-03-05 Thread Ameritwang
oh wait...now that whole Blues Traveler song ("Hook") makes sense now Paul np: Pere Ubu - Datapanik Matt Benz wrote: a "Hook" is what grabs you about a song: a repeating riff, a catchy chorus, something that sticks in your heart and pulls ya in. A hook. -Original Message- From:

Re: CRS showcases (was: RE: clip: What's wrong with those people?)

1999-03-05 Thread vgs399
BTW, who are Gil Grand and Monty Holmes? Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/ Holmes had an album out last summer, "All I Ever Wanted". Pretty much acoustic-based ballads, a few shuffles with steel guitar as mainstay throughout. Actually not

Re: Townes Van Zandt

1999-03-05 Thread Mike Dougherty
Arista/Austin? Isn't that label no longer? And what do we know about this new/old recording? A delicious feast or table scraps? Compared to other posthumous releases, it is as excellent as Rear View Mirror, as interesting as interesting as Last Rights or as awful as Highway Kind? So many

Re: Tweedy quote

1999-03-05 Thread vgs399
JG Roll said: I think that the bottom line is that Alt-Country is the commercial kiss of death. Nobody has really broken thru (Lucinda not excepted), and the radio format is a complete commercial wasteland. When you consider that these people (Wilco, etc.) are on major labels, and have been at

Walk Away Renee

1999-03-05 Thread Magoorec
Terry said: Anyhow, this is mainly just a sly plea for a modern alt.country band to cover "Don't Walk Away Renee." -- Terry Smith Jimmy LaFave does a great version of this song. -John

Re: Beantown Bound/Spurs

1999-03-05 Thread John Magee
The Spurs are my pick for best band in the Boston area. Bostonians - don't miss 'em. Last time they played the Midway, people were dancing that I'd never seen move a muscle before. It was a strange roadhouse scene. John Tom Smith wrote: Evan wrote: I was wondering if anything interesting

Re: Music you're dad would like

1999-03-05 Thread Andy Benham
Gavin Martin dons his pipe and slippers before unearthing a few gems for the, um, older readers. Steve Earle got his first bluegrass lesson from Bill Monroe, the man who originated the keening hi-energy country sub-genre back in the 1930s. The fruits of the reformed

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country

1999-03-05 Thread Terry A. Smith
Your first sentence sparked a few thoughts - alt.country seems to be music for we aging baby boomers as opposed to alt.rock or new country which seems to target the teen to twenties crowd. In a sense, alt.country is our nostalgia as much as a repackaging of "70's Metal Greats" or any of

SXSW Music '99: Advice from the Sponsor

1999-03-05 Thread Barry Mazor
Two weeks remain until we start handing out badges and the fun begins throughout Austin. South By Southwest is going to happen again, like it or not. Planning for conference this year has been greatly enhanced by new services available at www.sxsw.com. Keeping track of who's playing where and

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread James Gerard Roll
OH boy. Man Terry, you really have my blood boiling up here in Ann Arbor, and I am sure this debate has happened here before. But I am gonna bite anyways. On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote: This stuff confuses me, as does the idea that a "movement" evolved around Uncle Tupelo and

Hi/Bye

1999-03-05 Thread Bell/Wrightson
Leaving for Texas in a couple of days, so unsubbing for a bit (okay, so you won't notice g). Hope we are able to meet up with some of you at the BBQ, and some of the shows. Play nice folks, keep those Big Jim Egos in check, and don't let Freakwater disband until I get back... Sarah W. --

RE: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Jon Weisberger
Jim says: I also challenge the idea that Alt. Country suddenly includes Bluegrass, Countrypolitan, Old Time, Folk, Punk-a-billy, Cowpunk, etc. Those things existed as genres before Alt. Country and No Depression ever surfaced. So did country-rock. I think ultimately the reason that all of

Re: Tweedy quote

1999-03-05 Thread Chris Orlet
How can anyone say Tweety is reinventing himself by 'creating' tired old 70s pop? I'm glad Bill Monroe (another genre creator) didnt feel the same need. Although I have a feeling some of you will say it wouldve been cool for BM to take a crack at soft rock. -- From: Dutch [EMAIL

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Dave Purcell
James Gerard Roll wrote: > I think you've got your head in the sand if you think that Uncle Tupelo > was not at the helm of the current No Depression/Alt. Country ship. This > does not mean that they are a great band or that there wasn't > non-commercial country prior to UT, (much as one would

Re: Tweedy quote

1999-03-05 Thread lance davis
You can go back through the twentieth century and see that the predominating influential music of an era was rather high-speed frantic, sexually charged rhythms and lyrically suggestive vocals which seemed to "speak" to the adrenaline-laced, sexually confused, frustrated and seemingly

Re: UT/Media/my take

1999-03-05 Thread NancyApple
I think that the media did help get the word out about UT, but it was in response to reaction from all the kids that were diggin their sounds. I think that it is not so much that the media did not know about the Commader Cody's etc, but that the kids digging UT did not have a clue about them. To

Re: Beantown Bound/Spurs

1999-03-05 Thread marie arsenault
John Magee: The Spurs are my pick for best band in the Boston area. Bostonians - don't miss 'em. Last time they played the Midway, The Spurs are wonderful. Not only are they great musicians, the band is great fun. They don't play out that often, it's definately worth the trip. Just so you

RE: Beantown Bound/Spurs

1999-03-05 Thread Matt Benz
I think John was actually one of those non-dancers dancing at my last Spurs' show. I always complained that the men in Boston never danced. Well, they don't appear to dance in Nashville either. [Matt Benz] Let me guess: they stand around, holding a beer, staring at the band and

Re: Tweedy quote

1999-03-05 Thread Bill Gribble
"Chris Orlet" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How can anyone say Tweety is reinventing himself by 'creating' tired old 70s pop? Your slam at "tired old '70s pop" is just as ignorant as other people's slams at "tired old twangy country music". Don't be a moron. Bill Gribble

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread James Gerard Roll
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Dave Purcell wrote: reference to Tweedy because I'll gladly nominate Jack as the most overrated of the Beats. No one would've heard jack about Jack if Ginsberg hadn't tirelessly shopped and promoted his work. "On The Road" will always be a jackoff work compared to

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Ross Whitwam
At 10:14 AM -0500 05/3/99, Dave Purcell wrote: In my best Beavis voice, I'd respond, "Uh...so what?" Uncle Tupelo wasn't at the helm of *anything*. The media made them, in retrospect, the leader of this so-called movement. Terry's point is well stated: country rock/roots rock has been around

Blatant plugs for Memphis gigs

1999-03-05 Thread NancyApple
Here are a few more blatant plugs for upcoming Memphis gigs. You must be musically hip to be on this list, if you do not wish to receive further notices, please just let me know. If you want to add a friend to the list, let me know ... thanks! Be sure to read far enough down to catch the

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Bill Gribble
James Gerard Roll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I mean how can people deny UT's influence when the Alt. Country Bible (No Depression) is named after one of their albums?? Somebody help me here?? ND is *some* people's bible. Honestly I have never even seen a single issue of it. Last night I read

Coltrane book?

1999-03-05 Thread Ndubb
Good morning, Anyone know of a good Coltrane bio to recommend? Or even a good book that looks at the whole (or some) of the bebop jazz greats? Gift shopping today. Neal Weiss

Re: Bare Jr. on Conan?

1999-03-05 Thread Jennifer Sperandeo
YES GRIMEY DID WEAR HIS PAJAMAS!! I saw it - they rocked - I love Dean's hair (which is most certainly not permed). It was great! -- From: "Dave Purcell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bare Jr. on Conan? Date: Fri, Mar 5, 1999, 10:39 AM Linda

Swingin' Doors, 3/4/99

1999-03-05 Thread Don Yates
The first hour of last night's show should be up on the KCMU web page in the next day or two. Listen in at: http://www.kcmu.org/listen.htm Lloyd Green - Green Strings Del Reeves - Good Time Charlie's Five Bucks - Right Now! Neko Case - Rated X (3/11 at the Tractor) Loretta Lynn - You Wanna

Re: Coltrane book?

1999-03-05 Thread Tom Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning, Anyone know of a good Coltrane bio to recommend? Or even a good book that looks at the whole (or some) of the bebop jazz greats? Eric Nisenson's "Ascension - John Coltrane and His Quest" is good. The book "Jazz Anecdotes" is pretty hilarious reading

Re: Tweedy quote /generations

1999-03-05 Thread cwilson
Tera wrote: - alt.country seems to be music for we aging baby boomers as opposed to alt.rock or new country which seems to target the teen to twenties crowd. Just a quick note as I gather breath to respond to Jake's epic call'n'response from yesterday - I think if you look at the P2 Survey

country radio

1999-03-05 Thread Don Yates
After wrappin' up Swingin' Doors last night, I tuned to one of Seattle's commercial country stations. They were playin' John Anderson's "Straight Tequila Night," one of my favorite country songs of the '90s -- alt. or otherwise. While it's true that modern country radio's programming is

Clip: Tom Petty finds inspiration in San Francisco

1999-03-05 Thread Brad Bechtel
Check out the bottom of this article for opening acts. = Petty Finds Inspiration in San Francisco Rocker returns to Fillmore before launching tour, CD James Sullivan, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, March 5, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Chronicle URL:

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Terry A. Smith
Jim's ps -- for me the term 'alt. country' indicates the combination of (post Nirvana) ALT-rock and traditional COUNTRY. UT/Jayhawks exemplefy this movement. I mean how can people deny UT's influence when the Alt. Country Bible (No Depression) is named after one of their albums?? Somebody

Re: country radio

1999-03-05 Thread Svb442
In a message dated 3/5/99 12:11:16 PM EST, don yates writes: for those interested in hearing actual country music -- as opposed to roots-rock, f*lk, etc. -- you're still quite likely to run into it on mainstream country radio. And you're certainly gonna hear a lot more of it there than you

Re: country radio

1999-03-05 Thread Terry A. Smith
After wrappin' up Swingin' Doors last night, I tuned to one of Seattle's commercial country stations. They were playin' John Anderson's "Straight Tequila Night," one of my favorite country songs of the '90s -- alt. or otherwise. While it's true that modern country radio's programming is

Tweedy generations - cont'd

1999-03-05 Thread cwilson
Tara, to clarify, it seems to me you're shouldering that "boomer" mantle/stigma in vain, if I'm reading you right. Amerians born after 1960 are not really baby-boom material, for myriad reasons social-and-economic chronology. For instance, if Watergate is one of the

Re: Tweedy generations - cont'd

1999-03-05 Thread cwilson
Noted I'd spelt Tera's name wrong. Mea culpa.

Re: Townes Van Zandt

1999-03-05 Thread Ndubb
Hey, I really like The Highway Kind. What do you dislike about it? I thought it showed TVZ at his worst. The performances were woozy and slurred to me. I could almost imagine him falling off the bar stool. The polar opposite was Rear View Mirror, which came out around the same time. Really

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread marie arsenault
Who's are the Scorchers? NW Some overrated roots band from the 80s. The future of nothing, as far as I can tell. marie

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
Reply to: Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED) Who's are the Scorchers? NW Some overrated roots band from the 80s. The future of nothing, as far as I can tell. marie As far as I can tell, Jason and the Scorchers was an important cowpunk band. And a hell of a live

Re: country radio

1999-03-05 Thread Jennifer Sperandeo
half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". I'll give you the folk point though - you won't hear that on Country Radio and as most public radio stations' licenses are held by institutions of higher learning, their airwaves are rife with

RE: country radio

1999-03-05 Thread Jon Weisberger
half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Lots of people have been doing that for as long as I've been listening to country music. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/

Re: country radio

1999-03-05 Thread Don Yates
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jennifer Sperandeo wrote: half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Which is pretty much what folks outside the traditional country music audience were doin' back in the '50s and '60s when listening to country

Scorchers

1999-03-05 Thread Hanspeter Eggenberger
BTW: The career of Jason The Scorchers was launched by Jack Emerson. Emerson ist, with Steve Earle, co-founder of E-Squared Records. And Jason Ringenberg was recently one of the presenters of the 1999 Nashville Music Awards. Hans P.

Re: country radio

1999-03-05 Thread Jennifer Sperandeo
alow me to update: "cripes, it sounds like Billy Ocean!" -- From: Don Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: country radio Date: Fri, Mar 5, 1999, 12:07 PM On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jennifer Sperandeo wrote: half the time I either laugh out loud at the

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread James Gerard Roll
On 5 Mar 1999, Bill Gribble wrote: ND is *some* people's bible. Honestly I have never even seen a single issue of it. Last night I read a couple of the interviews in the ND book and I was not blown away by the writing. And I have never listened to a single Uncle Tupelo album. I saw Son

Recordable CD Players

1999-03-05 Thread Shawn Devlin
Hey all, I've been thinking about picking up a home CD Recordable unit. Does anybody out there own one, or have you heard of a particular brand/model that is supposed to be good? Does the quality vary alot between brands? Also, is there any audible difference between getting a home unit

Lawrence Welk (RE: country radio)

1999-03-05 Thread Jim_Caligiuri
half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Lots of people have been doing that for as long as I've been listening to country music. On a totally different tangent, I have been listening to the upcoming Spade Cooley record that

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread James Gerard Roll
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote: ps I think Jim might have taken my post a little bit wrong, because, I'll admit, it didn't have a great deal to do with Tera's post that was copied in that message. Her post just indirectly sparked those thoughts; I wasn't necessarily challenging

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread James Gerard Roll
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote: And how does "No Depression" as a name for a magazine prove anything about Uncle Tupe's music itself? They're the media, right? If they see Uncle Tupelo as big influential innovator, that's fine. But it doesn't necessarily prove anything. -- Terry

Labels and other headache-inducing stuff (long)

1999-03-05 Thread lance davis
I have a feeling some of you will say it wouldve been cool for BM to take a crack at soft rock. Chris Orlet OK, in an attempt to tie up some of the loose synapses in my head (and on this list), let me begin by undressing this statement. First of all, there is no such thing as "soft rock." If

Re: country radio

1999-03-05 Thread Tar Hut Records
"Caribbean Queen" was a swell song. -Original Message- From: Jennifer Sperandeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 1:17 PM Subject: Re: country radio alow me to update: "cripes, it sounds like Billy Ocean!" -- From: Don Yates

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Tar Hut Records
Exactly, man. The facts is the facts. Hell, I went right out and I bought a pistol right after I heard "Gun" because I worship Uncle Tupelo. And that's not all - when Anodyne came out I rented a car and drove to the New Madrid fault and slept there for a few days in my flannel t-shirt and blue

Re: Scorchers

1999-03-05 Thread Dave Purcell
Hey, a Scorchers thread, howaboutthat? Hanspeter Eggenberger wrote: BTW: The career of Jason The Scorchers was launched by Jack Emerson. Emerson ist, with Steve Earle, co-founder of E-Squared Records. Jack was also the band's original bassist. Dave *** Dave Purcell, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread lance davis
Exactly, man. The facts is the facts. Hell, I went right out and I bought a pistol right after I heard "Gun" because I worship Uncle Tupelo. And that's not all - when Anodyne came out I rented a car and drove to the New Madrid fault and slept there for a few days in my flannel t-shirt and blue

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country

1999-03-05 Thread Jerry Curry
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Dave Purcell wrote: As far as I can tell, Jason and the Scorchers was an important cowpunk band. And a hell of a live band. Hans P speaketh the truth, except that you can replace "was" with "is." Yeah, and Jason R.'s solo Cd a few years back was (is) the future of

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread James Gerard Roll
Jeff Copetas dreamt this up: Exactly, man. The facts is the facts. Hell, I went right out and I bought a pistol right after I heard "Gun" because I worship Uncle Tupelo. And that's not all - when Anodyne came out I rented a car and drove to the New Madrid fault and slept there for a few

Re: Swingin' Doors, 3/4/99

1999-03-05 Thread Jerry Curry
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Don Yates wrote: Freedy Johnston - Coffee, Coffee, Coffee So glad to see this here...great cover version of the Tom T. Hall song. Thanks for playing it Mr. Yates. PS: Next time you hear of Collier playing around your parts, drop me (us) a line, if you wouldn't mind.

Re: Obit: Eddie Dean

1999-03-05 Thread Don Yates
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, James Nelson wrote: His most famous composition was the hokey but sincere and emotional "I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven," written with friend Hal Southern. Which may be true, but Eddie Dean wrote lots of other fine tunes, including country music's first bonafide

Re: Swingin' Doors, 3/4/99

1999-03-05 Thread Don Yates
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jerry Curry wrote: PS: Next time you hear of Collier playing around your parts, drop me (us) a line, if you wouldn't mind. No problem -- Friday April 2nd at the Tractor Tavern. See ya there, Jerry.--don

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Terry A. Smith
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote: And how does "No Depression" as a name for a magazine prove anything about Uncle Tupe's music itself? They're the media, right? If they see Uncle Tupelo as big influential innovator, that's fine. But it doesn't necessarily prove anything. --

Re: Obit: Eddie Dean

1999-03-05 Thread James Nelson
Don Yates says: On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, James Nelson wrote: His most famous composition was the hokey but sincere and emotional "I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven," written with friend Hal Southern. Which may be true, but Eddie Dean wrote lots of other fine tunes, including country music's

RE: Recordable CD Players

1999-03-05 Thread Jon Weisberger
Also, is there any audible difference between getting a home unit (stereo component) and buying one for a computer with the intent of duping music? As far as I know, there's no audible difference, but there's a financial one, as a friend of mine recently discovered: the standalone, home units

A Question

1999-03-05 Thread Cheryl Cline
Question: As I first heard the term "alternative country" applied, reluctantly and for lack of a better term (a search for a better phrase was underway but never found) to bands musicians who didn't, for one reason or another, fit into the prevailing "Hot New Country" format, either because

Clip-Buckner reissue

1999-03-05 Thread William F. Silvers
Also, look for the Slow River/Rykodisc rerelease of Richard Buckner's debut album, BLOOMED, on May 18, 1999. Originially released on Glitterhouse in Germany in 1993 and in the United States on DejaDisc in 1994, BLOOMED was an

Clip-Old 97's

1999-03-05 Thread William F. Silvers
Good thing the movement they're distancing themselves from here is decades old and can take the hit. g Old 97's Get Feedback From Frank Black On New Record Old 97's 28.8 RealAudio Coming off the momentum from its just-wrapped

RE: Lawrence Welk (RE: country radio)

1999-03-05 Thread Jon Weisberger
On a totally different tangent, I have been listening to the upcoming Spade Cooley record that Bloodshot is releasing soon and my first reaction was "This sounds like Lawrence Welk!" Maybe not as cheesy but the accordion and the western swing arrangements have that "champagne" sound. I must

Re: Recordable CD Players

1999-03-05 Thread Lord Rat
At 10:16 AM 3/5/99 -0800, you wrote: Hey all, I've been thinking about picking up a home CD Recordable unit. Does anybody out there own one, or have you heard of a particular brand/model that is supposed to be good? Does the quality vary alot between brands? Also, is there any audible

RE: Recordable CD Players

1999-03-05 Thread Douglas Neal
At 02:55 PM 3/5/99 -0500, you wrote: Also, is there any audible difference between getting a home unit (stereo component) and buying one for a computer with the intent of duping music? As far as I know, there's no audible difference, but there's a financial one, as a friend of mine recently

Re: A Question

1999-03-05 Thread cwilson
Cheryl Cline wrote: What DO we call this stuff? I know you're being semi-sarcastic but: Having a country influence and not being on country radio doesn't seem to me to make this stuff all of a genre, even though the same people will often like most of it.

Re: Recordable CD Players

1999-03-05 Thread Douglas Neal
At 12:26 PM 3/5/99 -0800, you wrote: If you the thought of having to go beyond 'Plug 'n Play' doesn't frighten you, a computer CD recorder is the way to go. Besides the difference in price for media noted in Jon's reply, the hardware for stand alones is more expensive as well and not nearly as

CRS (Country vs. AAA)

1999-03-05 Thread Steve Gardner
All this talk about AAA vs. Hot Country is pretty interesting. I have a couple personal observations on the subject. Let me start by letting you all know that radio completely and utterly sucks in the Raleigh area. There are two great college stations (WXDU and WXYC, in that order g), after

Re: Obit: Eddie Dean

1999-03-05 Thread Don Yates
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jim Nelson definitely wrote: Uh, actually Cary Ginnell wrote that, Don. You can take it up with him, if you like. g Oops! Sorry for the misattribution, Jim.--don

Re: Chicago Calendar

1999-03-05 Thread Bob Soron
I dunno if these count as additions or changes or both, but this week's House of Blues ad says that Dick Dale is the 11th, not the 4th, which means I may be able to go out on my birthday after all. And the Metro's got some benefit going, including folks such as Langford, Escovedo, Fulks, Mavis

Re: Beantown Bound/Spurs

1999-03-05 Thread Bob Soron
At 8:16 AM -0600 on 3/5/99, marie marie wrote: I think John was actually one of those non-dancers dancing at my last Spurs' show. I always complained that the men in Boston never danced. Well, they don't appear to dance in Nashville either. Hey, back in the day, I used to lose serious water

Re: Recordable CD Players

1999-03-05 Thread Bob Soron
At 10:16 AM -0800 on 3/5/99, Shawn Devlin wrote: I've been thinking about picking up a home CD Recordable unit. Does anybody out there own one, or have you heard of a particular brand/model that is supposed to be good? Does the quality vary alot between brands? Also, is there any audible

Re: Recordable CD Players

1999-03-05 Thread Brad Bechtel
If you own a Mac, I'd recommend getting a copy of Adaptec Toast (version 3.5.6 is the most current). If you own a PC, Adaptec's Easy CD Creator does the job. Either will burn audio CDs; if you're doing multimedia development, you can make your own presentations and have them automatically

lack of definition -- is that so wrong?

1999-03-05 Thread Rob Russell
Since everybody always asks, upon finding out that I have a band, "What kind of music do you play?", I have had to think about genre definitions way too much for my own good. Still, I don't have a good answer. Here are a couple of recent incidents that reveal the inadequacy of prevailing

RE: Lawrence Welk vs. Spade Cooley

1999-03-05 Thread Jon Weisberger
Brad quotes the notes from Spadella!: "Cooley signed with Decca in 1950. Now augmented by a string section, his band swelled to 25 pieces. Their overwrought recordings bore little resemblance to the spirited country swing of their earlier heyday... Which, IMO, is a little harsh, though

Re: Coltrane book?

1999-03-05 Thread Gregg Makepeace
I'll second Nisenson's "Ascension" for the Coltrane bio. I've got a couple Trane bios and some are horrible. One of my favorite jazz books is David Rosenthal's "Hard Bop" which covers that particular brand of jazz from the 1955-65 era. Not bebop, but the music played by the likes of Art Blakey,

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Ndubb
Guess they didn't know about Joe Ely's tour with the Clash. UT was a decade too late. Yeah but, can't a decade too late also mean brand new to a new generation? NW

Re: Recordable CD Players

1999-03-05 Thread NoSequitr
If you don't mind rooting through a lot of pointless debate, Hilarious

Re: Scorchers

1999-03-05 Thread JKellySC1
In a message dated 3/5/99 12:38:14 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jack was also the band's original bassist. I saw them play their first show. good thing he became the manager, cause he was a terrible bass player. Slim

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread JKellySC1
In a message dated 3/5/99 12:14:35 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am merely stating that one of the main journals reviewing Americana music (does anyone dispute this?? I am sure there will be) is named after a UT album. I thought that was a Carter Family song. I

Re: lack of definition -- is that so wrong?

1999-03-05 Thread Jerry Curry
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Rob Russell wrote: have heard of that we might have some similarity to, I use the unfortunate term "alt.country." "Like Shania Twain?" she asks. I try to hide my disgust ... but do not succeed! Well, applying the abbreviation "alt" to mean alternative to the mainstream,

Re: Tweedy quote

1999-03-05 Thread Shane S. Rhyne
Howdy, Dave: I'll gladly nominate Being There as one of the most overrated records of the 90s. There aren't enough good songs on there to make a good single disc, let alone two. I heart Dave Purcell. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fw: SXSW '99 Free Outdoor Stage Info

1999-03-05 Thread marie arsenault
VH-1, Entertainment Weekly, Musicland and KLBJ-FM present the 1999 SXSW Free Outdoor Stage located in Waterloo Park at 12th and Red River. +++ Friday, March 19 - gates open at 5:00pm 6:00pm - Fastball (Hollywood Records) 7:00pm - Joe Ely and friends +++ Saturday, March 20 - gates

Rob Russell

1999-03-05 Thread Owen Bly
Sorry, everyone, for the intrusion...but could Rob Russell give me a holler offlist? Thanks! Owen Bly Ranchero Records Oakland, CA

MMs?

1999-03-05 Thread Shane S. Rhyne
Howdy, Someone (I have forgotten who, in this seemingly unending back log of e-mail... you people do have other hobbies, jobs, etc., don't you?) mentioned Eminem (sp?) earlier in the week. I had never heard of him/her/them until then, but received this link in my weekly e-mail from Rolling

Re: Recordable CD Players

1999-03-05 Thread Lord Rat
At 03:39 PM 3/5/99 -0500, you wrote: At 12:26 PM 3/5/99 -0800, you wrote: If you the thought of having to go beyond 'Plug 'n Play' doesn't frighten you, a computer CD recorder is the way to go. Besides the difference in price for media noted in Jon's reply, the hardware for stand alones is more

Playlist: The Boudin Barndance - 3/4/99

1999-03-05 Thread BoudinDan
The Boudin Barndance - 3/4/99 Dan Ferguson WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI Thursdays 6-9 pm Welcomed in-studio guest Jack Smith this evening on the Barndance. A rockabilly-and-then-some hero in these parts, Jack's got his first full- lengther in 11 years called "Can't Help Myself" just out on Run

RE: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread Pflash40
Guess they didn't know about Joe Ely's tour with the Clash. UT was a decade too late. and the unfortunate part of this is joe ely has yet to really find his decadeone of those artists who has been mining this "genre" (whatever the hell you folks want to call this genre) for yrs and yrs yet

Townes Van Zandt birthday and my show birthday ! Invitation for all !!!

1999-03-05 Thread Lazarevic Aleksandar
Hello to all, Townes Van Zandt birthday is 7 March so tomorrow my friend from Radio B-92 Zikica Simic will play two hours show about Townes. You can hear it on www.opennet.org and search for Radio B-92. His show is called DOWN ON THE CORNER and it is from 15-17 hours central european time. All i

Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)

1999-03-05 Thread LindaRay64
In a message dated 3/5/99 9:14:18 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: /colorBig deal, indeed. I agree completely with Terry, though -- it does get awfully fucking tiresome to read the tripe about UT starting some big movement, especially when one reads the oft-repeated

Here you go. . .

1999-03-05 Thread LindaRay64
Hank Williams III wants to be characterized as alternative country. . .for whoever's keeping score. BTW his show at Lounge Ax tomorrow night was cancelled today. Linda

Re: Townes Van Zandt birthday and my show birthday ! Invitation for all !!!

1999-03-05 Thread LindaRay64
Happy Birthday Alex! Please play The Handsome Family, "Drunk by Noon" Sparklehorse, "Sunshine" Freakwater, "Jesus Year" (It's the only birthday song I can think of off the top of my head) Have fun! Linda

Re: lack of definition -- is that so wrong?

1999-03-05 Thread Rob Russell
I wrote: have heard of that we might have some similarity to, I use the unfortunate term "alt.country." "Like Shania Twain?" she asks. I try to hide my disgust ... but do not succeed! Jerry wrote: Well, applying the abbreviation "alt" to mean alternative to the mainstream, I would

Nothing like an Elvis movie...

1999-03-05 Thread Geff King
Just got back from our little movie house down the street (one of the last single movie houses in the DC area, with a 40' CinemaScope screen). They're having a 50's film fest, and "Jailhouse Rock" was on the bill tonight. Lot of great shots of Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and (I think) DJ Fontana -