Re: Robbie Fulks and Jet

1999-03-08 Thread stuart
Don Yates wrote: . the divine Neko Case (who's playing the Tractor Tavern on March 11).--don Also found this on the Mint site. When *is* this shaping up as a masterpiece gonna be out? NEKO CASE Furnace Room Lullaby! Neko Case is currently in the midst of putting the finishing

Re: Robbie Fulks and Jet

1999-03-02 Thread Don Yates
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, lance davis wrote: BTW: does anyone in the Pacific Northwest know if the band the Model Rockets are extant?? They used to do a great cover of this song, which got me to thinking of their Cheap Trick-ish selves. They still occasionally play around town. Lead MR John

Re: Robbie Fulks and Jet

1999-03-01 Thread lance davis
OK, OK, finally I just have to ask "WHY?!!!" I just don't get it. Why do people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called alt.country bands to do covers of godawful cheesy rock songs? Why do people respond to these more than they do to the, OK, I'm going to say it, "real" songs? Dina