From: DAYKARAK@aol.com
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Subject: (TV) Re: TV Digest V1 #568
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 18:01:46 EST
Hm...me, I'm just getting into the Scientists, an Aussie band from
(primarily) the eighties who sound like a slight cross between the Cramps
and the Birthday Party. Just downloads so far, and it's not ALL gold, but
the track "Fire Escape" is really enjoyable. Also got the whole of the
Peter Laughner compilation TAKE THE GUITAR PLAYER FOR A RIDE via
AudioGalaxy, along with some genuinely awful, bastardized acoustic covers
where he substitutes his own awful lyrics...among then "Venus DeMilo" and
"Blank Genration"! Good for a laugh, I guess.
Other than that, I'm stuck in a rut. Got the whole Big Star catalog
around/through Xmas, finally copied the Television Portland boot off my
buddy Mark while I was home, been wanting to check out the Godz but I've
got no real idea where to start, and I've been tryin' so hard to remember
the name of this English band from (I think) the mid-sixties which I
accidentally stumbled across on Amazaon; some customer reviews championed
them as precursors to punk ("in ways more important than the Velvets!" and
similar hype-isms, their album had a black cover, but I can't remember
their name for the life of me... Help/suggestions appreciated.
Incidentally, I *DID* listen to the Stooges "L.A. Blues" for the first time
in about a year last night. Big deal, I know, but it was at this place on
Armitage (here in Chicago) called Street Side, which is this funny slightly
yupster bar/cafe but which has good food, good service, appropriately dim
lighting, AND a killer jukebox. Oh, the joy of seeing a girl in her
mid-twenties w/ emo glasses put her hands to her ears...
-nick keiser
(Oh, and for Nick Powell's benefit, and to avoid confusion in as many
ways/shape/forms as possible, my name will now be signed as above from this
point forward.)
>Got some nifty stuff on wire and wax cylinder... >Actually, two CDs
>have been standing out so far:
>
>Chris Bell's _I Am the Cosmos_ (ex-Big Star, died >tragically young in
>an auto accident, but not before releasing this slab of >pop/rock
>beauty...the slow version of the title track is just >amazing)
>
>Dizzy Gillespie _Plays Paris_ ~1953, on Vogue. It >doesn't get any
>hipper than this.
>Anyone else?
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