Re: (TV) (OT) Feelies: September 13, 2009

[Russ <russvr@gmail.com>]

Speaking of Smithereens, I just want to say what a horrible movie that
is....it's almost so bad it's good, but not quite.

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Phil Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks. I got into the Feelies whenever I overheard their cover of "What
> Goes On" in a coffee house in the mid-90s. Only later did I learn that their
> drummer (for most of their career) was the original drummer from Luna, who
> played on the PENTHOUSE along with Tom Verlaine...
>
> Although I picked up every Feelies album on CD over the next decade, I
> didn't exactly love them, I just liked a few tracks. But I took the plunge
> and bought the reissues of their first two albums last week (CRAZY RHYTHMS
> and THE GOOD EARTH). Both sound great and I've got a renewed appreciation,
> esp. for THE GOOD EARTH.
>
> Speaking of the Feelies -- you know what's a great, underplayed Modern
> Lovers song? "I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms". (Also a great lift of a Stooges
> riff).
>
> (Random trivia: The first Feelies record features prominently in the 1982
> film SMITHEREENS, in which Richard Hell has a supporting role).
>
> --Phil
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Graham Urquhart <gurquhart@madasafish.com>
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:06:53 PM
> Subject: (TV) (OT) Feelies: September 13, 2009
>
> Some people may be interested in this:
>
> http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=1650
>
> /On the week that Bar None Records <
> http://www.bar-none.com/the-feelies.html> reissued both /Crazy Rhythms/
> and /The Good Earth/, the Feelies <http://www.myspace.com/thefeeliesband>
> played a weekend of shows in the New York area. On Friday, they played
> /Crazy Rhythms/ from start to finish at All Tomorrows Parties (/nyctaper
> recording coming soon/). Saturdays show was a performance at the beautiful
> Bearsville Theatre <http://www.bearsvilletheater.com/> in Woodstock. Last
> night, the celebratory weekend was completed with an absolutely monumental
> Feelies show at Southpaw <http://www.spsounds.com/>. The band performed
> two sets that consisted of over two hours of music, but the most amazing
> aspect of the show was the encore set  the band returned on /five/ separate
> occasions to perform a total of ten encores. Included in the show were the
> usual plethora of covers  the raging second set opener of Neil Youngs
> Barstool Blues and the Beatles Everybodys Got
>   Something to Hide (from /Crazy Rhythms/) among them  but there were also
> a few surprises including a teacher-mimics-student version of R.E.M.s
> Carnival of Sorts./
>
> /The band was again well-served by the presence of long time sound pro Andy
> Peters, who navigated through a limited sound system to provide outstanding
> listening quality. We set up the four mics at the front of the railing above
> the floor which provided a direct line to the stacks. The resulting sound
> quality of this recording is quite excellent. Enjoy!/
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Graham
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