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Re: (TV) Gang of Four/Television/Dr Feelgood



Elastic is also a good word for Television. Let's just retire 'angular'.
BTW - I'm going to go see Richard Lloyd play here in Chicago! Richard is a
phenomenal performer and this is my second time seeing him in less than 6
months!

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Rex Broome <rexbroome@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Jesse Hochstadt <jesseh58@yahoo.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > "Sparseness ... staccato ... space": That's as good a description of what
> I
> > love about all that stuff as I've ever heard. I was just listening to
> > Sleater-Kinney, who also have a lot of that sound. (Not surprising, as
> > they've cited Television as a favorite band.) Also XTC - especially early
> > XTC - and Pylon. I suppose there are many more.
> >
>
> Now those bands are "angular"-- the adjective everybody uses to describe
> Television, but it doesn't really fit.  Television is more bendy than
> angular, to my ears.
>
> -Rex
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