Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic
Date:         Mon, 13 Apr 1992 20:04:42 EDT
From:         "Michael H. Bloom" <MHB@MITVMA.BITNET>
Subject:      She's sweating... optical promise

Ken Josenhans <13020KRJ@MSU.BITNET> says, re: Brand Loyalty
>      The closest thing I have to a sense of Brand Loyalty is my
> devotion to the British label Cooking Vinyl... I figure I have about half
> of the 35-40 albums which CV has released.

Did they not also do some Blowzabella and Boiled In Lead albums?

Actually I wish I knew a label I could be that fond of-- other than Cuneiform,
for whom I kinda function as an unwanted consultant and nosey parker (and Steve
doesn't generally listen too closely to me anyway...)

Russ Gelinas <R_GELINAS@UNHH.UNH.EDU> says re: for your love
>   Yes, it was "For Your Love" that chased Clapton out of the Yardbirds.
> But not without a passing shot.  He demanded that the song include a
> blues-shuffle thing in the middle.  We've gotten used to hearing that
> little section in the song, but it really doesn't fit all that well.  I
> guess Clapton only played guitar on that part of the song too; Beck did
> the rest of the song.

I don't think Beck was in the picture at all at that point; there's barely any
guitar in the track to speak of other than that shuffle bit, and Dreja could've
handled it. And I actually kinda like the shuffle bit, but I'm used to a lot of
contrasting textures in music-- it's definitely one of the qualities I look for.

"TJ Lardner - Student Consultant Seton Hall U." places a classified ad:
> 1 (one) Sharp model DX-650 Single CD player - about 2 years old
> Works great, 20 track programmable.  Cost $150 new, I just bought
> a $250 Sony portable, and I want to help defer the cost.  That's
> the only reason I want to part with it.  $85 + s/h or best offer.
> Mail u01w@setonmus.bitnet

The Sony portables don't last long enough-- mine started to mis-track within 2
years, and I was pissed. The teensy little headphone jacks are also notorious
for their failure rate. I'm never going to buy another-- if I want music-to-go,
I'll dub a cassette.

BULMER STEVEN R <BULMER@NL.NUSC.NAVY.MIL> discourses Re: Subliminal Tapes
> [Warning this post contains subliminal messages]
>
> I think that the biggest Bush sucks conspiracy in these
> subliminal Bush sucks tapes is that they want you the
> consumer to Bush sucks think that they do work infallibly,
> whereas I would Bush sucks tend to agree with Michael Bloom
> that there are different levels of Bush sucks suceptibility.

Couldn't have put it better myself! I do think there is a strong tendency in
America to give corporate interests the benefit of nearly every doubt there is,
against the better interests of the consumer. The really tawdry thing about the
Reagan "Revolution" was how blatantly capitalists acted exactly the way their
enemies said they would-- taking deregulation as license to further cornhole
the consumer and the working stiff, rather than a spur to streamline and learn
to compete more effectively against Japan, etc. Of course, the left also tends
to act in ill-considered, antisocial ways to protect some idiot prerogative or
preconception. That damn fool law to allow rape victims to sue pornographers
is being seriously considered hereabouts. I'd consider any issue where I sided
with Jesse Helms to be a clear indication that I hadn't thought something thru,
but some people aren't too fastidious, I guess...

Russ reaches into the sack of culture and pulls out:
> > "My name is Lucifer, please take my hand"
>
> "My name is Henny, take my wife"

Indeed! And thanks to Seb for remembering the Hawklords!