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Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:08:49 MST
From:         Thumper <watson@HG.ULETH.CA>
Subject:      pure fun

Now that my annual bout of pre-christmas panic has subsided, I can now attempt
to catch up!

Michael sed:
>Always has been-- which is stupid, because I think a good, tight band is the
>essence of rock'n'roll.

An appropriate statement considering the subject -- girl groups...  :)  You're
so naughty, Michael.   ;)

>Without getting into how much I despise REM, let me say that consumers don't
>like being dictated to any more than anybody else, and the whole "alternative"
>concept that REM gets marketed as is a kind of reverse psychology that makes
>the consumer feel autonomous (without actually giving him any real choices).

Isn't this what happened with Led Zep in the 70's?

>Remember Toni Basil? Robert Christgau called her (correctly) "the only woman
>to offer to take it up the ass on top 40 radio."

Ummm... did I miss something?!  I hope this offer wasn't embedded in lyrics of
"Hey Mickey"...

>Parenthetically, I remember being impressed, and not a little intimidated,
>by a girl who played trumpet in the 5th grade...

What about an old fart with a bodhran?  ;)

>It is widely believed that girls don't relate to the same features of music
>that boys do. One common notion is that girls are likelier to go for the sex
>symbol appropriate to their orientation-- your Frank Sinatras, your Elvises,
>your Paul McCartneys, your Chris Isaaks, your k.d. lang's :-)

Ahhhhhhh ha ha... nice dig, Mikey...

>Being a boy myself, I don't have a clue what women
>really think, except a prejudice to doubt the conventional wisdom :-)

Oh stop that!  Or I'll start quoting from this "Little Gray Book" I got from a
friend that contains a ton of humorous male slamming quotes...  ;*)

>I am much interested. I started to give up on Mitchell when she started using
>those pasteurized process jazz food players on _Court and Spark_, and stopped
>listening to her altogether because of how _Mingus_ sounded as apposed to real
>Mingus. But I certainly owe her another listen after ten years... Her video
>with Peter Gabriel was overly artsy, I thought.

I've really grown fond of the tribute album (and I know that you feel that no
one deserves a tribute album unless their dead).  :)  I think that there are
even a few Bloomdido-proof tunes that you may like...  Maybe you should review
it.  Here's the track listing:

Free Man in Paris - Big Faith
This Flight Tonight - Sara Craig
Carey - Universal Honey
Big Yellow Taxi - Lorraine Scott
Black Crow - Molly Johnson
The Beat of Black Wings - Andy Stochansky
Shades of Scarlett Conquering - Martha & the Muffins
The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Funky Bummer
River - Hugh Marsh et. al
You Turn Me On I'm a Radio - Kurt Swinghammer
Coyote - Spirit of the West
Woodstock - W.O.W.
Night in the City - Jenny Whiteley
A Case of You - Sloan
Blonde in the Bleachers - Squiddly
Songs to Aging Children Come - Cody & Jones
Refuge of the Road - Rocket Science

All the tunes are done well except "Big Yellow..." (inapropropriately turned
into a soul tune) and "You Turn Me On..." (converted into a high speed country
polka - blech).  My faves:  "The Beat of Black Wings", "Coyote", "Woodstock".
Bloomdido proof: "The Beat of Black Wings", "River", "Refuge of the Road".

>> And... Bob Tee... have you picked up Northern Pikes latest, _Neptune_... word
>> is that it's not bad, but it sounds more like 15 singles than an album.
>
>Does this mean 15 real strong songs, or 15 cookie-cutter songs?

Unfortunately, cookie-cutter tunes... the Pikes are swimming with the
current on this one...

Timmy said:

>>  I'm relieved not to have a flamefest on my hands.
>>MWM
>
>  Well, *I* for one, am disappointed!  ;-)
>
>                        -Tim"bah humbug"J

Me too!  :)  We haven't had a good testosterone infested match in at least a
week!   ;)

>> Sturdy maidens in long braids and leather jackets gallumphing up and down the
>> polka hall.
>
>Well, don't just stand there, SHOOT THE VIDEO! :-)

Being sturdy and German, I volunteer to be one of the braided babes...  :*)

>Okay, let me be more specific. I dearly love the first three albums-- some
>day I wanna get naked with Libby Doe and listen to "The Dawntreader."

Libby says, "forget it, if all yer gonna do is listen."   :)

I paid a visit to my dentist the other day and put on the supplied ear phones
and was poked and drilled to Chet Baker's "Winter Wonderland"... how lovely.
It was nice...  I suppose there would be inappropriate tunes for listening to
while you're getting tortured by a dentist... like "RDA" by the Rheostatics
which includes lovely samplings of high powered drills...  I mentioned this to
my dentist and told him that I'd ask y'all for recommendations to add to his
playlist -- what do you guys think?

Also, does anyone else, when they hop into those large shaped dental chairs,
get the uncontrollable urge to say, "All ahead, warp factor 8!!"??

I wanted to thank Chucky for the lil trip down memory lane with his postings of
the Allmusic Netiquette and 12 Days of Allmusic...  I'm a sucker for a man
whose nostalgic...  *grin*

Gary asked about the Allmusic Compilation... yes we did one in 1991 and it was
fun to put together -- it took a long time (waiting for tapes to arrive and
dubbing) and was alot of work for woj and I, but it was fun.  :)   Here's the
track listing and the contributers for the compilation tapes:

Carol's Group:

 SIDE A
Days and Days - Black Pool (Dan)
Justice Denied - Brett Ryan (Dan)
Wash Yourself - Les Vaches Sacrees (Dan)
Brackets - Brackets (with Jeff Beer) (Beer)
Five G - Bruford (n.n.)
None of the Above - The Bears (n.n.)
Genie - Blues Traveler (n.n.)
The Duck & Roger The Horse - Cardiacs (Dave R.)
The Holiday Song - Pixies (Dave R.)
Dixie/Battle Hymn - 1917 Jazz Band (with SteveB) (SteveB)
Rumbolt - Figgy Duff (Carol)
Turning of the Tide - Richard Thompson (Carol)

 SIDE B

Se Fath Mo Bhuartha - Dubliners (bjh)
Pariasian Walkways - Thin Lizzy (bjh)
Just Trying To Be - Jethro Tull (Tim)
Skating Away - Jethro Tull (Tim)
The One I Love - R.E.M. (Jenna)
Where Is The Ocean - Toni Childs (Jenna)
Hope - Bauhaus (Jenna)
Human Fly - Horseflies (Carol)
Lover's Lane - Richard Thompson (Carol)
Dreams In America - Luka Bloom (Carol)
I'm Alone - Blues Travelers (Carol)
Lower Beverly - Razorbacks (Carol)     <--- the give head song

woj's Group:

 SIDE A
Piano Concerto No. 1  First Movement: Allegro Giojoso - Keith Emerson (Eileen)
Life is a Red Wagon - Jane Siberry (Rachel)
Drive That Fast - Kitchens of Distinction (Robin)
Fame - David Bowie (Carolyn)
Ugly - Fishbone (Robin)
Got The Time - Joe Jackson (Carolyn)
Slavery Days - Burning Spear (Dave M.)
Tradition - Burning Spear (Dave M.)
The Bushmaster - Pigface (woj)

 SIDE B

UFO - Sun Ra & his Arkestra (Tom)
Dijeradoo Jam - Graeme Wiggins (woj)
Mesopotamia - B 52's (Carolyn)
Regretting What I Said - Christine Lavin (Rachel)
Eruption - Van Halen (Ram)
Highway Star - Deep Purple (Ram)
Manna and Quail - Caterwaul (woj)
Nostalgia - Chameleons (woj)
War Paint - Happy Rhodes (woj)

So there ya have it...  :)

I wanted to wish anyone whose signing off for the holidays a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!  And to those die-hards like me who'll be hanging around,
let's get together and e-party and make everyone else feel like they missed out
on all the fun.  OK?   Who's gonna be around anyhow?

I'm off to the mountains tomorrow, but will be back in action on Monday.  :)

Mistletoe smooches!
Carol and Libby Doe
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