Hec is right! I do have an opinion on Wake Ooloo, even if it's only semi-informed.
I have Stop The Ride on disc, which is 1/2 a Wheels In Motion-like approximation of the Feelies, and 1/2 utter bullshit. There's nothing too memorable about even the good songs, though. They're good, and that's about it. I've never heard either of the other two albums, but I'll get them now that I know emusic has them. I should say I like Wheels in Motion, too, but there's something very forgettable about it to me. I enjoy it while it's on, but when it ends, I can barely remember anything about it. I can't explain that. It's Glenn Mercer playing with most of the Feelies, and it sounds like the Feelies, who are one of my all-time top ten bands, but it just doesn't stick with me.
Corwood, I agree on
Wheels in Motion.
I love it while it's playing, but it's no Feelies album....
There are individual Wake Ooloo songs that are great:
Time to Go, Monday Morning,
and
From Afar
are the ones I've played most on the radio.
Didn't know that Game Theory had a video for Erica's World
Heh. It's the
Lolita Nation
lineup lip-synching to a recording by the
Big Shot Chronicles
lineup.
This is an awesome story from the blog, A list of things thrown five minutes ago, that I thought y'all would appreciate:
[link]
When I was volunteering at my son’s school recess on Wednesday I saw something similar. It began like something you’d see in grainy black and white footage documenting the early days of Beatlemania. The vast majority of the third grade came out of the building in a screaming pack. Soon I noticed that they all appeared to be chasing a boy named Isaac.
I started to worry about the safety of Isaac and the other kids. I asked my son Liam what was going on. “Isaac promised us that he would sing at recess!” he replied.
I want to know what Isaac sang.
This was very cool. The Subconscious Art of Graffitt Removal
I guess it helps if you've seen some Rothko and Rauschenberg.
Y'all might enjoy this delightful rendition of a rock classic: [link]
Anyone got Captain Beefheart's "There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage" in digital format they could shoot over to me?
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Nebber mind. Took some searching, but I found it.
Are you doing the Little Drummer Boy show tomorrow, Jon?
