I've only received from Sue and bicyclops (and those have been forwarded weeks ago). Sounds like I'll be receiving from Angus & moonlit shortly.
Xander ,'End of Days'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I swear, I sent the ones msbelle had sent me (um, the last ones I got from her were in February) several weeks ago to Anne, so it ain't me...
I finally got these in the mail to Alicia the other day. The CDs had the misfortune of arriving right before my mom's 10 day visit, and then I kind of, um, forgot about them.
Anyhow, Alicia, CDs from tommyrot, erinaceous, joe boucher, and msbelle should be arriving at your place tomorrow or Friday.
Somebody Poke Plei!
That might be Paul's job.
Rimshot! Uh, that sounded kinda dirty in the context...
Have forwarded all mixes received so far.
I'm at the one end of the UnAmerican bottleneck, so I've only received the Austrailian mixes so far...
Oh yay! And I really don't have much of a life right now, so I'll be able to send them along to Kate fairly quickly.
Just checking in. I have no Buffista mixes right now. Once I get what Hec is sending my way, I will forward it along promptly.
Has Plei stopped reading this thread maybe? Should somebody e her to check if she has gotten the mixes DX has sent on?
Did you ever Levon's This Wheel's On Fire, Joe? It's a great read, though moreso for the wild rockabilly days than insights into The Band.
Haven't read it. Wanted to post more about Manuel (and Helm and Danko) today, but work was busy. Maybe tomorrow. Did want to mention that many many years ago I started working on a screenplay adaptation of Faulkner's short story "Wash," the seed from which grew Absalom! Absalom!, and there was no doubt in my mind that Levon Helm was the man to play Wash Jones. Magnificent story, really heartbreaking. My best friend told me that if I wrote it he would make sure Levon got a look at it. He actually had some session musician buddies who'd played with him, but he meant "You do your part and I'll find a way to get it to him." Of course I never finished it. Worked on it for a while then lost 90% of it in a truly idiotic fashion (this was long before I had a computer; all the work was done by hand & I had no back up -- layers of stupidity) and never restarted. Oh well. Read the story if you never have. It's in Collected Stories and The Portable Faulkner. If I can find an etext I'll link to it, but IIRC I looked hard about a year ago & couldn't find it. Still think Levon would be great in it.
BTW, the the site where I found the "Whispering Pines" page is a great resource if you like the Band. Very detailed info as far as who plays & sings what on all the albums.
Fuck. I've listened to Roxy's "Editions of You" five times in the last hour. My body is craving it like salt.
I've listened to Roxy's "Editions of You" five times in the last hour.
That's been one of my fave Roxy song for the last 19 years, I think. For Your Pleasure was their second album, when Eno was still in the band, right?
Found a new band- new to me, actually, they're big enough now to be touring with Coldplay- give them a listen. They're called Eisley.
I've been told to check them out, but haven't heard anything by them yet.
"Whispering Pines" is prominently featured on my In the Pines tape.
Have you heard the Dar Williams version? That's all I've heard.
Should I go see the Butchies on Tuesday? I really like "Trouble."