Buffistas

I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!

Anya ,'Storyteller'

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.

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DavidS - Oct 20, 2004 8:48:14 am PDT #5442 of 10003

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

First review!

Library Journal Reviews

Record collector geeks and hipster music critics love to pledge allegiance to the obscure. Cooper and Smay, co-editors of the renowned Los Angeles 'zine Scram, have compiled just the book for those snobs - a trade-scale, alphabetical encyclopedia of albums that the authors think we (i.e., the mass majority) overlooked. This lesson in musical obscurity works because Cooper and Smay aren't serving up a heavy-handed slap in the face; instead, their list of unheralded gems is delivered in the voice of that cool older kid who turned you on to the Sex Pistols back in sixth grade. Along with records by indie heroes like Jandek and Captain Beefheart, the authors share their love of lesser-known discs by "mainstream" artists like Willie Nelson, Terrence Trent D'Arby, and Thin Lizzy. At its best, this is a travel guide for adventurous music connoisseurs. Recommended for all libraries that exploit the English language, especially those that hold the authors' previous collaboration, Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth.

- Robert Morast, Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD

Ginger - Oct 20, 2004 8:51:10 am PDT #5443 of 10003

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Great review!

(You are going to keep reminding us about the NPR thing, so we don't miss it, aren't you?)

Sue - Oct 20, 2004 8:52:00 am PDT #5444 of 10003

hip deep in pie

Wooo! David!

Fred Pete - Oct 20, 2004 8:52:28 am PDT #5445 of 10003

Ann, that's a ferret.

Congrats on the review, Hec!

DavidS - Oct 20, 2004 9:01:14 am PDT #5446 of 10003

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

(You are going to keep reminding us about the NPR thing, so we don't miss it, aren't you?)

Hec on NPR's Talk Of The Nation

November 11, 2004 3pm EST/Noon PST

Hayden - Oct 20, 2004 9:22:28 am PDT #5447 of 10003

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Woo hoo, review!

Speaking of Jandek, check out the pictures on my blog.

Steph L. - Oct 20, 2004 10:52:08 am PDT #5448 of 10003

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Nice review, Hec!

DavidS - Oct 20, 2004 11:08:09 am PDT #5449 of 10003

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Nice review, Hec!

Yeah, 'cuz we oppose the "slap in the face" method of record reviews.

Steph L. - Oct 20, 2004 11:09:45 am PDT #5450 of 10003

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Yeah, 'cuz we oppose the "slap in the face" method of record reviews.

Well, you knew that one day, if you just stood by your anti-slap-in-the-face methods, no matter how unpopular, no matter how much the other pugilistic critics laughed at you, your rightness would prevail.

Excelsior.

joe boucher - Oct 20, 2004 12:49:48 pm PDT #5451 of 10003

I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

Well, you knew that one day, if you just stood by your anti-slap-in-the-face methods, no matter how unpopular, no matter how much the other pugilistic critics laughed at you, your rightness would prevail.

You still expect Fox to reconsider their Wonderfalls decision, don't you? <quietly weeping at my own cynicism>

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