Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'


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.


DavidS - Jul 28, 2005 1:30:09 pm PDT #9522 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Sufjan fans ya gotta track down the latest Mojo which has a fab picture of him leaping about in a Fighting Illini Cheerleader uniform.

Speaking of the Mojo, lisah, I've got that Chess burn ready for you as soon as I get your address.


sumi - Jul 28, 2005 5:38:08 pm PDT #9523 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

As a UofI alum, I think I need that mojo. . . perhaps I'll take a little jaunt out to Borders tomorrow.


IAmNotReallyASpring - Jul 29, 2005 6:09:43 am PDT #9524 of 10003
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel

I saw 'em open for the Replacements in 1990, and they were pretty good then.

If you haven't heard any of their stuff since, I'd highly recommend Frosting on the Beater. It's poppy as all heck but it's punctuated by moments of, I don't know, desperate sadness. The way the songs undercut themselves, it's like watching someone put a brave face on while they fall apart.

And speaking of Nerve, here's a Sufjan Stevens interview.

What considered responses. Makes me feel much better about spending 20 quid I don't have on Illinois.


Jon B. - Jul 29, 2005 6:21:31 am PDT #9525 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

IAMRaS: To quote someone, just put a > in front of the quoted text like so --

I saw 'em open for the Replacements in 1990, and they were pretty good then.

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I saw 'em open for the Replacements in 1990, and they were pretty good then.

The font size="-1" thing you did doesn't distinguish itself well in some browsers.


lisah - Jul 29, 2005 6:39:18 am PDT #9526 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate

I've got that Chess burn ready for you as soon as I get your address.

Rad! Thanks so much. Insent as soon as yahoo lets me.


Hayden - Jul 29, 2005 9:37:24 am PDT #9527 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

The way the songs undercut themselves, it's like watching someone put a brave face on while they fall apart.

That's the essence of top-notch power-pop.


DavidS - Jul 29, 2005 9:45:54 am PDT #9528 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Speaking of power pop there's a Big Star bio out now.

Did you know they were playing Gibsons on those records, Corwood? Who plays power pop on a Les Paul?


Hayden - Jul 29, 2005 9:48:09 am PDT #9529 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Really? I'd always assumed they were Fender through Fender or Gibson hollowbodies. But Les Paul? Not what I think of when I think of power pop. In fact, when I've seen Big Star (with the Posies filling in, natch), they've pretty much kept to the Fender products - Chilton on a Strat or Tele and Auer on a Fender Coronado (which is pretty damn sweet).


DavidS - Jul 29, 2005 1:15:40 pm PDT #9530 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Anybody got a favorite Pernice Brothers record?


Hayden - Jul 29, 2005 1:32:31 pm PDT #9531 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I like Yours Mine & Ours best.