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mcnally
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response 101 of 131:
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Dec 5 04:04 UTC 2000 |
Maybe I simply don't appreciate the bands the Ramones influenced,
or at least their influence on those bands, but I've always heard
that they were a seminal influence on many later acts I've never
been able to see that their contribution was all that profound or
widely imitated.
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bmoran
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response 102 of 131:
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Dec 5 04:17 UTC 2000 |
One of the best parties I ever went to was at the @nd Chance to see
Destroy all Monsters and the Ramones. Loud, short and very fast songs.
Almost too fast to dance. It was more attitude than anything else. Someone
was stage diving, until he missed the crowd and got severly danced upon.
Lost a round of drinks when someone crashed into our table. Got out real
late and had to work in the morning. What fun!
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happyboy
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response 103 of 131:
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Dec 5 12:49 UTC 2000 |
saw them at some place off gratiot in the mid 80's
with the cro-mags i think.
jonny had eyes that looked like he had once been
beated nearly to death with a baseball bat
oh wait...
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orinoco
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response 104 of 131:
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Dec 5 16:20 UTC 2000 |
Maybe I'm not up on my punk history, but I'd always thought of the Sex Pistols
as the first big new influential punk band. No?
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scott
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response 105 of 131:
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Dec 5 18:11 UTC 2000 |
US and Britain had punk start roughly the same time but with different "first"
bands.
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carson
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response 106 of 131:
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Dec 5 19:03 UTC 2000 |
(I would credit the Ramones with short songs, simple chord progressions,
and VERY short albums. I think their debut was on the order of 15 minutes.)
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scott
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response 107 of 131:
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Dec 5 23:01 UTC 2000 |
For those youngsters amongst us, punk showed up around the end of the
progessive rock era (one could claim punk ended that era), a time when most
kids were given the impression that they had to be better than Keith Emerson
if they wanted to play music. Punk was more like "I've only been playing 3
days but I'm already in a band")
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happyboy
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response 108 of 131:
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Dec 6 12:11 UTC 2000 |
punk started in america with link wray in the
late 50's.
the pistols were sloppy rehash
/cues up "Rumble" and puts on his leather
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brighn
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response 109 of 131:
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Dec 6 12:52 UTC 2000 |
Punk was invented in Africa and stolen by the White Man.
(Well, it works with nearly every other genre, heh...)
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ashke
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response 110 of 131:
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Dec 6 15:04 UTC 2000 |
<tries to imagine tribes in Africa running around shouting "Oi! Oi! Oi!" and
begins giggling madly>
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brighn
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response 111 of 131:
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Dec 8 03:25 UTC 2000 |
It's true. The first punk album was "Never mind the bullocks, here come the
Zulu."
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happyboy
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response 112 of 131:
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Dec 9 21:35 UTC 2000 |
Tatoo You: The Maori
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krj
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response 113 of 131:
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Dec 27 22:59 UTC 2000 |
Today was the approximately annual get-together with my internet CD-trading
friend Jim, who we met on the Oyster Band mailing list nearly a decade ago.
We try to get together every year while I'm out in Maryland.
There wasn't too much for us to hand off from the last few months of
trading; I had some French folk items for him, and he get the annual
KGSR live charity compilation for me -- a 3 CD set this year with Willie
Nelson on the cover. After lunch, Jim took me out to pick over
Record and Tape Exchange, and I surprised myself by buying a Blur
compilation and a Pavement album just because they were playing in the store.
Also picked up a few Mozart CDs, including one by the piano-playing
Labeque sisters which I'd never seen before. Also found in our wanderings
were Beverly Sills' autobiography (50 cents at the library sale) and
a Marilyn Horne recording of Wagner songs, both for Leslie.
I keep trying to lure Jim into contributing here. Hasn't worked yet.
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krj
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response 114 of 131:
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Jan 3 16:16 UTC 2001 |
Note to myself, cc: to Twila, Mickey and David: while CD shopping on the
net I came across an interesting folk/celtic/world music review site,
http://www.greenmanreview.com. (Must have more English / Celtic
European CDs, whine whine whine...)
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dbratman
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response 115 of 131:
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Jan 3 21:34 UTC 2001 |
Looks good - hey, there's a Figgy Duff retrospective CD out; remember
them? - but, alas, their staff includes somebody who is one of the five
most major league Clymers I've ever met. Big time. His writing on the
site doesn't convey that quality, fortunately, but it's more than I can
do to see his name without wincing.
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krj
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response 116 of 131:
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Jan 15 22:33 UTC 2001 |
Note to self: while at Tower, heard the prerelease copy of the new
album from a band? called Moe. Forget the title. Sounded like a
rock band I might be interested in. Anyone know anything about them?
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happyboy
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response 117 of 131:
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Jan 16 00:12 UTC 2001 |
nope! 8D
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orinoco
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response 118 of 131:
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Jan 16 01:06 UTC 2001 |
I've heard of them, but just barely. They tend to open for jam-rock bands
like Phish or Blues Traveller; they're probably up to headlining their own
shows now, which would be why I've stopped seeing their name.
That, and they insist on having their name spelled "moe." -- no capital "M",
and a period at the end, even in the middle of a sentence -- which must make
articles about them hell to proofread.
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krj
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response 119 of 131:
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Jan 28 22:25 UTC 2001 |
Note to self: heard an interesting new-age-y piano piece on WCBN
this afternoon. Michael Robinson, "Hamoa" I think, on the Azure Miles
label. The web page says the guy is influenced by Indian ragas.
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krj
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response 120 of 131:
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Feb 24 23:14 UTC 2001 |
Robert Christgau's annual "Pazz & Jop" poll in the Village Voice
is now online at http://www.villagevoice.com. The Voice seems to have
ended out of town sales and moved much of its material online?
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krj
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response 121 of 131:
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Mar 10 06:14 UTC 2001 |
In the past you've had to read my whining when I've gone into a mood
and hated all the music around. So it's only fair to mention that,
at least on a personal level, 2001 is setting out to be an amazing year
for tasty CDs. So far there are maybe 15 discs which might merit
fave-of-the-year listing. And the shows at the Ark have been
well above average.
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dbratman
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response 122 of 131:
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Mar 13 00:36 UTC 2001 |
Will wait patiently for that end-of-the-year best list.
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krj
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response 123 of 131:
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May 17 16:46 UTC 2001 |
Well poot. Just found out that I waited too long on the CD reissue
of "A.T.2 / The Boot," Fairport Convention's 4-CD set from the 1982
& 1983 Cropredy festivals. I have "The Boot" from its initial cassette
only release, and my recollection is that it was the only Cropredy
recording I've enjoyed. The CD reissue has gone out of print.
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dbratman
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response 124 of 131:
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May 20 08:10 UTC 2001 |
I rather enjoyed the CD of the Fairport 25th anniversary concert, but
mostly as a souvenir of having been there. It wouldn't be so enticing
without those personal memories.
I had, at one time, the LP release of the first Cropredy festival, but
I believe I sold it: the band was out of practice and not very good.
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krj
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response 125 of 131:
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May 21 18:34 UTC 2001 |
To add a further *argh* to resp:123 :: Fairport's spring mailout -- which
I tossed aside without opening because I said, Oh, there's the annual
ad for the Cropredy festival -- announced that they were down to the
last hundred or so copies. So they tried to give me warning.
I am not a completist. I am not a completist. I am not a completist...
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