response 142 of 503:

Sep 11 00:49 UTC 1999

        Eclectica #17:  Christmas in July.

response 144 of 503:

Sep 11 04:02 UTC 1999

Robyn Hitchcock, "You and Oblivion."  Odds and sods.  I can't resist
a song that begins, "The frogs are mating on the table, but you just
pick your nose and squint."

response 146 of 503:

Sep 11 15:40 UTC 1999

  Pulp Fiction soundtrack. I like this one, esp the Royale with Cheese thing.
Jackson and Travolta were great in that flick. However, I did think it was
a little cheesy for Tarentino to appear in his own movie.

response 148 of 503:

Sep 12 00:29 UTC 1999

(What are these "Eclectica" mixes that y'all keep mentioning?)

response 150 of 503:

Sep 12 14:41 UTC 1999

What sort of stuff is on them?  Can you give a track listing?

response 152 of 503:

Sep 13 21:16 UTC 1999

Momus, "Stars Forever."  "Portraits in song" commissioned by their
subjects for $1000 a pop.  The $$ goes to pay for Momus's court
costs after he was sued by Wendy Carlos for... mentioning her in a
song, I think.  The lyrics are very clever, the music very grating.
3 stars, maybe 3.5.

response 154 of 503:

Sep 14 03:00 UTC 1999

  The Kinks --  "Lola Versus Powerman and the MoneyGoRound"

  Everyone knows the song "Lola" (which is somewhat odd, as it's not your
  typical radio-single subject matter) but what's totally shameful about
  this album is that you never ever hear "Apeman" played anywhere..  What
  a great song!

response 156 of 503:

Sep 14 05:00 UTC 1999

  If you're planning on buying the boxed set you may have trouble finding
  it in stock in town.  I couldn't get it at SKR last week -- went on 
  Wednesday and they'd sold every one they'd received on Tuesday.  Tower
  claimed they'd be getting some *this* Tuesday but SKR seemed to think
  that the distributors (or the one-stops, anyway) were sold out already.
  You can, of course, get the three separate discs.

  Or, if you want the box set and are willing to mail-order it, try CDNow,
  which is having one of their weird promotions right know if you know
  the secret URL to visit.  Besides their announced 30% off sale, they
  also have a promotion going that's worth $15 off any purchase over $30,
  making it perfect for buying "69 Love Songs"  With the discount, plus
  shipping, approximately $24..

  (visit http://p01.com/r.d?PkGrnpRMZLs=cdnow/from=rel:x:cdn:bk6906
  for the promotion..)

 Obligatory on-topic information:  Now playing -- Donald Fagan's "Kamakiriad"
 The futuristic science-fictiony theme of his second solo release contrasts
 interestingly with the 50s-nostalgia tint of his first one ("The Nightfly")
 Doesn't have anything quite as groovy as "I.G.Y." or "New Frontier", but
 "Countermoon", "Snowbound", and "Tomorrow's Girls" are all great tracks..

response 158 of 503:

Sep 14 20:03 UTC 1999

Me'shell Ndegeocello doing a cover of Hendrix's "Can This Be Love?"

response 160 of 503:

Sep 15 11:24 UTC 1999

(something off of Styles Of Beyond's _2000 Flow_. I managed to miss
whatever hype had been associated with the album, and instead was VERY
pleasantly surprised when I reviewed it for the station a couple of
weeks ago. reading through PULSE, I learned that the album was 
originally released independently back in 1998, and that the version
we have at the station is a re-release on the Dust Brother's Hi-Ho
label.)

(anyway, it's my album to broadcast for the hour, as I feel like 
being a lazy DJ.)

response 162 of 503:

Sep 15 22:01 UTC 1999

  (on the other hand they seem to taken my order without having the
   set in stock and without telling me I'd have to wait for a backorder.
   my guess is I'm not going to wind up getting one of the boxes, but
   you never know..)

  now playing:  Cibo Matto -- "Viva La Woman"
                fairly strange Japanese pop..

response 164 of 503:

Sep 17 11:58 UTC 1999

To the best of my knowledge, Jocelyn is the sister of Daniel.
I think Jocelyn was also in one of the incarnations of Martha and the 
Muffins, but I'm too lazy to go look it up.
 
"Red Earth" is a big favorite of mine; I discovered them through a 
profile on CBC's old Brave New Waves show, and I sat in a parking lot
listening to the car radio for about 20 minutes to learn the band's
name.
 
Crash Vegas was one of a number of bands which seem to have been 
destroyed in the early 1990s by the record companies' insistence 
that they sound more like Nirvana.   There was a final third album, 
"Aurora," released only in Canada in 1996 and unmemorable.
A while back I did some web searching to see if Michelle McAdorey,
their lead singer, had done anything, and I didn't find any further
recordings.