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gnat
response 150 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 12 14:41 UTC 1999

What sort of stuff is on them?  Can you give a track listing?
tpryan
response 151 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 12 22:42 UTC 1999

re 150: home.intranet.org/~estin/eclectica
gnat
response 152 of 503: Mark Unseen   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.
tpryan
response 153 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 13 22:25 UTC 1999

        Eclectica 13:  Bureau 13.  The rare place where the Rude Girls
(I can See your Aura) can follow David Bowie (Space Oddity).
mcnally
response 154 of 503: Mark Unseen   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!
gnat
response 155 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 14 03:20 UTC 1999

The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs promo sampler.  This is great!
Maybe I'll be shelling out that $32 for the box set after all.
Four stars.
mcnally
response 156 of 503: Mark Unseen   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..
krj
response 157 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 14 19:43 UTC 1999

The Grateful Dead, "Workingman's Dead."  Ah, vinyl... or even worse, 
tapes from vinyl  :)
orinoco
response 158 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 14 20:03 UTC 1999

Me'shell Ndegeocello doing a cover of Hendrix's "Can This Be Love?"
tpryan
response 159 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 14 23:31 UTC 1999

Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes  #1  (on CD).  I wonder what inspired me
to get these out.
carson
response 160 of 503: Mark Unseen   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.)
gnat
response 161 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 15 21:41 UTC 1999

Re. #156 - thanks for the info!
mcnally
response 162 of 503: Mark Unseen   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..
mcnally
response 163 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 17 04:47 UTC 1999

  Crash Vegas -- "Red Earth"

  out of print (afaik) Canadian female-vocal folk/country-tinged rock.
  pretty good, substantially better than the disappointing follow-up ("Stone")
  anyone know if Jocelyn Lanois is any relation to Daniel?
krj
response 164 of 503: Mark Unseen   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.
otaking
response 165 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 18 16:41 UTC 1999

Tori Amos, "Jackie's Strength" CD single. After seeing her live last weekend,
I've been listening to a lot of her music.
tpryan
response 166 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 18 19:17 UTC 1999

        Dr. Demento's basement tapes (on CD) continues in the CD player.
I got all 7 of them.
happyboy
response 167 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 18 21:11 UTC 1999

i love onions?  pencil neck geek?!

here, fluffy!  ?


"I love"  ?!
goose
response 168 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 20 01:34 UTC 1999

Dave Boutette et. al. doing a live cover of Steve Miller's "Swingtown"
(they're rehearsing at my studio)
katie
response 169 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 20 02:04 UTC 1999

Tell 'em "hi" for me!
goose
response 170 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 20 04:30 UTC 1999

Will do on Tues.
gnat
response 171 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 21 02:07 UTC 1999

Quasi, "Field Studies."  Good solid indie pop, with a bit of weird
synth noise, boy-girl harmonies, and cynical lyrics.  3.5 stars,
maybe 4 if it grows on me.
krj
response 172 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 22 02:48 UTC 1999

Mozart, COSI FAN TUTTI; a 1952 recording in English with Eleanor Steber.
krj
response 173 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 23 01:48 UTC 1999

Santana, first album.  My, San Francisco must have been a fun place in 
1968.
katie
response 174 of 503: Mark Unseen   Sep 23 04:49 UTC 1999

"A Woman's Heart 2". Mary Black, Frances Black, Maura O'Connell, Dolores
Keane, and the Sineads Lohan and O'Connor.
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