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mythago
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response 50 of 268:
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Dec 12 00:56 UTC 1991 |
I would hope so. As long as it has NOTHING to do with stopping at the
Immigration/Customs office on the US side.
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morel
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response 51 of 268:
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Dec 12 01:13 UTC 1991 |
Nope.
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mcnally
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response 52 of 268:
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Dec 12 03:44 UTC 1991 |
What's unspeakably horrific about U.S. customs? Just curious,
I've (happily) never had to deal with them..
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mythago
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response 53 of 268:
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Dec 12 16:05 UTC 1991 |
If you have, you'd understand...think of every stereotype of the power-mad
cop you've ever heard. At least one of each works at Customs.
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glenda
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response 54 of 268:
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Dec 12 16:57 UTC 1991 |
We have had bad experiences with Canadian Customs. One time the inspector
practically accused us of kidnapping Damon and trying to escape into their
country with him. Even after showing her ID showing that he was indeed ours,
she made us go over for a complete inspection of the vehicle and its contents.
Damon was so frightened that I had to hold him the entire time, he wouldn't
let anyone else get near him. I was about 5-6 months pregnant with Staci
and he was heavy enough to make my back really hurt. He wet his diaper so
heavily that it leaked and they wouldn't even give one of the diapers out of
his diaper bag (that they made me leave in to car for inspection) so that I
could change him. I really appreciated having to stand there for about 40
minutes holding a crying child putting pressure on the baby I was carrying and
dripping urine all over me. All we were going over for was Dim Sum, which we
didn't have a taste for after all this was over.
I still think that one of the 3 inspectors going over our car could have handed
me a diaper to change the kid, for crying out loud. We have never had a
problem with US Customs.
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craig
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response 55 of 268:
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Dec 12 23:22 UTC 1991 |
US Customs screwed with me one time....
"Speak up.. I CANT HEAR YOU.." Just like a drill sergeant.
I decided that it was better to pursue the matter after getting back
safely into the USA, lest he decide that my date and I needed to be
strip searched.
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tcc
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response 56 of 268:
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Dec 14 06:31 UTC 1991 |
My experience has been, Canadian customs: one question, 4 seconds. American
customs, 5 questions, 30 seconds. Only time I've ever had to show any ID to
any customs officials was when the American customs agent detected a hint
of Austrailian accent in Gary's voice (grew up in Austrailia, American born &
citizen). They made both of us get OUT of the car, searched the car, took us
to be interrogated, asked us questions, looked at drivers licenses & birth
certificates, made some calls, then finally let us go. As I may add, an hour
and a half later.
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krj
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response 57 of 268:
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Dec 17 07:22 UTC 1991 |
Well, let's see if we can't get back into some reviews:
Sea Stories, MILLER'S POND : I've really been enjoying a lot of Australian
folk-rock lately, so I had high hopes for this band. The opening track,
"For 10,000 Years," is sweetly laid back, male and female monotonic
harmonies over a delicate accordion line. After that, however, the album
deteriorates rapidly; the monotonic style becomes pretty wearing after
a while, and the accordion disappears, never to be heard from again. Oh
well. (Anybody heard The Falling Joys? They're the next Aussie band I
want to check out. I should ask Smurfie over on M-net...)
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krj
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response 58 of 268:
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Dec 18 08:47 UTC 1991 |
The Ophelias, THE BIG O : I was considering shipping this off to Colm
Mulcahy in Germany, but I decided that I'd rather hang on to it. It's a
curious blend of 70's pretentious art rock with 80's "alternative"
sensibilities; there are some odd time signatures, winds and a violin.
Reminds me at times of Gentle Giant, at other times of Zappa. Defintely
worth the $6 I spent for it at art fair this summer. Probably no longer
available, due to the Rough Trade label's bankruptcy.
Katie in #41: How can you tell that the Kitaro CD is "wonderful"?
Are you spinning it on your finger and reading the grooves with a penlight?
:-)
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mythago
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response 59 of 268:
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Dec 18 20:31 UTC 1991 |
She played it backwards. :*
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krj
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response 60 of 268:
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Dec 21 06:09 UTC 1991 |
John Hiatt, BRING THE FAMILY : This is one of the used discs I brought back
from San Jose. The uptempo numbers are pretty darned good blues-rockers
but there are about three or four slow drippy numbers that don't do much
for me. Still, the wonder of CD is that you can skip those.
Hiatt's backup band is pretty stellar: Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner.
The same gang of four have a new project, which at one time was titled
"Little Village" but now seems to have many other names, according to
Usenet rumors. Anyway, said new project is due for early 1992 release,
and I will scoop it up as soon as it appears.
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ty
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response 61 of 268:
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Jan 2 18:18 UTC 1992 |
Re47: It's on the soundtrack to some new movie. I thought it was a
good song. Rumor (interview I saw with David Byrne) is that there will
be a new Heads album out in the Fall of '92.
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mcnally
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response 62 of 268:
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Jan 4 04:19 UTC 1992 |
What interview was that? According to the DJs on CIMX, Byrne has said
that the Talking Heads have now officially broken up and that there will
be no more Heads output.
The movie that "Sax and Violins" is on the soundtrack to is an upcoming
Wim Wenders film called "Until the End of the World". I went out and
bought the soundtrack before Christmas to get the Talking Heads song and
some other new and otherwise unavailable tracks from Lou Reed, Elvis
Costello, R.E.M., and Julee Cruise. None of the songs is all that great
but they're not awful, either. I don't really regret buying the album
but I don't think I'll listen to it all that much either..
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morel
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response 63 of 268:
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Jan 4 21:22 UTC 1992 |
Re #62, para 1: I heard the same info on WDET.
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ty
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response 64 of 268:
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Jan 5 04:19 UTC 1992 |
Over christmas I was vegitating in from of mtv for a while and he was on
there.
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krj
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response 65 of 268:
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Jan 5 19:27 UTC 1992 |
What exactly does it mean for a band to break up when they haven't recorded
an album in 4 years, and haven't toured in almost 9 years?
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mcnally
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response 66 of 268:
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Jan 6 02:18 UTC 1992 |
It means that they won't be releasing another album, presumably.
After their last two albums (especially "Naked") I find it hard to
get really depressed that there won't be more, but it's still a little
sad since as long as they were together there was always still a chance
that they might start producing really good music again. Instead it
looks like we'll be left with endless Tom Tom Club and Casual Gods
albums and several thousand samba collections.
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mcnally
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response 67 of 268:
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Jan 9 06:27 UTC 1992 |
Tonight, while browsing through the indie bin at Tower ($2 off coupons
good on any cassette or CD >=$9.44 in this term's "Michigan Money Saver"
coupon books.. Yow!) I came across (and purchased) an interesting release
from SST Records called "The 7 Inch Wonders of the World". It's a CD
with the contents of 9 different SST 7" (and/or 3" or 5" CD) singles,
including 3 by Black Flag, 2 by Husker Du, and 1 each by the Meat Puppets,
the Minutemen, Overkill, and Wurm. I primarily bought it for the Husker
Du and Black Flag singles, but at $13.99 for 9 singles (33 tracks) it's
a very good deal for anyone who likes "punk"/"hardcore" type stuff.
For the record, the singles on this release are:
Black Flag: Nervous Breakdown
Six Pack
TV Party
Husker Du: Eight Miles High
Makes No Sense At All
Meat Puppets: In A Car
Minutemen: Paranoid Time
Overkill: Hell's Getting Hotter
Wurm: I'm Dead
Also worth noting is that "Fear: The Record" has come out on CD
after not having been available in that format. I didn't pick it
up today since I'd already hit my quota but I'm glad to see that Slash
(Records) finally re-issued it since it has several great tracks
(including the perennial favorite "Let's Have a War")
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krj
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response 68 of 268:
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Jan 9 07:01 UTC 1992 |
Over in the "Quick Questions" item, I was asking about Procol Harum
anthologies. There are two on the market, "The Best Of Procol Harum",
and a "Classics" disc from A&M's celebration of the company's 25th
anniversary. I picked up the "Classics" disc because it contained the
song "Power Failure", which I thought I remembered fondly from the BROKEN
BARRICADES album, the only Procol Harum LP I ever owned. Anyway.
I was possessed with an urge to get this after hearing "Conquistador"
on a very nice oldies station in Toledo (94.5), but much of the rest
of the album isn't too memorable. Sound quality is wildly variable;
the two songs from BROKEN BARRICADES sound pretty good, but there's lots
of hiss on everything else.
It turns out the version of "Power Failure" in my head is Leo Kottke's
cover of the song, unavailable on CD at this time I expect.
I feel a *big* 60's-70's nostalgia binge coming on. I may become quite
insufferable to some of you shortly...
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mcnally
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response 69 of 268:
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Jan 9 08:58 UTC 1992 |
If you actually like "Conquistador", you're already halfway there..
Perhaps it's a function of not having any fond memories from when it was
first around to associate with their songs, but Procol Harum is one of
those 70s AOR bands I tend to find overly-pretentions and not terribly
interesting. Your mileage may vary (and apparently does..)
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mythago
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response 70 of 268:
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Jan 9 15:35 UTC 1992 |
Fear on CD? <odious glee>
(About time, too.)
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mcnally
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response 71 of 268:
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Jan 9 23:13 UTC 1992 |
Yeah.. Lee Ving had a brief acting career (*really* brief) but
what have the rest of them been doing? Selling used cars?
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krj
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response 72 of 268:
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Jan 11 07:06 UTC 1992 |
Backing up a couple of responses: the official breakup of Talking Heads
is reported tersely in the news column of the current (Jan. 24?) GOLDMINE.
Another part of my youth gone forever, or at least until Byrne decides
he needs the ready cash from a reunion gig. *sniff*.
I wonder if the "new" THeads album ty heard about was the long-awaited
2-CD anthology with a handful of unreleased tracks from the vaults;
that was rumored for fall '91 release but has been postponed several
times.
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krj
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response 73 of 268:
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Jan 11 07:16 UTC 1992 |
The Soft Boys, UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT -- Finally found a battered CD copy
of this in a Lansing Harmony House, months after the Robyn Hitchcock fans
on Usenet were raving about it. Now I start to understand Hitchcock's
appeal, which had eluded me on some of his recent A&M albums. UNDERWATER
MOONLIGHT is a lovely bit of quirky guitar rock/pop, almost Beatlesque at
time, filtered through an early-'80's "new wave" perspective. Gorgeous
melodies, gorgeous guitar lines from (I assume) Kimberly Rew, who broke up
the band so he could play in the mostly-forgettable Katrina and the Waves.
Anyone care to recommend some more Soft Boys or early Robyn Hitchcock
albums?
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mcnally
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response 74 of 268:
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Jan 11 09:11 UTC 1992 |
I'd like to hear that, considering the raves it got from people
on the net..
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