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I finally picked up Traffic Sound's Lux! Amazing!! What an awesome record. Half of sounds like some kind of Malo/Santana/El Chicano thing and the other half is just really strange; love the long track. Then it ends with like three short tracks that sound like Blues Image or Grand Funk Railroad up-with-people singalongs. Great stuff.

Have you ever heard the album Better Can't Make Your Life Better by Lilys?

When are you visiting Britain again?

I was there last November for Bonniwell Music Machine tour. We played at Islington Academy and it was the most poorly attended show on the tour. I love England, however.

Maybe there was football that night?

WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ORDERED FROM ALBERTO'S?

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-- cutty (holle...), August 12th, 2004 2:00 PM. (mcutt) (admin)

"That's a good one, but I'm not sure that there aren't plenty of songs on Positraction that I like as much.

Positraction is, to me, one of the only rock albums that goes beyond being emotionally cathartic music into something that feels like genuine TRAGEDY. The other albums that, for me, are in this category are Pet Sounds, Astral Weeks, and the Verlaines' Ready to Fly (another indie monolith that maybe, in part, did not get recognized as such because it was just another album put out near the end of their career).

-- Tim Ellison (thefriendlyfriendlybubbl..."

This one is "Funeral at Sea":

http://s21.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0Q38QTXO6TCHF20HU5RM6X2JP4

And this one is "El Matador":

http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0W6XFZBVXEEON2JVZ6YDIWU5EO

These were recorded in 1994.

What are your thoughts regarding the fact that the song is named "Taxman, Mr Thief", but in fact they sing "Taxman, Mr Heath"?

what is your favorite meal?

love,
pops

(By the way, I'll bet you did not know that Mark Tucker who did the great '70s/'80s private press LPs Batstew and In the Sack changed his name at some point to T. Storm Hunter and goes by the nickname Stormy. He is a nice guy. Last time I was in touch with him he had been working as a letter carrier for many years in Encinitas, CA - one of Steve Shasta's favorite towns.)

POPS: THAI YELLOW CURRY WITH SCALLOPS AND POTATOES (STEAMED RICE)

Taking a Side: "Cecilia" vs. "Solsbury Hill"

Steve

Solsbury Hill by about a hundred billion lite years.

Dear Jason,

That is a very good spoof. Very funnish.

Dear Jon,

Why you break heart all time?

How similar are the guitar parts?

yesssssss!

Generally overlooked in the ex-Beatle's solo discography, 1982's GONE TROPPO finds George Harrison flirting with radio-friendly, synth-driven pop hooks of the early-1980s, while still demonstrating his penchant for great, timeless melodies. The opener, "Wake Up My Love," establishes the light, breezy tone of the album, which continues through the Caribbean-via-Fab Four vibe of the title track. The languid love song "Unknown Delight" and the goofy doo-wop of "I Really Love You," which recalls Beatles novelty numbers such as "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)," vary the record's feel and pace. The 2004 reissue includes an acoustic demo version of the song "Mystical One," which is arguably--given its intimacy and stripped-down production--the album's strongest track.