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Skinner: "You know, before I answer any more questions there's something I wanted to say. Having received all your letters over the years, and I've spoken to many of you, and some of you have traveled... y'know... hundreds of miles to be here, I'd just like to say... GET A LIFE, will you p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/13 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:16:25 As Bette Davis once said, "Prepare yourselves."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eQeI8JT2qA&search=neko%20case
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OICGNpN8dw0&search=visqueen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTae4KLRn9c&search=fotheringay
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bp8WW1FRchI&search=cock%20robin
htt... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/12 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:40:50 ...he might have been a major force. It's true that he was hired during a rare fertile period (1990, first show in late summer) during a general upward swing in creativity (The period from October 1989 to December 1991 is regarded by many Heads as the Dead's final "golden age." It occurred, unfortun... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/11 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:17:48 This makes for five box sets in GbV's career, more than The Police or Nirvana ever got. Regardless....

"Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow" is a sequel of sorts to GbV's previous "Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft" four-disc array from 2001, and yet in some basic ways it's startl... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/7 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:38:59 From the website:

"[i]Let me hip you to something that Wildweeds fans already know. All of the Weeds could sing, but three of them-Al Anderson, Ray Zeiner, and Bobby Dudek-could WAIL. Anderson, the lead guitarist and chief songwriter, idolized Ray Charles and evolved a style mixing full-throated ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/2 Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:15:36 Interesting band out of Hamilton, Ontario...formed in 1972, broke up around the crest of Punk Rock (1977-1978). Used synths for odd, abrasive textures and white noise, almost exactly like Pere Ubu did a few years later (and the Grateful Dead did on their 1974 track "Unbroken Chain"), which they woul... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/5 Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:22:40 And by "unlistenable," I mean "fucked-up, noisy, tension-producing, wacked-out, and obscure."


[i]Area: Event '76[/i] http://www.gnosis2000.net/pics/event76.jpg

Area were an Italian progressive rock band of the mid-70's who extended some of the ideas of Henry Cow, Zappa, and King Crimson into... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/3 Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:35:12 In 1978, the British avant-rock group Nurse With Wound put out their first album. In the liner notes was included this list.

The list is a catalog of all the artists who had influenced Nurse With Wound or had simply made daring, experimental music before 1978. In a way, the NWW list, which has ga... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/6 Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:17:58 Fucking INsane. Just dug this old tape out for the first time in a few years to convert it to CD-R, and I'm absolutely BLOWN AWAY.

Phil Lesh is god.

They do a quick, upbeat Playin "head," then jam in D Minor for a few minutes; Jerry switches from a soft-toned mellow wah-wah effect to a harshe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/4 Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:11:21 I'd say, howvwer, that pop-punk's roots don't go as deep as power-pop's. Before power-pop was codified, there were bands and artists about who were making the sounds that would coalesce circa 1978 as a legitimate genre.

I'd say that power pop's roots go all the way back to Buddy Holly. "Anyday"... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/8 Sun, 30 Jan 2005 03:44:44 I hope he dies at the hands of Lou Ferrigno, frankly. I'm tired of that pompous white man.


Really, though, this thread is just an excuse to use that title.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/9 Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:23:36 Yeah, like you've all been waiting for this, right? Anyways:

1. "Tonight," The Raspberries
2. "Starry Eyes," The Records
3. "Oh, Candy," Cheap Trick
4. "I've Been Waiting," Matthew Sweet
5. "I Wanna Destroy You," The Soft Boys
6. "Yesterday's Love," Any Trouble
7. "Until We Started," Tommy ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RandomKoolzip/10 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:34:24