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By: sooz
Date: 12/28/97 3:19:45 PM
# Replies: 102
As you may or may not know (or much care), I'm in a band. It's an electronic/techno/pop band, and it's big fun.
MTV recently announced that they're "growing up". It seems that those that were attracted to the grunge/alternative scene in the 80's and early-mid 90's are tired of the black moods and depression. People just don't wanna be Kurt Kobain anymore, I guess.
What MTF IS going to start showing is electronic/dance bands. YIPPEE! That works great for us, as we're in the right place at the right time. Our concert schedule is full, and we're booked all over the country.
However, there's those that just won't move on. I suppose it's always been that way, with people hanging onto the past and whatnot. The Chronicle, Austin's "music" magazine, still doesn't write reviews or articles about electronic bands. It's almost impossible to get a gig in this town if you don't have the standard 2 guitars, bass, drum kit and screaming lead singer that looks like he needs a shower and shave. We were lucky enough to get a gig at Steamboat, Austin's #1 rock n roll venue, but that was just a fluke, I think.
What gives? Why are big names ready to move on (like MTV), but some people just won't do it?
Response #1
By: Da Sissop
Date: 12/29/97 10:59:55 AM
Dunno. A theory, though, might be that some establishments are hooked to a certain idea of "integrity," like, they've already found the greatest music of all time, and anything new and different just doesn't measure up to their standards.
KLOL radio here in Houston comes to mind. They have almost the exact same playlist they had when I was in high school, because, gosh darnit, dinosaur arena rock is the only REAL MUSIC that's ever been out there.
Response #2
By: Jay
Date: 12/29/97 2:45:28 PM
Hawiian Acid House is the next wave...mark my words
Response #3
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 12/29/97 6:32:16 PM
The Next Big Thing will be CDs with one track that's 93 minutes long, and that is silent.
Actually, the next big thing will be just as stupid as the last big thing.
Pack it all in and go to drum circles!
Response #4
By: Ralf
Date: 12/29/97 7:04:53 PM
I've been listening to a lot of rockabilly lately. THAT stuff was new in the 50's. Also, big-band music (40's) and surf (60's).
All new music by new artists released in the last year.
Retro is kewl!
(To balance the kharmic scales, Mary bought the new Prodigy CD and I got some Butthole Surfers... AND a new Neal Hefti Batman soundtrack (all original 60's Batman incidental muzak)).
(((Hey!) I used (nested) parentheses!))
Response #5
By: sooz
Date: 12/29/97 7:32:58 PM
"Nesting" sounds so homey, Ralf.
Everyone that's just thrilled with ElectroPop, raise your hand, because I just know you'll want our latest CD, "Here Comes THe Rain". And if you can't order that, be our roadie. We're touring the east coast in March.
I'll say hello to the CLintons for you. Any other messages?
Response #6
By: Cleotis
Date: 12/29/97 9:01:52 PM
CD?!?
Yes! Yes!
Where to send the dough, and how much?
Response #7
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 12/30/97 3:09:39 AM
sooz, when I looked at your web site, all I could think was 'eurythmics.' a boy and a girl doing technopop called 'here comes the rain' (..again.. falling on my head like a memory...) I know you're not them, and not *trying* to be them, but I bet I'm not the first to say it...
Anyway, yah, I still have my Howard Jones CDs, so I must like synthpop. :-)
Response #8
By: sooz
Date: 12/30/97 11:57:27 AM
Yippee! A captive customer audience!
$6.00, including shipping/handling. I always wondered what "handling" meant. I promise not to handle anything vulgar before I mail it; how's that?
Richie Laxton, aka Richie L. P.O. Box 151171 Austin, Texas 78715
Actually, Homey, you're the first one to say the Eurythmics thing. In truth, we're more like Timbuk 3 with electronic gizmos instead of guitars. someone else called us a boy La Bouche, and I did a drive-by on the person that called us the Spice Girls. Ok, I'm exaggerating.
Cleo, can you do for us what you did for Jars of Clay? :-)
Response #9
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 12/31/97 8:38:47 PM
Wow.. I was the first to say something?
This is a first! (or something)
Right this minute I'm enjoying the new negativland cd: Dispepsia!
Response #10
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/1/98 8:10:39 AM
You bet I can, Sooz. Look! I do a CD-ROM for someone, and next thing ya know, they're multi-platinum. Interesting thing is, I think all "coffee msuic" sucks. They kind of fall into that category.
How about a Shockwave game where we make Sooz the 6th spice girl (techno spice)?
That would R00l!
Response #11
By: rorschach
Date: 1/1/98 11:52:17 AM
I'm sticking to floyd....thankyouverymuch!
Response #12
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 1/1/98 6:36:09 PM
BTW, Mike Patton Is Deity.
The second Mr. Bungle CD (Disco Volante) is much fun, and his 'adult themes for voice' makes me wonder what's up in that guy's head.
sooz, what you need to do is run around making microcassette recordings of yourself babbling.
Response #13
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/1/98 8:35:51 PM
What was the deal with Mike Patton leaving FnM? That new guy sucks.
My favorite was still the old REALLY sucky guy they had on their first two records. Introduce Yourself is still at the top of my all time favorites list. In fact, I just blew out a pair of in-dash JBL's on that cassette on a recent trip to Birmingham, AL. That'll teach me.
Response #14
By: Da Sissop
Date: 1/1/98 9:09:23 PM
Faith No More has a "new guy"? When did that happen? Why wasn't I consulted on this? Dammitall...
Response #15
By: Tess Trueheart
Date: 1/2/98 11:14:06 AM
Dan is still the Man..
Homer has seen this to be true.
Response #16
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 1/2/98 10:33:30 PM
Homer shivers a bit thinking of the lovely cloud of erotic energy hanging over the hills, on a warm spring night...
Response #17
By: Tess Trueheart
Date: 1/4/98 9:50:04 AM
Ya should have been in the Ladies room when he started singing Looking for a Lady..
It was an interesting place to be I asure you...
Response #18
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 1/5/98 1:31:59 PM
mmm.
Response #19
By: Jay
Date: 1/5/98 4:13:28 PM
mmm-bop
Response #20
By: Ralf
Date: 1/5/98 5:32:47 PM
Hale Bopp.
Response #21
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/6/98 2:13:30 PM
He'll Burp.
Response #22
By: Jay
Date: 1/7/98 2:55:23 PM
POLKA ALBUM Grammy Noms.....Let the wagering begin.
(Vocal or instrumental.)
Home Is Where the Heart Is -- Lenny Gomulka & the Chicago Push (Push)
Duty Free Polkas -- John Gora & Gorale (Sunshine)
Moments to Remember -- Walter Ostanek (World Renowned Sounds)
Living on Polka Time -- Jimmy Sturr (Rounder)
Songs of the Polka King -- Frank Yankovic & Friends (Cleveland International)
Response #23
By: Da Sissop
Date: 1/8/98 4:41:13 PM
What? No HANSON? Is it too late for a write-in vote?
They deserve the polka nod as much as they deserve "Record of the Year."
Response #24
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/9/98 1:06:12 AM
I want Hanson to father my children....at the same time.
(Zane begins playing a blue-sy version of 'Santa Clause is Coming To Town' on his Casio keyboard. Casio, the brand preferred by 4 out of five adult film stars for their background 'drown out the headboard hitting the hotel wall' music needs.)
Response #25
By: Ralf
Date: 1/10/98 7:19:03 PM
At a local record store, they have an employee-recommended "Best of 1997" recommended display... and a "Worst of 1997".
Among others on the Worst list: Princess Diane tribute, Prodigy, and Hanson.
Funny thing is, the "Worst" display was lower in stock than the "Best" display, indicating more people were buying the "bad" stuff.
(Oh, but I forget: the whole country was swept away by The Macarena last year...)
Response #26
By: Tess Trueheart
Date: 1/11/98 9:04:14 AM
Sister of misery #2 is in love with Hanson...She gave up Marilyn Manson for them..
Fang?? Do you think you could do the 4th Hanson? They still laugh about you being the newest new kid!
Response #27
By: Da Sissop
Date: 1/11/98 10:43:52 AM
Response #28
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/11/98 8:08:25 PM
I think that photo was taken during Hanson's "Islets of Langerhans" tour.
Response #29
By: Da Sissop
Date: 1/12/98 9:04:57 PM
I'm the third from the left, in case you couldn't tell.
Response #30
By: Ralf
Date: 1/12/98 11:17:37 PM
Good lord, it's true.
I sure picked the wrong day to quit drinking furniture polish.
Response #31
By: rorschach
Date: 1/13/98 6:41:17 PM
but at least your stomach has that deep down shine......
Response #32
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 1/13/98 9:00:07 PM
Marilyn Manson or Three-Guys-Named Hanson...
..quelle choix.
Response #33
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/14/98 1:25:35 PM
Can I make a confession?
I bought it, listened to it, and...
...liked it...
...a lot...
Will Smith's "Big Willie Style". Can't believe it, but this is a GREAT CD!
Signed,
Cleotis
(who is currently 'gettin jiggy wit it')
Response #34
By: sooz
Date: 1/14/98 8:33:38 PM
And now, for an episode of "Touring Blues".
I've heard horror stories from bands that tour, but our first tour is coming up in March, and some things just have to be experienced to be believed.
I talked to the club we're booked at on Saturday night. "What kind of sound system do you have?", I asked. "Whatever you bring", she says. "We have plugs in the walls."
Stay tuned for more touring fun.
Response #35
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 1/15/98 1:06:58 AM
Dammit, I know I posted this.
Personally, I can't stand Hanson, but if they got your kid away from Marilyn Manson, I'd be sending them thank you letters daily.
And before you say it, I don't CARE if it's an act. That's like Andrew Dice Clay saying, "This is just an act. I'm not really an insensitive misogynist loudmouth asshole. I'm really a sweetheart."
Response #36
By: sooz
Date: 1/15/98 6:47:20 PM
Here here, Gowan. Yes, Manson's making a wad of money. But a lot of kids don't know it's an "act", and they've decided that torturing neighborhood animals might impress Mr. Manson, so they're going for it. Blech.
EPISODE TWO of the TOURING BLUES:
The place that had us booked on Friday night e-mailed to say oops, they're going out of business Feb. 1. but they were SO looking forward to having us. Grunt.
Response #37
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 1/16/98 6:45:30 PM
sooz, these are the reasons people pay *managers.*
Its BS for a club to not have a PA. When there are no bands, do the patrons sit around in silence? Hey, maybe its some kind of spooky silent goth club...
Response #38
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 1/16/98 8:31:28 PM
Uhm, a lot of clubs in Houston are "bring your own amp" places.
Not the BIG ones like Fitzgeralds or Rudyards, but the smaller clubs.
Your mileage may vary.
Response #39
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/17/98 8:33:43 AM
Here's something I took away from my days in a band that played out 2 or 3 times a month:
For real fun, set up on a truck bed in a Wal Mart parking lot in some little East-Texas town. The music can even be really bad, and nobody cares - ya know why? Cuz even bad live music beats the hell out of cruising the Sonic.
Of course, don't expect to get PAID for it!
Response #40
By: Da Sissop
Date: 1/17/98 9:44:59 AM
And I'm sure it beats the hell out of whatever is playing *inside* the Wal Mart, too.
So did ya ever have, like, moshing "Greeters"?
Response #41
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/17/98 2:08:56 PM
(sniff) Cruising the Sonic...ya know, I kinda miss it. Don't look at me that way...at least I admit it! I had a job, a car, and NO bills... my expenses consisted of tapes, beer, movie tickets, big gulps, more tapes, more beer....Tomball, what a country!
Response #42
By: rorschach
Date: 1/17/98 4:02:33 PM
ya know sooz, at least if YOU supply the PA, you KNOW the quirks of the system and YOU can control them. course, you gotta PAY for it too.....
Response #43
By: sooz
Date: 1/17/98 4:51:25 PM
Well, Richie owns/operates a recording studio, so we have all the PA equipment one could dream of. It's just the problem of shoving it all in the truck. Yuck.
Also, there's the problem osf - who's the sound guy gonna be? Jimmy's 11 (almost), and doesn't quite have the ear for it, I don't think. We use a mixing board on stage, so I guess that's gonna have to be the answer.
HEY! My words are wrapping! (pardon)
Cleo, did you really set up at Wal Marts? That's so cool. What'd you do for a generator? We wanna do that in parks around here, but the noise ordinance rules are too strict. Did you do it in small towns only?
Wonder what would happen if we called a Wal Mart in, say, Tomball, and said we're playing CHRISTIAN dance music... they might think that was just the thing to attract the teenargers, whose parents could be shopping while they party cleanly in the parking lot. Hmm.
Response #44
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/18/98 6:21:10 AM
Fighting to keep a straight face, "Party cleanly? Now there's button I'd wear every day!"
Response #45
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/18/98 11:44:07 AM
Yeah, we set up in Livingston, Conroe, Nacogdoches, and a few others. There was actually this dude who had a flatbed trailer that he'd carry around and do that kind of thing with. He had a band, and we'd open for him for free. He'd clear it with the managers at Wal Mart (who didn't care because they figured with the distration of music, the locals would be less likely to cause trouble at the store). Plus, the cops dug it because everyone was centrally located, which kept 'em out of trouble for a night. Power was tapped from Wal Mart itself via lots of extension cords (it was then that I learned that those lighting poles in the parking lots have outlets at the base of them).
Fang, this word wrap ROOLEZ!
Anyway, yeah, since the Wal Mart's weren't close to many homes, the cops dug it. But I wasn't the dude working out the details. The guy that did it all made music and played out like that for a living, passing a bucket at his shows, and by selling merch.
Our band sucked hard, too.
It's embarassing to look back on those videos. But, we heard from 2 or 3 people each night who might have been considering suicide, abortion, drug use, or some other thing generally found Christianally objectionable, so for what it's worth, I guess it wasn't all bad. That's sort of what we set out to do - to help the rednecks.
Besides, rednecks have never been known for their taste in music, anyway.
Response #46
By: Ralf
Date: 1/18/98 6:14:39 PM
"Freebird! FREEBIRD!"
Response #47
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/19/98 1:54:34 AM
How come nobody yells, "Play Barenaked Ladies!"?
Response #48
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/19/98 1:11:27 PM
Well, for shits-n-grins, we almost did a cover of Devo doing a cover of Satisfaction. We challenged each one of the band members to come up with some type of spiritual parallel that would allow us to somehow incorporate that song into what would have otherwise been a strictly Christian Music set. Needless to say, we weren't successful. I mean, we tried to be creative as possible, but just couldn't pull a spiritual message out of that one.
So, instead, we just let our lead guitarist embarass himself by playing a really bad rendition of Eddie Van's "Eruption" on his Stratocaster. Gawd, it was horrible. We affectionately referred to it as "wounded animal". He was so awful. Images of bloody roadkill came to mind when that guy played, God bless him.
Aah, them was the days.
Response #49
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 1/19/98 4:00:29 PM
Wouldn't 'satisfaction' be about the emptiness of the secular life? "I can't getme no.. satisfaction.. and I try, and I try, and I try try try try try try try..."
Of course, it doesn't present Big Religion as the answer to that emptiness, and the stones *did* do 'sympathy for the devil,' soooooo....
Response #50
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/20/98 10:13:34 PM
Well, we thought about going down that road, Homer, but we could never fit in the part about "I'm trying to make some girl", and the "can't be a man because he does not smoke the same cigarettes as me" part.
We should have just covered Van Halen's "jump". We could have made it a cynical view of suicide.
...or something...
Response #51
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 1/21/98 3:54:23 AM
Right. Making the girl and judging a man by his cigs would count as dead-end secular endeavours...
Whenever I think of the words, 'I'm trying to make some girl...' I can't help but think of Negativland. '..sock it to me, baby! Louder 'n faster! Louder 'n faster! I can't get no satisfaction! TONIGHT... IS... THRILL NIGHT!'
Response #52
By: sooz
Date: 1/21/98 7:02:56 PM
Richie sings U2's "Forty" just like it is, probably 'cuz it's straight out of Psalm 40. Not real original, but it's fun.
Cleo, you gotta check out the band Apologetix. Their web page is around here somewhere, but you can do a search on 'em. They do exactly what you were talking about, from Stones to Madonna.
And for whoever said that up there, I ain't into "big religion". I don't figure Jesus was real religious, either, 'cuz he was always harassin' them religious pharasees.
Hugs n kisses n peace n love.
Response #53
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/21/98 8:30:30 PM
The Christian radio station I work for (Way-FM) has a web site, which I think is actually pretty cool. The guy that designed it did a great job with what little content we've given him. We've got Real Audio feeds of our station, a little section of the jocks (guess which one is ME), and a few other things.
Anyway, one of the features we offer is our own private IRC server, complete with its own compiled Java client app called "Cool Megachat". It's REALLY cool. People get in there and talk religion, music, or whatever.
So the other night, I'm in there under my usual alias (Swaggart), and someone tells this joke:
Q: What's the last thing that Tickle Me Elmo gets before going on sale?
A: Two Test Tickles
I laughed hysterically, and then some dude starts going off about the conversation becoming "too coarse". Man, I tore into him.
Keep in mind that I -am- a Christian. I love Jesus with all my heart, and do my best to serve him every day - which ain't always easy.
Me and this dude got into a flame war. But the funny part is my statement that finally shut him up. He got so frustrated, he logged off and didn't come back. I told this guy that I'd bet him money that Jesus and the disciples used to sit around the campfire and laugh at stuff. I'll bet they laughed at stupid people just like we do. And, what's more, I personally even believe that Jesus laughed at the bodily functions that entertain the human race so much.
I told him: "Jesus was a Man. He was fully God, and fully Man. Being that he was just as human as you or I, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that after a big feast - perhaps even after his first miracle of turning water into wine at the wedding - Jesus farted. Yes, Jesus took a dump. Jesus belched nasty sour onion belches, and yes, Jesus farted. Care to argue THAT?"
Man, he was gone. Dillhole.
Response #54
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/22/98 12:45:59 AM
I'd *never' argue against logic like that...kind f like my logic that you don't really need to think of the Ten Commandments as 'commandments' so much as 'good rules to follow to keep your silly human ass out of trouble'....particularly honoring Ma und Pa; ignoring that one would get your butt tanned.
Response #55
By: Jay
Date: 1/22/98 10:42:06 AM
Jack the Lord died yesterday....Neitsche is finally vindicated
Response #56
By: sooz
Date: 1/22/98 6:48:16 PM
"As you explore my links, you explore me"? Hee hee...
I just checked out Cleo's bio on his radio statin's page. What I wanna know, Cleo, is what's that on your hands?
I'd have given good money to be on that IRC when you told that dude that Jesus had to take a dump. Dang, I miss all the fun.
Response #57
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/22/98 8:56:35 PM
I was gonna try to pass it off as "flipper dust", the mysterious stuff that collects on the insides of pinball machines from the flipper solenoids firing over and over again.
But in reality, most people are smart enough to realize that it was just an f-ed up GIF file. It's fixed now.
Response #58
By: sooz
Date: 1/23/98 6:49:11 PM
Sniff. I wasn't smart enough.
My husband is still guffawing over your response to the guy on the chat line. You made his day.
Response #59
By: Tess Trueheart
Date: 1/24/98 9:38:32 AM
Gowan.. I couldn't say much..Alice Cooper was the bomb for me..I gave up the Osmonds for him..
Fang..she wants a concert and autograph..NOW!!
Now that I'm dated..think it's time to play with that base board.
Response #60
By: rorschach
Date: 1/24/98 3:39:31 PM
on the subjets of music and "the second coming"... whatever happened to billy thorpe? is there a possibility he may turn up at my door next time i order a pizza or what?
Response #61
By: Ralf
Date: 1/24/98 4:58:02 PM
You mean the "Children of the Sun" guy?
Response #62
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/25/98 9:33:54 PM
This is REALLY odd that you would mention Billy Thorpe, Rorschach. Odd, indeed!
I've been a Billy Thorpe fan since Children of the Sun. I got all of the stuff he released domestically on vinyl. These are:
1: Children of the Sun
2: 21st Century Man
3: Stimulation
4: East of Eden's Gate
Then, they released a bogus, edited-down version of Children of the Sun on CD called "Children of the Sun revisited", which contained three new tracks that were supposed to complete the Children of the Sun trilogy (which was begun with #'s 1 and 2 above).
Billy Thorpe is from Australia, and the other day I realized that since the Australians have so little to be proud of musically, that they MUST have released these other gems on CD down under. There's only ONE Billy Thorpe CD ever made available in the US. There had to be otehrs worldwide.
...Enter the Internet!!!
I found a joint in Denmark, I think it was, that listed a lot of his albums, and some I've never heard of, ON CD! And, as I had prayed, Children of the Sun, and 21st Century Man were among them! Woo hoo! A secure-server entry or two, and eight weeks later, they arrived on my door.
Billy's whereabouts today? Last thing I heard (about 5 years ago) he lives in Southern California, and owns a recording studio called "Zipper De Do Dah". I've been trying to find the studio so I could call it up one day and say "Hi, can I speak to Billy, please?", but haven't had any luck in finding his studio listed anywhere. Maybe another web search will do the trick.
He is pretty much out of music now, as I understand it - at least as a performer.
21st Century Man sounds GREAT in digital stereo! Those fat analog synths in their pure, remastered glory are still amazing. The rock opera he made is now quite outdated ("In 1991, the big war had begun...") but it's still some great music.
Response #63
By: rorschach
Date: 1/27/98 9:55:49 AM
cool, email me with the site, i would like to get a few of those myself!
Response #64
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 1/27/98 11:18:29 PM
Wow. Flashbacks of me sitting next to my big brother while he assembled models, listening to Children of the Sun, Frampton Comes Alive!, and BTO.
Response #65
By: rorschach
Date: 1/28/98 10:01:45 AM
wasn't the effects of the glue fun? nowadays they all use superglue, not nearly as fun.....
Response #66
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/28/98 2:19:58 PM
If'n I'm not mistaken, that was the theme-song for Invisible Sun, was it not?
Response #67
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 1/31/98 4:13:56 PM
No, 'Invisible Sun' was a song by the Police, on the Ghost In The Machine LP (remember LPs?).
Hmm. I think I'll listen to that record right now. My how I love having a working turntable again...
Response #68
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/31/98 10:25:45 PM
Heh, I know that Homer..where do you think the name came from? Hmm, come to think of it, I think the 'Children Of The Sun' thing was an ad for the board...nebbermind..
Response #69
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 2/2/98 12:10:33 AM
Ok. I obviously didn't get the joke. I refuse to let you confuse me, however, so I'll just pretend that I'm not confused.
Ok. I'm not confused.
Response #70
By: rorschach
Date: 2/2/98 8:14:15 AM
prove it!
Response #71
By: rorschach
Date: 2/2/98 3:54:54 PM
yo! sooz! you doing any dates in houston?
Response #72
By: sooz
Date: 2/5/98 8:49:18 PM
dON'T HAVE ANY SCHEDULED AT THE MOMENT, BUT i NEVER THOUGHT OF TRYING TO BOOK THERE. Oops, caps lock.
I'll check into booking a gig in Houston... it'd be fun to round those of you that are there up.
Response #73
By: rorschach
Date: 2/6/98 11:45:15 AM
but what pray tell will you DO with us once you've GOT us?
Response #74
By: sooz
Date: 2/7/98 11:58:38 AM
Order a big round o' beer for everyone, prolly.
Response #75
By: rorschach
Date: 2/7/98 1:46:14 PM
COOL! 'ceptin mine 'll have to be a root beer.... doc says no alchohol and no caffiene....he's such a drag....
Response #76
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 2/7/98 7:46:57 PM
tour the west coast, sooz.
:-)
Response #77
By: sooz
Date: 2/8/98 12:49:29 PM
I think that one's next year, Homey! :-)
East coast this spring, midwest in summer or fall... I vote for California next spring. That'd be awesome, 'cept for Jimmy chasin' wimmins up and down the beach.
Response #78
By: rorschach
Date: 2/8/98 2:03:43 PM
not to metion El Nino chasin Jimmy up and down the beach...
Response #79
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 2/24/98 5:56:28 AM
Meanwhile, back in The Changing Face Of Music....
I am very sad to report that Genesis, muse to the alienation of my teenage years, have finally released a new studio album.
I haven't heard anything from it, but I know it sucks. I mean, we all know it sucks. It *has* to suck.
And why, pray tell? Well, just as Marillion replaced Fish as their lead singer, Phil Collins is gone from Genesis, replayed by a guy named Ray. Ray was in a band in the UK that had a top 40 hit. He was born *after* the release of the first Genesis LP. There are these promo photos on the website, with these two old geezers (banks and rutheford) crowding this young guy in a studio.
I guess Peter Gabriel wasn't available.
Response #80
By: Da Sissop
Date: 2/24/98 7:25:23 AM
Hehe... and just like Marillion, they replaced their lead singer with someone who sounds like Richard Marx.
It's okay by me. Personally I felt they had run their course they the mid-to-late 80's.
Response #81
By: Zipperhead
Date: 2/24/98 12:05:47 PM
Actually sooz I do care about your band. Do you have any Babes in need of a good Butt Warming in it?
Response #82
By: rorschach
Date: 2/24/98 12:29:56 PM
actually, i logged into the i think it was atlantic site a couple months back and heard an early single from the album, actually not bad, sounds more like mike rutherfords band than genesis but still not something that I would tear the dashboard apart to detroy the radio over if it were to come on. at least it doesn't sound like bank's solo stuff.....
Response #83
By: sooz
Date: 2/24/98 8:23:24 PM
I AM the babe in the band. My butt's big as all outdoors. i'll forgo the spankings, though, dear Zipperperson.
You ARE kinda entertaining to have around, though!
Response #84
By: Kathy
Date: 2/24/98 9:30:53 PM
*kinda*
Response #85
By: grin
Date: 2/24/98 10:06:08 PM
I should of expected it. Haven't heard of ANY mention of Marillion ANYWHERE in this continent...and suddenly...go figure. I should of known. This place is frightening. Check please!
Response #86
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 2/25/98 2:25:46 AM
Marillion: You've Gotta Get New Prog Rock From *Somewhere*!
Response #87
By: Zipperhead
Date: 2/25/98 9:24:14 AM
Ahhhhhhhh. Thanks sooz for outing yourself. Now your fair game!
Response #88
By: Zipperhead
Date: 2/25/98 7:29:08 PM
Wow...Still another....Hey wait a minute thats my butt!!!
Response #89
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 2/25/98 8:04:55 PM
"..if they doubled the size of his brain, he'd be a halfwit."
Response #90
By: Cleotis
Date: 2/25/98 9:01:33 PM
What's the halflife of a halfwit?
Response #91
By: rorschach
Date: 2/26/98 11:25:38 AM
halftime!
Response #92
By: Ralf
Date: 2/26/98 9:19:00 PM
Ralftime!
Response #93
By: Jay
Date: 2/27/98 10:50:40 AM
Hammatime
Response #94
By: rorschach
Date: 2/28/98 7:31:18 PM
Home Improvement
Response #95
By: sooz
Date: 2/28/98 8:25:52 PM
More power
Response #96
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 3/1/98 7:34:35 AM
Look, it's grapfruit! Let's rewire it.
Response #97
By: rorschach
Date: 3/1/98 3:36:43 PM
Now its a RUBY RED (tm)!
Response #98
By: Zipperhead
Date: 3/2/98 8:51:49 AM
Hey rorschach, I replied to your email. Got returned. Too bad too I had unvieled myself fully.
Response #99
By: Ralf
Date: 3/2/98 6:41:17 PM
Not sure I want to know what THAT was about.
Response #100
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 3/3/98 5:56:57 AM
The Veil Of Secrecy Is Lifted!
Now We Shall See What Is Under Its Skirt!
Response #101
By: Zipperhead
Date: 3/3/98 12:15:46 PM
Uh Oh
Response #102
By: Ralf
Date: 3/3/98 8:50:07 PM
GIF! GIF!