RE: (TV) Recent stuff....

[bedwellm@WellsFargo.COM]

I second that emotion: The Poster Children are fantastic. I haven't "DDD"
yet, but "New World Record" is pretty dang good, too.

Micah 


-----Original Message-----
From: Maurice Rickard [mailto:maurice@mac.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 5:02 PM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: (TV) Recent stuff....


Hey there, everybody.  After a serious career shift (now freelancing 
from home; 's going great, thanks), I'm able to take a minute from my 
workload to comment on a couple things:

Eric--I still owe you a review.  I'm a delinquent, to be sure.

Lester's dislike of TV notwithstanding, I've been digging the 
_Psychotic_ anthology a lot.  And DeRogatis's bio is a fine book, 
which I read on vacation in August.  (And the paragraph describing 
the end of Lester's tenure at _Creem_ resonated for me in a 
particular way, I have to say.)

Don't get me started on digital/analog/tubes/transistors.  I've still 
got to fix up my Eico HF-81.  I think I'll agree with Mike, 
though--digital _can_ be done well, but it so often isn't.  Vinyl and 
CD mastering are _way_ different, and lazily reusing vinyl masters 
for a CD is criminal, but sadly common.  Cheap A/d and D/A converters 
don't help, either.

Recent treasures:  I've been listening to my copy of Test Patterns, 
and apart from the unfortunate typographical omissions in the 
credits, it's a great thing.  ("Guiding Light" should be 
Lloyd/Verlaine; I made this change, but I think I sent in the wrong 
PDF in the end... Sorry, Richard.)  I'm particularly grooving on 
"Sixteen Tulips," "Misty Eyes," "Lightning Struck Itself," Joe's 
great solo on "Prove It," "Friction," and Chris's glorious take on 
"Guiding Light."  Great job, everyone!

Other treasures: the new Legacy/Columbia Louis Armstrong box.  It 
covers 1925-1929, and if you think he's just this guy who sang "What 
a Wonderful World" you have no idea what you're missing. 
Transcendent.

The new Poster Children: _DDD_.  Very rocking, exuberant disc from a 
band that should be better known than they are.  At the very least, 
download the single ("This Town Needs a Fire") from 
http://www.posterchildren.com/  But there are songs on there that 
blow the single away.

Silkworm: _Lifestyle_.  Great new collections of songs and a mighty 
live show from these Pacific Northwest titans.  I got chills during 
the live performance of "Bloody Eyes."

Neil Young's _Zuma_ has been on obsessive rotation.  Can't get enough of it.

And I'm glad to see the list active again. Welcome back, everybody.

-Maurice

-- 
Maurice Rickard
http://mauricerickard.com/
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