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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Let's Active |
| Date | Mon, 12 May 2003 19:33:19 -0400 |
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I'm looking forward to hearing "In Little Ways" in Italian.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Sutliff" <Rsutliff@columbus.rr.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Let's Active
> There's a good chance that there's going to be an Italian Let's Active box
> set that will contain all their released IRS stuff plus a good selection
of
> unreleased cuts. Let's Active were my favorite 80's pop band but I suppose
> I'm more than a bit biased. The two months I spent with them as guitar
> tech/auxiliary guitarist was as much fun as I've ever had in the "music
> biz". If Jupiter and Mars align properly I'll be playing this years
> Sparklefest with Mitch on guitar, Shalini Chatterjee on bass and former LA
> drummer Eric Marshall in my combo. That should be way cool!
>
> Bobby Sutliff
> NP - Charlie Christian Box Set
>
> >]
> > Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:22:19 -0700
> > From: Brian Kassan <brian@powerpop.org>
> > To: <audities@smoe.org>
> > Subject: Let's Active
> > Message-ID: <BAE55E99.45EF%brian@powerpop.org>
> >
> > Just listening to the new Collector's Choice cd of both "Cypress" and
the
> > "Afoot" ep. Great, but too small typel liners--I never knew the band
got
> > its name from a Japanese t-shirt with jumbled syntax...I've seen those
> > shirts before so it makes sense now. These tunes which take me back to
my
> > college days still sound great to these ears....the ever present Easter
> > guitar jangle, great vocals from Mitch and Faye, lovely textural
> production
> > and art-rock has worn well and sounds timeless to me despite Mitch
calling
> > them "creaky." It's funny they mention that his prog sensibilities came
> out
> > on Cypress because I always did think Let's Active had a real complexity
> to
> > it that made them stand out along with the dB's and R.E.M.--my faves
> during
> > that time and still. A fantastic addition to my collection along with
the
> > cc dB's to fer...haven't gotten to the two bonus cuts yet, but I'm sure
> they
> > will be cool...
> >
> > Brian
> >
>
>
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