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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: SMITHEREENS |
| Date | Wed, 9 Feb 2005 02:31:19 -0500 |
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One thing I will say about the Smithereens, and I have no scientific
evidence to back it up. But I think that given the timing of their best
releases and the timing of the arrival and adoption of CD technology, they
are a band about whom a vastly disproportionate number of fans/purchasers
would say, "I have the records but never replaced them with CD copies."
Which in a practical sense means they command a low "share of ear" even
among their fans. (Another band I'd say the same about: Stray Cats.) All
this talk reminded me of how much I (used to) like them, and how often I
listened to them. Had a friend who had a fling with a girl who had a fling
with DiNizio. so we're practically related. Yet now my vinyl is in storage
and all I have is a sort of unfulfilling anthology. Oh, and Smithereens 11,
which I ought to dig out.
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