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| From | mkropp@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: LYRES help |
| Date | Tue, 03 May 2005 15:23:08 +0000 |
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Mike -The book 'Vinyl Junkies' profiles a bunch of different collectors and how and why they do what they do. Some of the stories are really funny.
Most of the Mono Man stories surround his obsession with owning the actual record, and the lengths he will go to get it. According to the book, he will not allow the Lyres to learn an old song unless he physically owns the record - a tape dub is not good enough. There is one section that details him scouring the globe hunting down a 45 , sending thousands of dollars in CASH to a foreign country, and then threatening an international incident when it is believed that his envelope has been misplaced or stolen. I won't spoil the outcome for you.
Best, Michael
-------------- Original message --------------
> I'd be curious for a thumbnail sketch of what stories
> are told about Mono Man. When The Lyres played
> Carbondale, I got the gig to take him to the station
> for an interview. We gabbed a bit at the club, and he
> asked if we could swing by his hotel on the way to the
> station, because he had picked up all these 45s in
> Europe and hadn't played them yet. That was a no
> brainer. So it was a combo interview/Jeff as DJ -- he
> played some cool stuff, including The Gollywogs and
> Link Wray trying to ape the Beatles (with Link billed
> under an alias). After we got back to the club, I was
> Jeff's best friend for the rest of the night and he'd
> keep coming up to me and gabbing, more wasted each
> time. Great show too.
>
> Mike Bennett
> --- mkropp wrote:
> > I love Brett Milano's book ("Vinyl Junkies -
> > Adventures in Record Collecting"), in fact I just
> > finished re-reading for the umpteenth time.
> >
> > The Mono-Man (Jeff Conolly) stuff is, indeed, a riot
> > ("Give him the Sctythian!").
> >
> > I missed out on the auction for On Fyre, but I'll
> > keep looking for a good deal.
> >
> > Best, Michael
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:
> > To:
> > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 9:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: LYRES help
> >
> >
> > > i was just gonna post about the Nomads version!!!!
> > >
> > > As someone in Boston who's seen the Lyres a
> > million times and in a
> > > million lineups and varying degrees of sloppines
> > (them not me!) i have
> > > to say i like the Nomads version better!!!!!
> > >
> > > but i LOVE the Mono Mann stuff in Brett Milano's
> > book!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: BucholtzC@aol.com
> > > To: audities@smoe.org
> > > Sent: Mon, 2 May 2005 21:16:01 EDT
> > > Subject: Re: LYRES help
> > >
> > > In a message dated 5/2/05 4:01:40 PM,
> > audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
> > >
> > > << I have a question for you folks concerning the
> > LYRES. "She Pays
> > > The
> > > Rent" (the fast version) is right up there with my
> > all-time favorite
> > > songs, and
> > > I
> > > was wondering where I can find that version on CD.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I have it on the CD version of "On Fyre," just
> > after my favorite Lyres
> > > song,
> > > "Someone Who'll Treat You Right." If you want the
> > ass-kickingest
> > > version of
> > > "She Pays the Rent," check out the Nomads' version
> > from 1986 or so...
> > >
> > > --Chris Bucholtz
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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>
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