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| From | erhoek@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: Rex Daisy |
| Date | Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:23:31 +0000 |
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I meant to say that Guys and Dolls pretty much compiles all of their output in one place including the tracks from their 1st 7" on a Minneapolis indie (Susstones maybe or actually it may have been Ginger which I believe was run by former Dangtrippers which would also be a fairly good comparison) and the aforementioned Welcome Back.
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From: erhoek@comcast.net
> It seems that Rex Daisy were signed to Geffen or DGC but had some problems and
> ended up releasing that disc on Pravda. It is every good as one can imagine
> after listening to the Red Button cd. Stuck on AM was a sort of hit in some of
> the more adventurous markets around the country.
> They also did a decent cover of John Sebastian's Welcome Back Kotter theme on
> one of the Pravda label 70s pop tributes.
> You should be able to find Guys and Dolls fairly cheaply in second hand stores
> or on ebay and it is well worth seeking out.
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> From: "Craig Leve" <snapcracklepopster@gmail.com>
> > I agree with Michael's observation when it comes to posting habits on
> > Audities 2007 vs Audities 1998, and perhaps I'm more symptom than remedy - I
> > really don't post a lot of things I'm giddy about these days here. I suppose
> > if I posted anywhere I would likely post here. That said, this album (The
> > Red Button) is an absolute gem and certainly an early contender in the best
> > of 2007 sweepstakes - but is decidedly and unapologetically a product of
> > strong 60s pop influences. It's the work of Seth Swirsky and Mike Ruekberg.
> > Mike apparently was in a band Rex Daisy that had an album on Geffen. I don't
> > know this album, but would be curious if anyone here does. Seth released the
> > similarly gorgeous "Instant Pleasure" in 2005 and if you haven't heard that
> > yet, I highly recommend it, as well.
> >
> > As for the gift horse, I love finding out the reasons for popular sayings.
> > So here's the deal - historically, the most common way to quickly check the
> > health of a horse was to check it's teeth. So looking a gift horse in the
> > mouth suggests the socially ungraceful act of checking the teeth of a horse
> > which was given to you as a gift.
> >
> > Happy as a clam?
> >
> > -craig
> >
> > On 3/17/07, Josh Chasin <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Michael--
> > >
> > > 1. I always thought looking a gift horse in the mouth was a reference to
> > > the
> > > Trojan Horse, which if you think about it world suggest you SHOULD look a
> > > gift horse in the mouth.
> > >
> > > 2. Thanks for the heads up. I hadn't heard of it until you.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael Carpenter" <stagefright@msn.com.au>
> > > To: <audities@smoe.org>
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:10 PM
> > > Subject: You can tell it's not 1998 on Audities when..
> > >
> > >
> > > > ...everyone isn't talking about the Red Button album. Back when i joined
> > > > the Alist, all we seemed to talk about was records like this. It's like
> > > > the first Myracle Brah record to me. A great great Beatlesque powerpop
> > > > release, that all fans of that style of music should check out.
> > > >
> > > > I know the style/content of conversation has changed around here over
> > > the
> > > > last few years, but this is like looking a gift horse in the mouth.
> > > (What
> > > > does that actually mean anyway?)
> > > >
> > > > Of course, if people have been talking about it and i missed it, sorry..
> > > >
> > > > MC
> > > > www.myspace.com/michaelcarpenter
> > > > www.mcarp.com
> > > > www.lovehzstudios.com
> > >
> > >
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