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| From | John Micek <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Free Concert - Fountains of Wayne! |
| Date | Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:15:18 -0400 |
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Am I remembering correctly that The Suicide Commandos are Dan Wilson
of Semisonic's old band?
And I'll agree on the FoW inconsistencies as a live band. When I saw
them on a double-bill with the Gigolo Aunts at the Troc in Philly in
99, the Aunts opened and blew 'em off the stage.
john micek
On Aug 28, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Stewart Mason wrote:
> A quick update from my sister-in-law on the concert at the
> Minnesota State Fair:
>
> "yes, we did get to the concert. Suicide Commandos were great.
> Fountains of Wayne, not so much. I don't know what was wrong - they
> seem to play the sort of stuff I like, but they just weren't
> clicking for either of us. Not the worst thing in the world,
> though, since I had to work yesterday, so we didn't mind leaving
> before their set was finished.
>
> But it was fun to get out to a concert (that wasn't Lyssie and
> Dan). We're planning to try to get out to more shows - small local
> bands and things like this, too."
>
> So chalk up another for the "FoW aren't a very good live band"
> camp, I guess, but I mostly urged her to go because I knew she'd
> love the Suicide Commandos, so there you go.
>
> The obscure reference in the second paragraph, incidentally, is to
> the really quite good Minneapolis-based alt-country duo the
> Floorbirds ( http://www.myspace.com/thefloorbirds ), the female
> half of which is my wife's sister's husband's niece...which is just
> removed enough from me to make this plug not be entirely nepo-tastic.
>
> S
>
>
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