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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Free Concert - Fountains of Wayne! |
| Date | Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:23:45 -0400 |
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That's right ... Steve Almaas. I remembered that when I woke up this
morning.
thanks.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
To: "John Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net>
Cc: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: Free Concert - Fountains of Wayne!
> Nope. The Suicide Commandos predate Wilson by a generation or so: they
> were pretty much Minnesota's first punk band. They were Steve Almaas
> (later the leader of Beat Rodeo), Chris Osgood and Dave Ahl.
>
> S
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net>
> To: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
> Cc: <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Free Concert - Fountains of Wayne!
>
>
>> 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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