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| From | "Ron Katcher" <ronkatcher@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Free Concert - Fountains of Wayne! |
| Date | Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:27:43 -0400 |
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FWIW, Dan Wilson's prior band was Trip Shakespeare.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net>
To: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
Cc: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: Free Concert - Fountains of Wayne!
> 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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