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| From | Bob Hutton <bobhutton@btinternet.com> |
| Subject | Re: Mazarrella and Gabe |
| Date | Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:39:21 +0000 |
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Hey John - Gabe's comment wasn't lame - it was very succinct and pretty
much hit the nail on the head: Mike's essay is pretentious drivel - the
emperor has no clothes on (imho).
The remainder of the book is fine, although your choices of albums seem
a bit LA-centric and including records that you've played on is somewhat
self-indulgent, given some of the other omissions (is the Receiver CD
really one of the 200 top power-pop albums?). However I will doff my cap
to you on highlighting "Portable Pop" by Late Show - it really is a cracker.
audities-owner@smoe.org wrote:
> The Audities Digest: for the discussion of insanely great pop
> Volume 5 : Issue 728 : "text" Format
>
> Messages in this Issue:
> Re: Suggestions for the tweener crowd
> [Jordan Sovereign <kingwart@gmail.com>]
> Re: Suggestions for the tweener crowd/ The Hipwaders
> [Richard Brown <rbrown1985@yahoo.com>]
> Re: Suggestions for the Tweener Crowd [jimsouls@aol.com]
> Re: Suggestions for the Tweener Crowd [Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com>]
> Re: Suggestions for the tweener crowd
> ["Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com>]
> Re: My top 20 of '07 + podcast. ["Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com>]
> Re: Best of 2007 ["Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com>]
> 2007 List [Bob Hutton <bobhutton@btinternet.com>]
> Shake Some Action Book - Rooks [Bob Hutton <bobhutton@btinternet.com>]
> Re: Shake Some Action Book - Rooks [Popdude@aol.com]
>
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>
> Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:08:43 -0600
> From: Jordan Sovereign <kingwart@gmail.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Suggestions for the tweener crowd
> Message-ID: <4780625B.70203@gmail.com>
>
> That reminded me...his "Drake and Josh" co-star Miranda Cosgrove has a
> CD out to go along with her spin-off "Carly 1.0". Drake helps out on a
> couple songs. It sounded OK when I listened to some clips, but her voice
> isn't very strong. You may also remember her as the "band manager" in
> School of Rock. She does sing a little better than her rendition of
> "Memory" in that movie. Ha!
>
> Jordan
>
> Robert Berry wrote:
>
>
>> Thanks for the suggestions. I actually have the Drake Bell CD already
>> -- I got it based on some recommendations I read here. I'm not sure
>> whether my daughter has heard it; she tends to gravitate toward female
>> artists, but I'll give it a shot.
>>
>> You know, I had been hesitant about FoW because some of their songs
>> aren't necessarily kid-appropriate (and my daughter doesn't like "bad
>> words") ... but I've realized I'm being old-fashioned. No need to give
>> her an entire CD. Kids today don't care about albums. I can
>> cherry-pick the tracks I think she'd like and load up an MP3 player
>> with those.
>>
>> Robert R. Berry
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:15:36 -0800 (PST)
> From: Richard Brown <rbrown1985@yahoo.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Suggestions for the tweener crowd/ The Hipwaders
> Message-ID: <744586.91745.qm@web36801.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
>
> I'm going to suggest checking out my buddies, The
> Hipwaders. The play pop influenced by artists like
> Elvis Costello and XTC etc (that will not drive Mom
> and Dad crazy), with great kid friendly lyrics.
>
> A good place to hear a couple of samples is their
> MySpace page :
>
> http://www.myspace.com/thehipwaders
>
> There are also samples of all the songs on Amazon.
>
> XMRadio plays them on a regular basis. The title track
> of their latest album ("Educated Kid") was recently #1
> on the XM Kids station. I think it actually bumped a
> 'High School Musical 2' track off the top spot.
>
> Proof that the guys can play their stuff live can be
> found here (with a nice little Turtlesque intro):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea1SG5xqYNk
>
> It's music for kids that is not dumbed down.
>
> Sorry if that sounds like a commercial. The
> Hipwaders's leader, Tito Uquillas, is an old friend
> and former bandmate of mine...but I wouldn't be
> posting about them if I didn't think they were great.
>
> Rich B
>
>
>
>> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:55:29 -0500
>> From: Robert Berry <rberry@gandronics.com>
>> To: audities@smoe.org
>> Subject: Suggestions for the tweener crowd
>> Message-ID: <477EE391.6020608@gandronics.com>
>>
>> Here's a subject that's fraught with danger for
>> anybody interested in
>> maintaining any kind of cred, but I probably don't
>> have any anyway.
>>
>> My daughter is somewhere between nine and ten, which
>> means she's
>> outgrowing the kiddie CDs and is now in the target
>> market for the whole
>> Disney Channel tweener-pop crowd. I recognize that
>> she's going to like
>> what she likes, but I'm hoping I can at least nudge
>> her in some
>> directions that I don't hate (to be specific: I
>> dislike thumpy
>> electronic dance stuff, and hip-hop).
>>
>> She hasn't really started seeking out new stuff yet,
>> but she's making
>> noises about wanting an MP3 player. I'd like to get
>> her one and preload
>> it with some stuff. She's already a big fan of Puffy
>> AmiYumi, which I
>> think is a good sign. She has also latched onto
>> Bianca Ryan, but I think
>> that's more because of Bianca's age than anything; I
>> don't really see
>> her going for the R&B diva stuff in a big way.
>>
>> I've heard some of the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana
>> stuff, and it actually
>> sounds pretty listenable to me: real guitars and
>> melodies and such. But
>> I've only heard a few tracks, and I'm not sure how
>> representative they are.
>>
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>> Robert R. Berry
>>
>>
>
>
>
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>
> Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:53:18 -0500
> From: jimsouls@aol.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Suggestions for the Tweener Crowd
> Message-ID: <8CA1E3F927F56DE-7C8-1FCC@MBLK-M28.sysops.aol.com>
>
> Robert,
>
> I heartily recommend Elizabeth Mitchell's "You Are My Little Bird" album from 2006. It's on the Smithsonian Folkways label. A folksy pop record?with tasteful, mostly acoustic arrangements of songs by the likes of Neil Young ('Little Wing"),?the Velvet Underground?("What Goes On"), Bob Marley ("Little Bird"), Gillian Welch ('Winters Come and Gone") and Woody Guthrie ("Who's My Pretty Baby"). Lovely singing by Mitchell with instrumental assistance from Daniel Littleton (her husband and bandmate in Ida) and His Name is Alive's Warren Defever. A true gem of a kids record that?kids?won't necessarily outgrow. My wife and I love it and we don't have children. If your daughter likes it you'll have her listening to Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers and?some?of the better?folkies?in no time. And if she doesn't, you can still listen to it yourself.
>
> Mitchell?has?made?other?children's albums,?including one?called "Catch the Moon"?with her old college roommate Lisa Loeb.?It's?also excellent though a bit more geared toward the toddler crowd.
>
> Jim McGuinness
>
>
>
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 06:22:32 +0000
> From: Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: Re: Suggestions for the Tweener Crowd
> Message-ID: <BLU104-W244AECE1C78F40EC440A8DDA4E0@phx.gbl>
>
>
> The other two are ".You are my Sunshine" and "You are my Flower" on the Little Bird label which is her own.I own "Flower" and it is great.Got it foe myself because I found it used and happen to be a huge Ida fan.I think it's cool for all ages.
>
>
>> To: audities@smoe.org
>> Subject: Re: Suggestions for the Tweener Crowd
>> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 00:53:18 -0500
>> From: jimsouls@aol.com
>>
>> Robert,
>>
>> I heartily recommend Elizabeth Mitchell's "You Are My Little Bird" album from 2006. It's on the Smithsonian Folkways label. A folksy pop record?with tasteful, mostly acoustic arrangements of songs by the likes of Neil Young ('Little Wing"),?the Velvet Underground?("What Goes On"), Bob Marley ("Little Bird"), Gillian Welch ('Winters Come and Gone") and Woody Guthrie ("Who's My Pretty Baby"). Lovely singing by Mitchell with instrumental assistance from Daniel Littleton (her husband and bandmate in Ida) and His Name is Alive's Warren Defever. A true gem of a kids record that?kids?won't necessarily outgrow. My wife and I love it and we don't have children. If your daughter likes it you'll have her listening to Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers and?some?of the better?folkies?in no time. And if she doesn't, you can still listen to it yourself.
>>
>> Mitchell?has?made?other?children's albums,?including one?called "Catch the Moon"?with her old college roommate Lisa Loeb.?It's?also excellent though a bit more geared toward the toddler crowd.
>>
>> Jim McGuinness
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 15:44:29 +0000
> From: "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Suggestions for the tweener crowd
> Message-ID: <1dfd2de0801060744s602a8ebcpfbb46439a220f5a8@mail.gmail.com>
>
> Yep - I'd second Drake Bell. A good couple of albums which I like -
> as does my ten-year-old son.
>
>
> On 05/01/2008, Jordan Sovereign <kingwart@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I recommend Drake Bell, his album last year was one of my favorites.
>> It's an awesome pop record, influenced by Jellyfish, etc. He's all over
>> Nickelodeon.
>>
>> Jordan
>>
>> Robert Berry wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Here's a subject that's fraught with danger for anybody interested in
>>> maintaining any kind of cred, but I probably don't have any anyway.
>>>
>>> My daughter is somewhere between nine and ten, which means she's
>>> outgrowing the kiddie CDs and is now in the target market for the
>>> whole Disney Channel tweener-pop crowd. I recognize that she's going
>>> to like what she likes, but I'm hoping I can at least nudge her in
>>> some directions that I don't hate (to be specific: I dislike thumpy
>>> electronic dance stuff, and hip-hop).
>>>
>>> She hasn't really started seeking out new stuff yet, but she's making
>>> noises about wanting an MP3 player. I'd like to get her one and
>>> preload it with some stuff. She's already a big fan of Puffy AmiYumi,
>>> which I think is a good sign. She has also latched onto Bianca Ryan,
>>> but I think that's more because of Bianca's age than anything; I don't
>>> really see her going for the R&B diva stuff in a big way.
>>>
>>> I've heard some of the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana stuff, and it
>>> actually sounds pretty listenable to me: real guitars and melodies and
>>> such. But I've only heard a few tracks, and I'm not sure how
>>> representative they are.
>>>
>>> Any other ideas?
>>>
>>> Robert R. Berry
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
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