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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: SSA/Rooks/Bruce Brodeen |
| Date | Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:31:20 -0500 |
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And let me just take a moment to praise the virtues of Mr. Mazzarella's
long-ago band, The Broken Hearts, who hailed from my hometown of Hartford,
Conn. Jim Huie at Paisley Pop was cool enough to put out a Broken Hearts
compilation ("Want One?") a few years back. It's still one of my favorite
records.
And that excerpt I read from "SSA" was pretentious twaddle. But if you can't
be pretentious writing about music, then, for God's sake, where can you be
pretentious? Every one of us harbors an inner Lester Bangs. Some are just
more adept at channeling it.
Me, I sometimes wish I was as funny as P.J. O'Rourke, c. "Holidays in Hell."
But that's the thing about writing, sometimes you get there, sometimes you
don't. And if one person grooves on it, that's all right, too.
john micek
http://www.myspace.com/milkshakejones
or, if you're feeling judgmental:
http://blogs.mcall.com/capitol_ideas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Hutton" <bobhutton@btinternet.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 12:46 PM
Subject: SSA/Rooks/Bruce Brodeen
> OK Uncle Brucie, this will be my last free advertising for the book (it
> seems to have sold pretty well if you are already planning another).
>
> Yeah, befuddlement is a good word to describe MM's essay. Stanley J
> Krammerhead III psychobabble would be another valid description. Doesn't
> detract from his song-writing though - the Rooks first two albums (three
> if you count the split effort with 20/20 as separate) are all solid gold
> pop. I was listening to Wishing Well last night and I think it is maybe
> the pick of the bunch.
>
> I don't know if I could stretch to a whole book personally, but give me a
> brief and a word-count and I'll do an essay for the sequel mate.
>
> Bob
>
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