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| From | Scotthomewood@cs.com |
| Subject | Re: old stuff I've just discovered |
| Date | Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:09:20 -0400 |
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"Stoned" is indeed great, and since, I've had to buy everything else I could find. Sad that he's turned his back on the music business.
Scott Homewood
"Jeff" <jeff.teez@comcast.net> wrote:
>Hey Gang! Great to see Chris Squire getting some props. I'm not a huge
>YES fan either, but I sure love listening and watching CS play. If
>anyone plays "lead bass", I think he may be the guy.
>
>Recommended:
>
>You guys who've been here on list a while probably already own these
>books since you're all about the right age (uh, mine) and the first one
>was published during the height of the early to mid-90's powerpop
>revival. Canadian brothers Don and Jeff Breithaupt wrote "Precious and
>Few: Pop Music in the Early '70's" and then followed it up with "Night
>Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70's" in 2000. I've thoroughly enjoyed
>them both. Not brilliant critical essays or anything at all like that,
>just a whole lot of fun. You can get 'em both via amazon for literally
>next to nothing.
>
>Lewis Taylor's "Stoned" cd (2005). Holy Cow. I'm now hip to this cat.
>The Lost Album is next. On the back of the Stoned record it says
>something like "all vocals and instruments by Lewis Taylor". How is that
>freakin' possible? I was searching for the names of some super studio
>dudes from Sade's band or Tower of Power or somesuch. Man, what a
>record!
>
>The Wizard of Oz Collectors Edition on DVD via Netflix. The restored
>audio and picture are absolutely astonishing. I shed a tear or two for
>the first time in many years when Dorothy was finally about to go home
>and had to say goodbye to her travelling companions. The technicolor
>high-def Munchkins scared the hell out of me all over again.
>
>jeff teez
>Tourist Hell, Delaware
>
>
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