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| From | shteevea <shteevea@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Moe Berg story - performing again with other Canadian popsters |
| Date | Sat, 22 Apr 2017 23:37:38 -0700 |
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58!!! How is that snot-nosed kid 58? :-)
-------- Original message --------From: Michael Coxe <popville@gmail.com> Date: 4/20/17 2:32 PM (GMT-08:00) To: audities@smoe.org Subject: Moe Berg story - performing again with other Canadian popsters
The resurrection of smart-aleck 'power pop'
http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/7249019-the-resurrection-of-smart-aleck-power-pop-/
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He pauses on the phone. "I just couldn't face it."
And so Berg bought into his own song and found comfort as a behind-the-scenes producer, writer and part-time professor.
Until last summer, when a like-minded posse of smart aleck rabble-rousers from indie pop's glory days — Sloan's Chris Murphy, The Odd's Craig Northey, former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page — made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
"There's a 'power pop' element in everyone's music that flows from the Beatles, Badfinger, the Raspberries and the Knack," he notes of their musical connection.
"All these bands have a real pop sensibility."
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