At 02:50 PM 1/29/2003 -0500, Dave Seaman wrote:

>many have suggested that Squeeze's "Play" is a grower.  i did listen once
>again last night and i stand corrected - there is a lot of melody in there.
>however, i'm not yet digging it enough to get to the point where i think
>it'll get on my play list -- but i'll give it a few more chances down the
>road.

It is a slow grower, in my experience.  I dislike the dated production 
(same story with much of Squeeze's catalog), but it has some great 
songs.  My favorites are "The Truth" and "Walk a Straight Line."  A really 
fine live version of the latter song appeared as a b-side.

>finally, scored some good $1-5 finds at the bins again last night - 2 of
>Stew's (TNP) solo cds (picked up per Stewart Mason and other auditeer
>recommendations), Idlewilds dumb gifted and beautiful

I was confused for half a second there.  Then I realized you meant the Idle 
Wilds, not the current Scottish band Idlewild.  Couldn't tell you anything 
about the Idle Wilds, but Idlewild's THE REMOTE PART was my favorite album 
of 2002.

Randy