In a message dated 3/27/03 4:28:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
michael@audities.net writes:


> As for pop music, who can tell me about Flashcube Gary Frenay's
> 97 solo release "Jigsaw People"? Good, great or just more of 
> that crappy power-pop I keep hearing about? And a peek into the
> archives dredged up a tape-only issue from Frenay called 
> "Songbook 1978-1980". I presume that one's so rare only CC
> has a copy...or...?
> 

       Aw, there must be SOMEONE else with a copy, right...?
       The Songbook was an anthology of Gary's work '78-1990 (not '80), 
including stuff with The Flashcubes and Screen Test.  It includes a few 
'Cubes tracks not used on the Bright Lights CD (including one of my 
favorites, "Born To Cry"); the Screen Test stuff is pretty much unavailable 
elsewhere, though Air Mail is supposed to do a Screen Test anothology at some 
point.  The cassette also includes "Syracuse Summer" by The Tearjerkers, 
which is Gary's sublime attempt to write a Beach Boys-style ode to the 
mercurial Central New York climate.
       I like Jigsaw People quite a bit (and it even includes one Flashcubes 
track, "You Only Get One Life"), but it's certainly mellower overall than The 
Flashcubes' records.  
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