Hey , Could someone fill me in to Cotton Mather's official website. I always have trouble finding when I do web search. Much appreciated, Paul > Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:23:23 -0700 > From: "JK in L.A." > To: > Subject: Cotton Mather - good news & bad news > Message-ID: <002601c357c3$1e99eff0$2360fea9@johnjulie> > > The good news is that a "special edition" of "Kon Tiki" went on sale today > on their website. > > The bad news is that those of us on the Cotton Mather newsgroup were tipped > off that it was going on sale by their bass player, Josh, and a lot of us > were keeping a second-by -second vigil. I think they lasted about 15 > minutes. > > Apparently, according to Josh, they were made for their French tour and > these were all that were left (I think there were 10). I had asked him > about it in a recent post and they dug them up and put 'em on sale. He's > also saying to expect an official update from them soon, but it doesn't > sound like they've broken up (although their guitar player, Whit, has > apparently moved on). > > That is all ... oh, wait. No, it's not. I know many of you on this list > that are here in L.A. were probably at IPO last night (Wednesday), but if > you missed The Polyphonic Spree at The El Rey, you may have well missed the > pop show of the year. I've gotten to the point where just watching a few > guys on stage (or gals, sorry) playing their songs not unlike I can just > hear them on CD isn't an enticement to go out anymore. I need a show to go > with it. The PS put on a show like nothing I've ever seen. Twenty-seven > love and light filled Texans all dressed in white robes dancing and singing > like it's a pop music revival tent meeting playing music that's a > psychedelic mix of Sgt. Pepper/Godspell/Pet Sounds/AM Radio (actual radio, > not the band)/etc. It was an amazing site and an amazing show and the sold > out crowd was in pop nirvana. Don't miss them the next time they come to > town. > > NOW ... that is all. > > JK