Actually, I think Chilton and Stephens should join the Posies.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Leve" <CraigL@ori.org>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: Big Star to record again


> Facts up front: I love all three Big Star albums. I'm a huge Posies fan,
too. And well, ok....I _want_ to be excited at this prospect...and for now I
am, but VVVVVVEeeeeeeeeeeeeery guardedly. If the similar collaboration that
closed out the recent Big Star Story compilation is a harbinger, this will
sound good but only on paper. That's gotta be one of the most lifeless
tracks I ever heard connected to the Big Star name.
>
> -craig
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Kouzes [mailto:KouzesC@btol.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 4:49 AM
> To: Audities (E-mail)
> Subject: Big Star to record again
>
>
> From www.nme.com
>
> BIG STAR are set to begin work on their fourth album - 25 years after the
release of their third.
>
> According to Billboard, original members Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens
will be joined in the studio by Posies frontmen Jon Auer and Ken
Stringfellow, who have been part of the Big Star touring band since 1993,
when they reformed for live shows.
>
> Big Star's last release was the notoriously downbeat 'Third/SisterLovers'
in 1978, recorded when the band was falling apart.
>
> Frontman Chilton and drummer Stephens revived the moniker after the likes
of REM and Teenage Fanclub cited them as a massive influence.
>
>