Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com Actually, the band I was referring to was the Scottish band APB. Though ACR was a good guess. Better than AWB. Mike Bennett >From: "Gene Good" >Yes Kelly! I will obey. > I have only heard a few singles but I have read they have a bit of Orange >Juice or Josef K influence.Those are two of my favorite Scottish bands >ever.Perhaps the band you were thinking of was A Certain Ratio-they were >referred a lot as ACR-and definitely had a lot of funk going.Looking >forward to hearing their full length.I hear they were a big rage at South >by Southwest. > > Gene > > >>From: kcronin >>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org >>To: audities@smoe.org >>Subject: applebed hair cuts 100 franz ferdinands... >>Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 13:19:40 -0700 (PDT) >> >> >>--- Christopher wrote: >> > > On a positive note - just got a copy of The Apple >> > Bed by Nick Heyward, and >> > > am really enjoying it - good CD! good vocals, >> > performance, production, >> > > songs, the whole deal. What band did he come >> > from? >> > >> > Haircut 100, believe it or not. >> >>Really liked Apple Bed's first song (stars in her >>eyes?) but thought the rest of it drifted away into >>some immemorable well-intentioned litepop moments. As >>far as British Crooners Who Previously Sported >>Indefensible Hair go, I prefer Nik Kershaw's late 90s >>efforts much, much better. >> >>Haircut 100 has been on my mind alot in the past few >>weeks, because of seeing franz ferdinand and getting >>steamrolled by how incredibly great they were. I know >>Mike Bennett has done all this gushing already, but >>damn me if that's not the most fun show I've been to >>in years - dancin', shoutin', fist pumpin', drink >>raisin', singin' along - and it's all about infectious >>hooky post-disco white boy funk with humor intact, a >>la talking heads, and rapid-fire rhythm guitar ala new >>wavers like Haircut 100 and (Mike tells me) Gang of >>Four (and who was that other scottish band you >>mentioned, Mike? ATF or UFB or some such?) with some >>moments of Hot Hot Heat thrown in there, smart as hell >>lyrics and two singers affecting that freshly scrubbed >>proud-schoolboy-in-a-v-neck-sweater mode that really, >>only British people can get away with (i was having a >>flashback to the video for "Boy Meets Girl (Favourite >>Shirts"). It's....nu wave! Dig it! >> >>FRANZ FERDINAND. GO SEE THEM LIVE. I mean it. I'm >>going to call you each at home after FF plays in your >>town to make sure you went, and if you didn't I will >>be very angry. You won't like me when I'm angry. >> >>that is all: >>--kelly >> >>===== >>arma non servant modum >> >>__________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway >>http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE >download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > _________________________________________________________________ Tax headache? MSN Money provides relief with tax tips, tools, IRS forms and more! http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/workshop/welcome.asp