I doubt this is one anybody has "overlooked," exactly, but I
just grabbed the new INXS record. Haven't listened to it enough to form
a credible opinion, but at first listen I really like it. I know a lot
of folks have issues with the reality show they used to find their new
singer (althought I don't, aside from what a putz Navarro turned out to
be), and I personally have a HUGE problem with the fact that they
brought The Matrix in to co-write a couple tunes. Not sure what that was
about, honestly.

BUT, this is a band that earned its place the right way, and I don't see
why Hutchence's death should mean they have to give up doing what they
do and trying to do it for a major audience if they can. So I'm giving
it a good faith chance.

I suppose I'll go and try to formulate a more informed opinion now, and
later I'm off to Jeff Foster's (ex-Right Profile, The Carneys, and The
Pinetops front guy) CD release show. It's not exactly Power Pop, but I
imagine it will wind up on the 2005 Best of lists of 95% of the people
who hear it....

Happy Saturday Night, everybody.

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GaryPig@aol.com wrote:

<< With the year-end best-of lists coming out soon, this would be a good
time to give a shout out to some "sleepers" that have received little
or no mention on the list during the year, or haven't been featured
prominently on sites like NotLame, etc. >>


Yessir Steve,

I'm just now putting the finishing touches on my twelfth (I believe it is)
annual
"Ten You May Have Missed" list as we speak,

coming next month to Fufkin for starters,

Gary  "NP: several of my many Bubbling Under choices"  Pig
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