I didn't catch any of the INXS TV stuff, as I'm not much of a TV person, but I do know they had several talented people that didn't make the cut. My friend Jeremy Thomas of Basic Rock Outfit here in Tampa Bay was auditioned. His tunes are well worth checking out. You can download some of them for free at his site basicrockoutfit.com. Also the runner up Marty Casey's band the lovehammers has several catchy songs, though the lyrics are as cheesy as the band name. You can download one of his songs, Trees, at this URL http://www.idolforever.com/media/mp3/Trees-Live.mp3 Cheers, Gary -----Original Message----- From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Sam Smith Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 11:13 AM To: audities@smoe.org Subject: INXS [resend] 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. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 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 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< -- Sam Smith, PhD 1805 Brantley St. Winston-Salem NC 27103 336.480.6179 /m sam@estreet.com http://www.lullabypit.com ...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing from your heart. - John Millington Synge