"Doug is really looking for a payday with the pop stuff and I never ever would do that or even consider it".... He opined a similar "excuse" on the rear cover of DP's "Ballad of the Tin Man" promo disc. Yeah Todd...we know...you can do it in yer sleep... Too bad about the 30+ years of insomnia you've had to endure.....ya poor guy. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 3:52 PM Subject: Re: New Car Crash-Rundgren and Powell > In a message dated 4/9/2006 2:57:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Jason Damas > writes: > > That's, I guess, what bothers me the most--some have said things along the > lines of "well, if the music's good, who cares?" But the thing is... it > isn't. It's embarassingly terrible. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > here's a semi-on topic thing I was thinking of....kinda convoluted, so > stay with me! > > around 1998 or 99, i was working in Boston, in the design dept of a big > investemt company, in a really cool 2 tower building, right sorta next to > the Boston waterfront....it had a huge areaa between the towers that had > fountains, and places to eat and sit and watch people, and just > relax...... > > anyway, a local AOR radio station had started to run lunchtime shows > there, oddly enough...saw Graham Parker, Pushkings (remember them? )there > and some others too...seemed kinda weird, but hey, it was fun! > > anyway, word was the Todd was going to do a little acoustic/electric, > no-band show there, and, besides the fact that few of the people I worked > with even knew who he was, i figured this could be fun......I was working > with Bruce at Not Lame on a ton of stuff, I was doing something or other > for Doug Powell, and had been talking with him, and mentioned I was going > to see him and wanted to meet hime and say hi.....since Doug had been > working with Todd I figured I'd name drop him, as probably few would've > known anyway!! > > Doug told me I should watch it, as Todd can be notoriosuly hair-trigger > sometimes, so I rose to the challenge! > > He did a decent, if predictible show, considering the semi-yuppie environs > he was playing to, so I waited afterwards to have him sign something and > drop the Doug comment....well, I did, and while Todd was initiallly 'hey; > cool, Dougs a cool guy', he then flipped into a "Doug is really looking > for a payday with the pop stuff and I never ever would do that or even > consider it"....so, after saying, oh, ok, thanks Todd and moving along, I > remember thinking, man, he does stick by his sort of principles.... > > hmmmmmm > > jim h. > ======================================================================= > Detailed Audities-List information: > To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: > >