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From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
> 1.  It's good to read your take on the Sarah Shannon.  Copacetic by 
> Velocity Girl is a shimmering slab of pop and her singing is 
> amazing.  Their debut was pretty good and the follow up was a bit 
> too slick.  So maybe this solo plate will finally be a true follow 
> up to Copacetic.

It doesn't really sound ANYTHING like Velocity Girl -- none of Archie 
Moore's shoegazery guitars, and the tempos are on the slow side -- but 
it's a big step up from both the final VG record (which had a great 
single and was otherwise forgettable) and her first solo record (which 
was just plain forgettable), and she sounds great throughout.
>
> 2.  Stewart, if you're ever in Chicago, Patricia Barber performs 
> often in her hometown.  She used to do a regular turn at The Green 
> Mill.  The picture they always used in their ads made her look 
> somewhat like Boy George wearing librarian glasses (as opposed to 
> Lisa Loeb).

Actually, Patricia Barber is a dead ringer for a woman I dated briefly 
in college, who was not in fact a librarian but an adjunct English 
professor...although not one of mine, I hasten to add.  It wasn't 
*that* scandalous.

S