Love those guys. "Falling and Laughing" is a classic track. Best part: Edwyn Collins is recording again after suffering a pretty serious brain aneurysm a year or so back. In fact, can't quibble with any of the Postcard label bands. john micek. ps: love the Cavanagh book, though it was nearly the end of me. Took me a couple months to read. My wife and I now refer to the effort of reading any particularly difficult tome as "Getting Magpied." On Feb 3, 2007, at 4:05 PM, erhoek@comcast.net wrote: > Ow! Don't be dissing Orange Juice. They were amazing when they > were on Postcard as evidenced by the material collected on Ostrich > Churchyard and the Heather's on Fire which were in turn compiled on > the Glasgow School on Domino. > So many indiepop and alternative bands can trace their sounds and > influences straight back to the "sound of young Scotland" > Alan McGee of Creation Records blueprinted his fledgling label > after Postcard according to the book My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for > the Prize by David Cavangh . > Although Rip It Up and some of the later stuff are ,in my > opinion ,overproduced and inflected with Zeke's afrobeats ...they > still retain traces of the jangly beauty and I can appreciate them. > -r > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "AssociationWorks" >> Not that I feel the least bit guilty about any of these, but some >> might: >> >> ABBA, Rush, England Dan and JF Coley, Supertramp, Journey, >> .....and Disney Channel power pop >> >> - Jeff >> (......whose never afraid to post anything to this list, thinks >> Gabe is >> hilarious, >> thinks Paula Kelly is a bit over-sensitive, and Stewart Mason is not >> necessarily evil... >> even though he likes the band Orange Juice.) >> >> ===================================================================== >> == >> Detailed Audities-List information: > audities.googlepages.com> >> To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: >> > > ====================================================================== > = > Detailed Audities-List information: audities.googlepages.com> > To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: >