> From: <audities-owner@smoe.org>
> Reply-To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:00:30 -0500
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: audities-digest V5 #730 (10 msgs)
> 
> Well, maybe this mini-storm of controversy will help sell the rest of the
> print run on "Shake Some Action," but I'm still bothered by this thread. I,
> too, found the Mazzarella piece a bit of a head-scratcher, but let's
> recognize that John included many other voices in the book, including
> several of our own Auditeers. As far as I'm concerned, given the quality of
> the Rooks' music, Mazzarella can be forgiven for a loopy but obviously
> heartfelt essay. And so what if Borack gives props to records he played on
> (though not, as he pointed out, the Top 200 list)? The man's a participant
> as well as an observer of the pop scene. That's a good thing.

Thanks for the pump, Drew!   ;-P

Mazzarella is very  special musician for many of us and as the work we did
together on the Rooks projects so many years ago, he has full latitude to
speak his muse as he see fits with anything I do and I know John feels the
same way, which is why it is in there.

But I totally understand anyone's befuddlement there.

So, if one might be riled by it, well, do yr own book and do yr own way. ;-P


> 
> I repeat my earlier assertions about "SSA:"
> 1) If you're interested enough in power pop to be on this list, this book is
> an absolute must.

And I'm serious......there are NOT a lot of left.  Resources are starting to
channel into Volume 2.  Folks who bought SSA will be hearing from me because
I am going to be polling each and everyone of *you* as to what you would
like to see in the next book.

If you come to me askin' about picking up a copy of the book in March and
say you meant to pick it up earlier, it will be a most pleasurable moment
for me to say 'snooze ya lose', sorry.   It is possible I may do a very
small run of additional, but it really depends on my ability to be able to
pull it off financially, which in this biz, is a stretch! ;-P


> 2) You could throw the text away without reading it and only keep
> the rari ties CD included with every copy, and you'd still be getting your
> money's worth.

There will be another CD in the next one, but I tell ya - John did a HUGELY
awesome job getting some truly rare and excellent quality tracks for this!


Ta,
Bruce
@ Not Lame