----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Miller" <gmiller.nc@gmail.com>
> Yeah, I generally think of the Soda Pop Kids as being somewhat part 
> of
> that same scene, although I never saw TSPK live when I was in 
> Seattle
> (I'm in NC now). They played on a lot of the same bills as the other
> bands I mentioned when they come through Seattle.  Same is true with
> The Nice Boys (http://www.myspace.com/niceboys), who are also out of
> Portland.

The Nice Boys (led by the sole surviving member of the Exploding 
Hearts) released, to my ears, the best pure power pop single of the 
last five years, "You Won't See Me Anymore."

S