Now, I am really looking forward to the 
Lucinda Williams CD. I had no idea she 
was putting out a new one. 

 thanks for the info,
 michael 


--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Bill Douglas <ccosmos_64@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Bill Douglas <ccosmos_64@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Coldplay vs. Supergrass, Lucinda live
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 9:43 PM
> Man, good luck with that Supergrass. I've followed the
> band since the first album and 'Diamond Hoo Haa'
> left
> me absolutely cold. Hope it sells well enough to
> sustain them for another round just so I can see if
> it's worthwhile.
> 
> Can't believe I'm defending Coldplay over
> Supergrass
> but IMHO, they made a stronger record this time out. 
> 
> Need to spend more time with the new Costello, but
> it'll certainly rank well at year's end. Same with
> Pugwash - not as amazing as the last release but a
> real solid album nonetheless.
> 
> Saw Lucinda Williams at the Englert Theater in Iowa
> City last night - awesome show. Debuted a few new cuts
> from her upcoming album ('Little Rock Star' and the
> amazing 'Heaven Blues'), sprinkled in with classic
> stuff from 'Car Wheels...' , 'Essence' and
> 'West' then
> closed with a butt-kicking rendition of 'It's a
> Long
> Way to the Top (if You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) by
> AC-DC,
> which she said may end up on the new one, but wasn't
> sure.
> 
> I'd kinda lost interest in Lucinda over the past few
> records but this show brought me back into the fold.
> She's kickin' ass on the new stuff and she was
> visibly
> excited to play the songs out live. Rolling Stone just
> reported on the album featuring a duet with Elvis
> Costello, but in addition to that, she said last night
> that she was lucky enough to get Matthew Sweet and
> Susana Hoffs to sing some backups too. That oughta
> have some appeal here.
> 
> > 
> > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:43:53 -0400
> > From: "Joseph Savitz"
> <jsavitz3@gmail.com>
> > To: rob@splitsville.com, audities@smoe.org
> > Subject: Re: Coldplay
> > Message-ID:
> >
> <48e425130806301043p7d517a62l50708eefe15b1f66@mail.gmail.com>
> > 
> > Supergrass is acceptably obscure, at least in these
> > parts, and I've liked
> > them in the past, so Supergrass it is. Thanks for
> > the tip!
> > 
> > On 6/30/08, rob@splitsville.com
> > <rob@splitsville.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Remain at your desk, Mr. Savitz.
> > > It's pedestrian, with all the crunch of a
> roll of
> > soggy toilet paper.
> > > Exactly what you'd expect. (I found the tune
> > "Violet Hill" pretty good,
> > > however.)
> > >
> > > The wife bought it recently, so yes, I have heard
> > it.
> > >
> > > Me'h.
> > >
> > > Get the new Supergrass instead. In a word,
> > fantastic.
> > > "Rebel In You" is the best tune out of
> them in
> > years.
> > >
> > > There's a couple of live clips of this tune
> on
> > YouTube.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >