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I once found a message in the run-off groove of a Happy Mondays CD, which said something like "you're twisting my melon, man!"

there was also this chick on Heavenly (the label) called Espiritu, who released a tepid d n' b LP about ten or so years ago...(had a good track with A Guy Called Gerald on it, though)...

let's not forget E-Z Rollers, and the wonderful "Rolled Into One"...(forget the chick's name, though)... Alison Goldfrapp did a nice diva n' bass turn on Spacer's "Contrazoom"...

heh heh, these names remind me of ol' Bleeding Gums Murphy...

oh, speaking of which: Dock Boggs Blind Lemon Jefferson Clarence "Frogman" Henry

Male: Todd Rundgren Mark Kozelek Alex Ayuli Robert Wratten Adam Franklin Ned Doheny J. D. Souther Vincent Gallo Female: Carole King Laura Nyro Dot Allison Phyllis Dillon Nicole Willis Alison Statton Laetitia Sadler Bobbie Gentry

those fantasy scenes in The Song Remains The Same! Jimmy Page with the light saber! Peter Grant as a gangsta! John Paul Jones or John Bonham on a motorcycle! Without a dash of irony!

the three things I've enjoyed the most recently are as dry and dusty as the weather these days: Beach House Arthur & Yu - In Camera Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum all pretty hazy, not in much of a hurry to get anywhere...a bit like myself, really...

a) staying in = 1 beer (2 on the rare occasion, like if it's really hot out) b) going out = 2 pints minimum, 5 pints maximum almost exclusively beer...a little wine sometimes, almost no hard liquor...

how many 4AD artists do you think got the Vaughn Oliver sleeve first, and were told to "make it sound like that"?

hmmm...reminds me of something...what was that...oh yeah!:

the thing about sweetening (at least in the 60's/70's sense) was that you really couldn't perceive the strings and horns as such...they were placed so faintly in the mix that what they added was a certain undefinable/undeniable presence...(in fact, LP's used to only credit the sweetening...

maybe you should grow your hair out!

I've also seen "sweetening" used in reference to TV shows that have canned laugh tracks added to create a more "live" feel...seems like it's a generic term for anything that is artificially augmented to create an effect that would be costlier to achieve naturally...(as I recall, the term...

"sweetening" referred to the act of overdubbing strings, horns, and background vocals to tracks in order to enhance the song...(generally speaking, to add warmth and depth)...I stopped seeing sweetening show up on LP credits in the late-70's, though there may be digital equivalents of same...

why aren't recordings "sweetened" anymore?...(god knows most music these days could use a little sweetening)...

pancakes!

it's all those things, and more...but I have to say, the singer really puts me off, for some reason...I know: he sounds like Robert Smith crossed with Bernard Sumner, and I like both of them...so why I no like this guy?

I walked into the laundromat a few years back, to transfer my clothes into the dryer...the washer lid was open, and some homeless guy was rifling through my stuff, trying on one of my shirts...I blinked, nervously (but calmly) approached the guy and said (in kind of a low voice), "uh, um, I'll...

I'm friends with the woman who "went back to Rockville"...(she inspired the REM song)...