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hi dalinks. on the subject of vic chesnutt, Has anyone ever heard the New Bad Things song off the Hefner EP (that is, Hefner covering the NBT) called "Goethe's Letter to Vic Chesnutt" it sooooo worth investing in this EP (Love Will Destroy us in the End) if you have any interest in Hefner. just plain bee-yew-tee-fawl! The Song on Vic Chesnutt is very morrissey-esque, if you are into that sort of thing (which, shamelessly, i am) here's a great line... "let me put it to you this way, you will get hit by a truck you will fall from your bicycle... and no one will recall how you were except your friends and your enemies... and all the stuff that you could have written, and all the notes that you kept hidden, will mean about as much... as your corpse." hee hee... if that is not discustingly reminicent of: "and if a double decker bus, crashes into us... to die by your side such a heavenly way to die..." and: "all those people all those lives, where are they now? with loves, and hates and passions just like mind... they were born and then they lived and then they died... seems so unfair, i want to cry" the words could have been written by the same tortured hand, as i see it. that is, the hand not dramatically stapled on to the forhead... of course. does any one know anything else from The New Bad Things? "They are from Portland, Oregon and do indeed ride bicycles and drink coffee" is all i've got on 'em. bonus note: Hefner's "God is on Our Side" gets my vote for "album most lusted after," if the idea of having sex with an album isn't too revolting. hee hee. unfortunately i let a distant friend borow it and am afraid to never see it again! "oh Hefner... I thought you said you loved me!!!" tee hee. also, does any one think "love will destroy us in the end" is a cheap joy division rip off? a damn good one none the less. But then again, "love will tear us apart" could be a captian and tenille rip of, huh? love will keep us together... lisa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free Anti-Social.com email at http://Anti-Social.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
At 12:57 PM -0800 1/25/99, promqueen@anti-social.com wrote:
on the subject of vic chesnutt, Has anyone ever heard the New Bad Things song off the Hefner EP (that is, Hefner covering the NBT) called "Goethe's Letter to Vic Chesnutt"... does any one know anything else from The New Bad Things? "They are from
Portland, Oregon and do indeed ride bicycles and drink coffee" is all i've got >on 'em.
the new bad things are an incredible and under-appreciated band. in my inimitably awful way i'll suggest that they sound sort of like early sebadoh (folk-y, confessional, playful lyrics with an acoustic guitar) playing with an enthusiastic jazz combo (sax, two drums, some other wind/brass instruments); there are six people in the band, many of whom have undertaken aliases or pseudonyms ("luke hollywood"), and all of whom seem to write the songs. it's really hard to get a sense of how great their songs are from just posting the lyrics since they're so amelodic and oddly delivered;i'll do it anyway, though, but rest assured they're humorous, acerbic, pensive (all three in the lyrics promqueen quoted) and twee (one song goes: 'i went downtown today/trying to find your bicycle/i left some flowers with a note and my number/going home now/hoping you'll call'). like a lot of bands, the new bad things will not break through to you on the first listen unless you're the most incredibly cool and thoughtful person in the world. (hinthint: i'm sure some of you are...) they've released a ton of records on a bunch of labels (candy ass, popsecret, lissy's, red beans and rice) - but all of them have been, in my opinion, poorly recorded. if they'd ever put out a good recording of the abovementioned 'goethe' song or maybe 'concrete,' they'd be loved and known the world over. they rarely tour (i think because they're so broke, but who knows?), but when i saw them in olympia in 1994. they were all wearing coveralls, like devo or ub40 or something --- and made ample fun of themselves for wearing such warm clothes in 90+ degree weather...but when i saw them in the grocery store an hour later buying beer, they were still wearing 'em! oh, and they have this song called 'i suck' - and at the same show when someone called out for it, one of the NBTs said 'i wouldn't brag about that if i were you, pal...but i might talk to you after the show!' totally great, and sort of an acquired taste - i'd recommend trying to find their LP _freewheel_ to start with.... back to lurking, ian +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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