Sinister: how could i have ever left you?

[Jacob Laurent]

>'if you were in a
>tribute band, what band would you tribute?' (okay, i paraphrased that
>and made tribute into a verb, but hey, it's good.) so i don't know, i
>thought of a band i like that has been around for a while and said
>'sonic youth?' and apparently that was not good enough for them b/c
>it was not cheese enough. i don't understand that logic b/c i saw
>(rather by accident really, no really) a neil young tribute band that
>was not taking their business cheesily at all. they were very
>serious. so anyway, now i'm all confused on the 'tribute band' vs
>'cover band' issue. not that i'm losing any sleep over it.
>definitions are so very overrated.


*speaking* of tribute albums (which i think is
a GREAT idea, but i wish they'd use a different
word for every album, 'cos tribute sounds so
trite after a while), i just heard an excellent
'pixies' tribute album, where all the songs were
re-done by japanese artists. the cover of "debaser"
is the audio equivalent of walking in on yr mom
naked...and yet...it's *so* good! disorientingly
good.

yrs,
jacob in s.f.

robyn gets props for the 'san diego zoo' reference.


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