Steve wrote:
> I think Išm much more attached to styleš, than you are in your
> taste, since
> I would never touch, listen, go, near the likes of Cowboy Junkies,
> Springsteen, Earle, Westerberg, any MOR, Billy Gentry, the Band...
Your musical blinders are your loss. You're missing some great tunes.
What can I say? I'm not as fascinated by pose and trendiness as I am
by the actual music. Which is probably why I enjoy the hopelessly
square meat-and-potatoes of hard-boiled more than the pseudo-cool
nouvelle cuisine pretensions of some noir these days. And probably why
I poke fun at some of the bios and photos and pretensions of some
authors so much. They take themselves so seriously I don't have to.
And while I could easily have included some Lou Reed, VU or even a
couple of cool songs by Gene Vincent, I always thought the Cramps were
a little too obvious, and never quite as funny as they thought they
were. Now, Deja Voodoo -- there was a band that pulled off the cheapo
pulp horror thing. But their profile is so low they make The Cramps
look mainstream.
By the way, those acts I mentioned aren't exactly mainstream in Jonas
Brothers' North America. Maybe among aging rock'n'rollers like me who
get bored by what's been stamped as "classic rock" they'd be
considered mainstream, but most of these acts are considered pretty
much left of center (or slagged off as old farts' music) these days,
except (arguably) for maybe Springsteen.
But anyway, for those of you keeping score, last night's PALMDALE NOIR
was a blast. The songs ranged from Townes Van Zandt to Neil Young (an
amazing take on "Down by the River" as an Appalachian murder ballad),
with enough originals and obscurities (and solid musicianship) to
exceed even my wildest expectations. I'm still buzzing!
We're definitely going to do it again some day...
Kevin Burton Smith
Editor/Founder
The Thrilling Detective Web Site
"Wasting your time on the web since 1998."
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