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Topics for Monday, November 15, 2004

    1.  RE: Rise up and buy good music - Nick Lauro
    2.  level 42 appearance in California! - Matt Rice
1.  RE: Rise up and buy good music
From: Nick Lauro <thedrumdoctor @ nlauro.f9.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:07:07 -0000
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"...The problem is... it doesn't sell, thankfully people innately know
better."

Hmmmm, try telling that to Island records regarding their Bob Marley
back-catalogue. Go and ask A&M whilst your at it, if any of Sting's solo
albums took a dent in sales because of his
pseudo-communist-anti-fascist-touchy-feely rants. Oh yes, check out the
worldwide sales of The Clash as well (now they didn't play Shea Stadium
without shifting a few units). You want some music "about love, commitment,
friendship"? Why not try digging out an S-Club7 CD from a bargain bin of
CD's that don't sell any more? Plenty of good examples of nice, wholesome,
family-friendly feel-good-factor tunes in there! Plenty of that material on
post-Gould 42 as well - not that there's anything wrong with that, if it
floats your boat.

Music reflects life and emotion and songwriters respond to those things,
when they feel they have something to say. One year you get Stevie Wonder
writing "Living for the city" or "Village Ghetto land", another you get "I
just called to say I love you". Take your pick, they all sold incredibly
well.

thedrumdoctor
2.  level 42 appearance in California!
From: Matt Rice <rice @ geog.ucsb.edu>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 21:42:02 -0800
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Unfortunately on on KFI640 AM radio, as intro
music for the Matt Drudge Report show (political stuff).

The title track 'World Machine' played immediately following
a commercial break, for nearly 1 full minute before Drudge
stepped in to deliver his intro to tonights program. What a
crazy thing to hear on US Radio in 2004.

Maybe Drudge is a fan of socially conscious lyrics. Heavens
knows those lyrics are a bit too confusing and dismal for my
small mind. Steely Dan and such other lyrically intricate
artists can really get on my nerves. :)

--
Matt Rice, Doctoral Candidate and Research Assistant
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
UCSB Department of Geography +1 805 893 8652 (phone)
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 +1 805 893 8617 (fax)
rice @ geog.ucsb.edu http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~rice
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