Lived in Bloomington circa 1985-88. Now living in Chicago, paying the bills as a writer/editor, not paying the bills but having fun with my current band The Pralines.
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Hey Pamela - more when I wake up, but thanks for your possum story - that was awesome! Looks like we just missed each other in Bloomington, I left around 84-85, but visited a lot from 85-87. Will check out The Pralines when i wake up too - one of our bands played The Hideout and some other kinda bigger place with The Wacos in Chicago a few years back - do you know them guys? Or Kelly Kessler, by any chance?
Ahhh, Stinesville -- good times! Quite the little farewell party we threw there. I remember tossing down the gauntlet by singing "Signed DC" in the presence of Too Cool (I had my noive!) Thank you, folks, it's lovely to be here :-)
Andy, yeah, I know what you're saying...the Lemonheads then instantly faded into multi-platinum obscurity. That's such a great perspective when most people have no idea the band even existed pre-1992.
If anyone bothering to read this hasn't heard t…
I'm not crazy about Michael Jackson or modern-day indie rock, but I will sing the SHIT out of some prime Manilow.
Burd, you nailed me.
I write the songs that make the whole wooooorld siiiing....
ahhhh Bullet Lavolta,their 1st 12" almost bordered on being the new Jerry`s Kids !!! Then they hit the UK with the Lemonheads & they both fell away.....those were the days lol
What gets me is people forget that punk/hardcore was NOT a private party…
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Ben Blackburn current efforts for finding a band have been fruitless
Burd, I would never accuse you of being shy about speaking your mind. And I doubt anyone would have thought me anything but a raging snob from way back. And with the anti-Manilow snobbery of the post below, we continue to have plenty in common. FTR:…
John, it didn't seem like good natured to me when I went back and looked. It reeked of pretentious snobbery. Haughtiness. The funny thing is; I'd probably step up and say something if someone was doing it to you. Incidently, there are all sorts of t…
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Wow.
Is all.
Girl, you got balls the size of church bells.
I like that.