> grady wrote:
> > 
> > If we didn't all know about Polycarp I'd say that their CD is one of the
> > best come-from-nowhere records I've heard in years, period, local or
> > not. But they didn't come from nowhere. I wonder how it has struck those
> > folks who *didn't* know they existed before?
> 
the Todd sez:
> I'd guess they wouldn't know what to make of it at all; it's kind of a 
> schizophrenic record (yes, that's a compliment). Loungey noise? Avant pop 
> electronics? How would you describe it, Ross? I agree, though, that it's  
> one of my fave records of the year, and not just because I'm wearing the 
> guitarist's old pants right now.
>  

I always call it "Lounge Terrorist Stylings".

or as SilverGal says:
	"This music is damaging my genes."

In such a good way...

....and not just because Rich controls my connection to the Internet.

Todd Again:
> 
> (Semi-colon, I 
> think, were supposed to play, too, but couldn't, for some reason. Has anyone 
> seen them? I talked to the cello player, and he told me they're doing 
> acoustic covers of Kraftwerk tunes now, and had done some odd experimental 
> stuff (typewriters, etc.) in the past. Sounded neat; I'll put them on my 
> list).

The Balanescu Quartet has a CD of cellos and violas playing Kraftwerk covers.
Pocket Calculator. Yikes.

I, btw, am all for Kraftwerk, but don't understand how anyone takes Can
seriously. 
-- 
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All the rest are games." ---Ernest Hemingway
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