jeff:
>Rude Patrol? The Bird Dogs? (with Byron McKay).

well, rude patrol was the one fer sure. idunno where i got the idea that
there was a dog in there somewhere. woof.

i didn't know about scott davison and jimmy jonez. you'll have to enlighten me.
that mighta been pretty good.

>Was me. So sue me. Actually, please don't.

well, i won't. coz, like grady was just reading gerfarb on let's active, i'd
just been reading lisa carver saying each person in my generation just wanted
to be a beatle but each person in her generation each just wanted to be the
most alienated person on the planet.

>Still better than saying "drummer who plays guitar" or worse "his dad was
>Taylor the Blue Mutt".

idunno. about the same to me. the beatles comparisons just dates us, that's
all. i mean, it's a description of absolutely no potency anymore, or really,
ever. it's like saying nate is to shakespeare as alec is to milton. it's
the kinda stuff one reads on these self-aggrandizing band web pages that
just, more than anything, makes it clear that the band thinks overly highly
of itself and thus probably hasn't the critical discernment to pen a decent
tune.

anyway, what i'm saying is, if you wanna quote something in the hopes that
it will inspire people to actually come see something, then something more,
uh, seemingly -present- might do. hire nate or ross; they're good at that.
well, don't hire nate; he'll just compare him to prince.

however, if you want to make a boomer artist feel good about himself, by
all means, compare him to a beatle.

sorry. just wondering.

>I was quoting Spectator from the early 80's. Not
sure but it could have been Madejczyk, but more likely Cheshire,

after bo dissed and i defended godfrey last week, i was reading the review of
_the people vs. larry flint_ in _the spectator_. and it opened with the usual
several paragraphs of subtle reminders that, yes, cheshire is the only
non-new yorker elected to the new york critics circle. and then the rest of the
review touched lightly on the film's flawed treatment of pornography. and i
finished reading it and thought, well, that's, uh, -nice-.

then i read gloria steinem's review of the same film this morning. she
picked up the same thread cheshire was kinda meek on and just buried any
allegedly innocent premises or intentions for the film.

anyway, she did some really great art reporting. it was thoroughly political.
and it was in a newspaper. on the op/ed page, no less. where it fit very well.

>or Parthenon Huxley when he was still called Rick Miller.

which was before he was called rick rock to distinguish himself from
rick miller of scots. buddha buddha.

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