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LEEMail
Please allow me to
introduce myself.
 Clive
Davis may be the devil, considering this whole Santana thing, but
he ain't gonna be able to do it again with Prince. No wait,
Prince just produced the record. The record's from The
Artist. And not the one formerly known as Prince.
Although that's him, too. Or was him. Or whatever.
Anyway, "Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic" [Arista/NPG]
is crap. Boring, boring, boring. Jesus. I mean
boring. Of course, it's not quite as boring as the Warner
Brothers release that appeared out of nowhere a few months ago -
"The Vault...Old Friends 4 Sale". Lemme get this
straight: Prince was mad at WB because they didn't want to release
and/or promote the stuff he was doing in the late 80's/early 90's?
Did he listen to any of it after he recorded it? He should
thank WB for NOT putting that shit out, and tarnishing what was
(at one time...oh, let's say through "Lovesexy" to be
GENEROUS) a stellar catalog. Anyway, did I say that the new
record is lousy? It is.
Favorite Song Of All Time This Week©: "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad" - Prince
You want a good
record? Pick up Esquivel's 'See It In Sound' [House Of
Hits/BMG Special Products]. This work (originally rejected
by RCA in 1961 for being too "strange") has finally seen
the light of day, and I've got 4 words fer ya: Go To The
Light! This is truly lounge at it's best. A strange,
yet intriguing mix of sound effects and music (LONG before it was
cool) - these 11 tracks are pure Esquivel. A (nearly) 40
year old record that sounds more sonic than many released in the
last 4 years. The only thing it doesn't do for you is
skewer the olives. Magnificent.
Happy Birthday To
Thee From LEE This Week©:
11/05/31
Ike Turner
11/05/41
Art Garfunkel
11/05/46
Gram Parsons
11/05/47
Peter Noone
11/07/42
Johnny Rivers
11/07/43
Joni Mitchell
11/08/46
Roy Wood
11/08/54
Rickie Lee Jones
11/11/46
Chris Dreja
Favorite Album Of
All Time This Week©: 'Roger The Engineer' - The Yardbirds
Has anyone tried,
let alone dropped a chalupa yet?
HistoricalLEE
Speaking This Week©
11/06/68
The Monkees' 'Head' premieres
LEE On DVD This
Week©: The Blair Witch Project [Artisan] I didn't see
'Pulp Fiction' until it was available on video, and I remember
thinking "this can't be as good as everyone has said it
is..." Well, it was. Better - in fact.
Welcome to 'The Blair Witch Project', truly one of the most
riveting and inspiring films I've seen in a long time. Not
since Larry Clark's (exceptional) 'Kids' have I seen a film with
performances so engrossing and "real" perfectly coupled
with a concept & presentation so imaginative. Hey,
you're either going to buy it, or you won't. If not - admit
that, but acknowledge the work. Sure, it would have been stronger
at 70 minutes, but the pros definitely outweigh the cons in this
film. 'The BWP' makes eyecandy crap movies like 'The Matrix'
glisten like the steaming piles of maggot infested shit that they
are. Fuck Sandler, his unfunny movies and his $20 million
paycheck, give me a nation of 'Blair Witch Projects' instead.
(In fact, if you divide $30,000 into $20 million - you get
666.666...) Oh yeah, the DVD itself is one of the finest
I've seen yet. Great interactive menus, and loads of extras.
The success of films like this almost restores my faith in
humanity. Now if the millions of folks who saw this gem
would only recognize the shit they see, like "The Wedding
Singer", for what it is - which is shit. Or should I
say, witch's shit.
Question Of The
Week©: Name the record at which a beloved artist of yours
had its final hurrah (but kept on going, much to your dismay.)
btw...in response
to last week's question:
©1999 Lee M.
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