Things that exist

[J. Peter Alfke <alfke@csvax.caltech.edu>]

[1] Woodentops, the Palace (H'wood) 13 November
	Yah, it was great.  Even more frenetic than the pre-Giant studio
	stuff.  Quite a different perspective; the thrash-speed version
	of "Love Train" and the Stones version of "Love Affair With
	Everyday Livin'".  And on a similar subject, I have now seen the
	CD of Giant, but at $20.99 I passed it up.  Gah.

[2] The Mighty Lemon Drops, "Happy Head"
	Mentioned this last week on net.muzak, and still don't have time
	to really do a coherent review, but there's a lot of early-Bunnymen
	influence as well as an overall sixties-garage-pop sound.  But
	that still doesn't really describe it.  Play this record.

[3] The Soft Boys
	Borrowed some Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock from a friend, and have
	started to listen.  "Underwater Moonlight" is just the grooviest
	thing!  "Black Snake Diamond Role" is pretty good too, but missing
	(for the most part) the harmonies and grindy guitar of the Soft Boys.
	Still like it a lot.

[4] A Flock of Seagulls
	Oh yeah, them.  Got their first album at my then-girlfriend's
	insistence, and liked it.  Course, this was back when I was just
	discovering that there was music beyond fusion and AOR.  Every
	once in a while I pull the album out and play it; mostly for that
	nostalgic feeling, but hey, it's fun pop and has some catchy
	melodies and isn't too reprehensible (unlike their succeeding
	albums which I have never touched even with a twenty-foot pole).

[5] Cabaret Voltaire "Crackdown" 12"
	Found it at last!  Eight and a half minutes of sonic gnarliness,
	even if the tippy-tappy percussion has been partly eclipsed by
	a more conventional beat.

[6] Kate Bush, "Experiment 4"
	Friend bought it and played it on my stereo.  Right speaker was
	out (still haven't fixed this).  Sounded good.  Really good.
	For a pop song.  Why is it the greatest thing in the world?
	Haven't these people heard "I Wanna Destroy You" (see #2)??
	Or "Talk About the Weather"?  Or the live version of "Set The
	Controls For the Heart of the Sun"?  Or "Shallow Then Halo"?
	Or "Get Out of My House" or "Under Ice" or ...........

[7] Hofmann & Wicinski & Trowbridge
	Oh shut up.  Or at least talk about something worthwhile.
	(Or just continue, this ranting is actually fun to read.
	 For a while.)

						--Peter Alfke
						  alfke@csvax.caltech.edu
"Please don't call me Reg		(someone somewhere
 It's not my name"				cracks DOWN)