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Re: random thoughts again

From: roo@brown.edu (Roo)
Date: 9 Oct 1996 05:24:20 GMT
Subject: Re: random thoughts again
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In article <009A98CF.515AD300.448@uhavax.hartford.edu>, 
billings@uhavax.hartford.edu says...
>
>I think that reading what all of you people write is so cool!  Someone asked
>about Bjork, and I must say that she is one of my favorite artists.  In the
>ROLLING STONE ENCYCLOPEDIA of ROCK, they write that Kate has influenced such
>artists as Tori Amos, Bjork, Dolores O'Riordan of Cranberries, Sinead 
O'Connor,
>and Jane Siberry.  With the exception of Jane, who I haven't heard yet, I 
have
>albums by all of these artists.  Sinead is one of my favs., so I'd like to 
know
>what you all think of her.  Another artist I like is Madonna, and I'd prefer
>not to hear a lot of insults; I'm just mentioning her because she is the only
>artist I really love that was not mentioned in the other group.  Kate, 
however,
>came before all of these women, and I fall more in love with her every day.  
I
>am doing my best to introduce my friend Sarah to her.  I taped THE KICK 
INSIDE
>for her and sent it to her via mail.  Last night she called and told me how
>much she loved it, so I'll be trying some other stuff out on her.  Another
>interesting thing is that I played several tracks from THE DREAMING for my
>friend Becka, and she really liked them.  And TD is supposed to be the one
>that is "inaccessable" to a lot of people, right?  At least that is the case
>according to what I've read.  Finally, I'd like to say that I listened to 
LION-
>HEART today and definitely think it has its moments.  Comments?  have fun
>folks,
>
>shane

Hey Shane!

Don't worry about the Madonna bit.  It's completely understandable--Bjork 
writes for her (Bedtime Story), and you like Bjork, right?

How's life at the old U. of H.?  I'm a former W. Hartford resident m'self.

Keep writing--we love new voices!

Roo (normally a lurker, but lookin' out for the newbies)
roo@brown.edu