From: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org (jinglejangle-digest) To: jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Subject: jinglejangle-digest V5 #2 Reply-To: jinglejangle@smoe.org Sender: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jinglejangle-digest Thursday, January 3 2002 Volume 05 : Number 002 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [MLL] Book [AWeiss4338@aol.com] Re: [MLL] best albums of 2001? [K3285@aol.com] [MLL] If you want to read some of the book [AWeiss4338@aol.com] Re: [MLL] best albums of 2001? [Stefan Bloom ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 19:55:32 EST From: AWeiss4338@aol.com Subject: [MLL] Book http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D21083%2DX Is where you'll find my book Great Big Something, which mentions Mary Lou a bit. If you like what you read, buy it. I hope the price doesn't put you off, I didn't set it, but it's not unreasonable. Andrea ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:08:28 EST From: K3285@aol.com Subject: Re: [MLL] best albums of 2001? In a message dated 1/1/02 3:00:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, hansonho@home.com writes: > 2) Chantal Kreviazuk - The Orpheum > -Flawless show. The new songs are great. Chantal is *amazing*!!!! I can't wait for her new cd. Although I have to admit, I prefer her solo shows, over her shows with a band. Melissa ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 23:59:19 EST From: AWeiss4338@aol.com Subject: [MLL] If you want to read some of the book http://books.iuniverse.com/viewbooks.asp?isbn=059521083X&ori_isbn=&page=1 And if you want to buy and get an error message, do a search on the title or name and buy it from the page you get there, as in the address given earlier. Andrea ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 21:41:09 -0800 (PST) From: Stefan Bloom Subject: Re: [MLL] best albums of 2001? I'm not sure what kinda order these are in, and I'm sure there're things I'm forgetting. Oh well. Albums: 01. The Donnas, "The Donnas Turn 21" - Front to back, start to finish, balls-out (even if they are womyn) rock and roll with guitars and cowbells and the kind of sexual posturing that's gross from the boys and kinda feminist and sexy from the girls. What all guitar rock should sound like and never does. 02. Garbage, "beautifulgarbage" - Pure pop studio perfection not seen since Lindsey Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac. In 2001 they sound like giants. 03. "Josie and the Pussycats Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" - Pure Boston power pop from Kay Hanley, Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), Dave Gibbs (Gigolo Aunts), Matthew Sweet, Babyface and a shitload of guest stars. Who knew that this would be the way the '90s Boston crunchy/sweet sound would try to crash the mainstream? That the movie was SO fucked-up didn't hurt either, and DuJour's a better boy band than NSync'll ever be. So there. 04. Stephen Malkmus, "Stephen Malkmus" - Like Pavement but without the rough parts. Whether that's good or not is debatable, but goddamn is "Jenny & the Ess-Dog" a good song. 05. Helicopter Helicopter, "By Starlight" - Remember that crunchy/sweet Boston pop thing? Here's the living, breathing thing itself. Star Ghost Dog makes better records, but H2 puts on a better live show, which counts for a lot in the indie world, right? 06. Mary Lou Lord, "Live City Sounds" - All the songs you always wanted her to record, and with SUCH better sound quality than the stuff I got from Napster. 07. Ryan Adams, "Gold" - If this was an EP that ended after "When Stars Go Blue" (track 7), it'd be so far and away the best record of the year. Tracks 8 and on are all pretty much shit, though, so it loses some points. Oh well. 08. Missy Elliott, "Miss E...So Addictive" - Nothing comes close to "Get Ur Freak On" on the record, but neither did any other song this year. It's not that it doesn't sound like other hip-hop - it's that every other hip-hop record I've heard sounds like it's been building up to this. Or at least that one song. 09. "More," Vitamin C - Who knew teen pop could be a self-conscious art statement? 10. Tie - Bruce Springsteen, "Live in New York City"/Radiohead, "I Might Be Wrong" - As amazing as Bruce and Radiohead are live, and as well as these records capture the experience, live albums aren't generally much to get excited about as major artistic statements. New songs "41 Shots" and "True Love Waits" are pretty fucking exciting, though. And the other stuff holds up pretty nice too. Singles: 1. "Get Ur Freak On," Missy Elliott 2. "40 Boys in 40 Nights," The Donnas 3. "Standing Still," Jewel 4. "Working Girls (Sunlight Shines)," Pernice Brothers 5. "Jenny and the Ess-Dog," Stephen Malkmus 6. "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)," Garbage 7. "That Was Then, This is Now," Vitamin C 8. "Shapeshifter," Josie and the Pussycats 9. "New York, New York," Ryan Adams 10. "41 Shots (American Skin)," Bruce Springsteen 11. "True Love Waits," Radiohead 12. "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)," Train 13. "Crystal," New Order 14. "Ride wit Me," Nelly 15. "Half a Heart," Bill Janovitz 16. "The Straight and the Narrow," Spiritualized 17. "Last Nite," The Strokes 18. "Turn Off the Light," Nelly Furtado 19. "Glad Girls," Guided By Voices 20. "Hey Baby," No Doubt Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of jinglejangle-digest V5 #2 ********************************