From: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org (jinglejangle-digest) To: jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Subject: jinglejangle-digest V6 #64 Reply-To: jinglejangle@smoe.org Sender: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jinglejangle-digest Saturday, November 15 2003 Volume 06 : Number 064 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [MLL] Kurt's Diaries [Recordings@aol.com] [MLL] "baby blue" [Carsten Wohlfeld ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:49:21 -0500 From: Recordings@aol.com Subject: [MLL] Kurt's Diaries I just picked up the Kurt Cobain Journals. Fascinating. I am not comparing myself to Kurt (God no!) but it's eerie: he used the exact same kind of red "Mead" notebooks that I did for my journals, and he only prints, which I also do. Like him, I used these notebooks for diaries, drawings, song lyrics, letters, and worldly plans. With the computer age (and old age), new notebooks are mostly extinct, but I sure miss doing them. Kurt comes off incredibly intelligent and self-aware, and for someone who couldn't live with fame, he sure made an intense effort to BECOME famous (though actually putting out a full-length album may have been as far ahead as he dared imagine.) I would love to see him now in an age when literally ANYONE can make a CD. Dino ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:07:01 +0100 From: Carsten Wohlfeld Subject: [MLL] "baby blue" hey there, i'm listening to "baby blue" right now and while i won't have time to post a detailed review until next week, my first impression is that the album sounds less "bevis-frond-ish" than i would have imagined. the actual covers sound a lot like nick, but a lot of the songs he has written especially for mary lou wouldn't have been out of place on "got no shadow" either. somewhat surprisingly, mary lou's sole composition "long way from tupelo" seems to be the strongest track on the album (along with "someone always talks"). the only track i don't like at all so far (though that might change) is the title track. i like the song, i like badfinger's version, but mary lou just doesn't seem to add a whole lot to it. "fearless", the pink floyd track on the other hand is probably the weirdest thing she has ever recorded, but it's pretty good. about 1/3 of the album has a strong country and almost bluegrass influence, and i'm wondering if that side would've come out more if it wouldn't have been nick writing and producing?! all in all a fine album, although probably not one that will find her tons of new fans. more later! carsten - -- http://carstenwohlfeld.com http://carstenwohlfeld.de "i leave you all of my carparts. i didn't have the money or i would have gotten roses" ~ the long winters ------------------------------ End of jinglejangle-digest V6 #64 *********************************