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Why are you the only person that has a problem understanding me?I`ve been here 3 weeks and no one else told me they can`t follow what I said.
I heard your music the other day and commented.

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Here`s part 2 of "Smokin J" by James Rotondi
from Guitar Player Oct 94:

"Deep Purple" shrugs J"We had this Purple compilation video that we watched every day.
`Child In Time`-that`s awesome." (Don`t mistake J`s Purple fixation for Blackmore worship,though.)"Actually Blackmore was never
the focus for me," (He says,offering drummer Ian Paice and singer Ian Gillian as his chief concerns.)"I could never be sure if Blackmore was totally wanking or not.I mean I`m into him,and Purple still don`t get the credit that Sabbath or Zeppelin do."
(Credit for Mascis `musicianship goes back to Paice and Bonham,the twin drum gods of 70`s heavy metal,who inspired the central Massachusetts native-now 28-to pick up the sticks long before he wielded an ax.In fact,J is considering asking Paice to join his band in light of drummer Murph`s departure.In the meantime,as on 1991`s Green Mind,J anchors the beat on Without A Sound,exposing a keen percussive sense that is virtually inseparable from his thick,rhythmically solid approach to guitar-a notion that strikes J as odd.)

I like to know if you are reading this,even just a one sentence post.I`m not a typing pro,in high school I got 10 as a final mark in typing!
so it takes me longer than someone who is good at it.

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Jeremiah and Mattman are right;go see them!
I did`nt give a long post last night because I was busy,I hope you checked out the video I mentioned at rollingstone.com;if you could`nt find it there(I did`nt),do what I did;go to listen.com and type in MOA and click on the video and that will link you to RS.com
As Mattman said there stage show is awesome,very elaborate;I heard last year they`re touring stage prop is a giant brain!
also check out their website;astroman.com

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Do you want me to post up all interviews with J?remember J does`nt say too much so I`m just choosing interesting bits.

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They`re wicked!they play astro surf music,surf guitar instrumental stuff,ther`s some live material in saturnine`s ftp,which is`nt working for me.check out rollingstone.com for one of their videos-`theme from Eeviac`which is way cool.

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That movie`s on tv too much.
Hey ELJ,check out mix tapes/mp3`s in open topic,I mentioned some pumpkins info for you and other fans.

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That movie`s on tv too much.
Hey ELJ,check out mix tapes/mp3`s in open topic,I mentioned some pumpkins info for you and other fans.

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I hope some people mention some of their first music,whether it`s a madonna tape or a duran duran record.Don`t be embarressed!

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First Vinyl:no idea,I was like 3 years old and into records,alot of disco(this was the 70`s of coarse)
First tape [img]images/smiles/converted/biggrin.gif[/img]ire Straits-Brothers In Arms
First CD:Genesis-Selling England By The Pound

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I`d thought I`d mention more fav albums:
Jawbox-Novelty
Mary Lou Lord-Got No Shadow(On the song `western union desperate` She quotes the final line in `freakscene`-"when I need a friend it`s still you")
Afghan Whigs-Gentlemen
Pixies-Surfer Rosa
Superchunk-Tossing Seeds

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Here`s a interview in it`s entirety from Guitar Player Oct 94 [img]images/smiles/converted/tongue.gif[/img]art 1
"Smokin J"by James Rotondi
The quotes will be J,the brackets will be James

"Okay",(croaks J Mascis defeatedly.)"I`ll take the Whispering Heaven."
(Mascis rolls his eyes skyward;he asked the waiter for regular,old-fashioned iced tea,but instead had to choose between Passion Paradise,Strawberry Sojourn,and Whispering Heaven.It`s the curse of the post-modern world-or maybe it`s just Manhattan-but what`s wrong with the classics?Why do we always have to get arty with a perfectly good thing?)
(J`s an old-fashioned guy.Though his nine-year-old band Dinosaur jr. is a key inspiration to scads of artier,more self-conscious noise-pop outfits like Teenage Fanclub,Swervedriver,
Eugenius,and Overwhelming Colorfast.)
(J staunchly lives up to his band`s name,trusting in the time-honored,not the trendy.He wears beige corduroys and big ol`aviator sunglasses without a trace of self-consciousness or irony,defying every twenty-something fashion maxim.He does`nt like doing interviews unless they`re for guitar magazines,
because he can`t stand the probing,the contrived intellectualizing,or the abuse.)
"This German writer says to me`i get better interviews if I challenge my subject.You`re a filthy piece of shit,a relic from a dead era!What do you think of that?!`(He champions the damned Big Muff.So what,the art geeks line up to ask,was this seminal"alternative" artiste`s key aesthetic inspiration for Without A Sound,his fifth,most mature,and problably best record?)

Tommorow you can find out who it is.

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That lineup was the coolest,I`m sorry Watt and george but the original trio was awesome.
I think they equal to Husker Du and The Minitemen in terms of great power trios of the 80`s.
I hope Lou someday will reunite with J,even for one show,but I don`t think that will happen.Murph problably would.

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Here`s some more interview bits with J.
This is from Guitar World-Dec.95:
This is J talking about what guitarists inspired him:
"I was really into Mick Taylor,because he was so melodic,Keith Richards,and Greg Sage from the Wipers.Greg Sage was totally underated everyone should check him out.I ripped off a lot of stuff from him.Somehow,by combining those influences I tried to get my own style."

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A note to you Pumpkin fans,have you ever heard of Shudder to Think?They have this movie soundtrack called "first love last rights"
it features different singers singing their tunes including Billy Corgan.You might want to look for this cd,it`s under Shudder to Think`s name.
Another Pumpkin apperence was with Red Red Meat on Sweet Relief 2:songs of Vic Chesnutt
this is from 96,it has the Pumpkins teaming up with RRM on Vic`s song "sad peter pan".
Anyway back to topic,here`s some more songs I been listening to:
Richard Buckner-Hand @ the hem
Don Cabbalero-Room temprature lounge
Caddallaca-Two beers later
Rachel`s-Kentucky Nocturne
Panoploy academy Glee club-Nar Nar
Guided By Voices-Tight Globes
Lullaby for the working class-Spreading the evening sky…
My Morning jacket-The way that he sings
Mountain Goats-Family Happiness
Mary Lou Lord-Camden Town Rain
Blonde Redhead-Bipolar
Arcwelder-Captain Allen
June Of 44-Cardiac Atlas
Mogwai-Small Children in the background

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Thanks for telling me,dfkgurl.

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