Is Brett here yet?

marky · Post by **marky** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 4:49 pm

Hey McC/all...
Haven't had a chance to read all of what's been posted this week, though I skimmed over and chuckled at some Tommy posts. I have to go to class here in a second.
I wanted to let you know McC that I had a grand time over at your place last Sat. - you really had a most fascinating hodgepodge of records. I looked up Lee Michaels and Ian (Iain?) Matthews...apparently the latter had some connection with Fairport Convention...I'd love to hear more of your records.
Is Brett in town yet? Let me know.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:27 pm

I haven't heard from the Canuck. I'll call you though as soon as I know. So far nothing is planned.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:32 pm

What did it say about Lee Michaels besides the nice hair?

Post by **mccutcheon** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:36 pm

http://www.geocities.com/maddog_b3/

hey slothers or rabbit can you put up that picture of Lee Michaels pretty please. I don't know how to do it.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:38 pm

Lee Michaels
Born : Nov 24, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA

One of the most interesting second-division California psychedelic musicians, keyboardist
Lee Michaels was one of the most soulful White vocalists of the late '60s and early '70s. Between 1968 and 1972, he released half a dozen accomplished albums on A&M that encompassed baroque psychedelic pop and gritty White, sometimes gospelish R&B with equal facility. A capable songwriter, Michaels was blessed with an astonishing upper range, occasionally letting loose some thrilling funky wails. In 1971, he landed a surprise Top Ten single with "Do You Know What I Mean," one of the best and funkiest AM hits of the early '70s.

But Michaels was really much more of an album-oriented artist, from the time he began recording in the late '60s. Michaels started playing music in Southern California, where he was in a band with
future members of Moby Grape, the Turtles, and Canned Heat. By the time he signed to A&M,
however, he'd moved to San Francisco, joining the management stable of Matthew Katz (which also included, at various times, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, and It's a Beautiful Day). Michaels was unusual for a San Francisco act in that he relied mostly on an organ-based sound, especially after the first pair of albums, when for a time he played, live and in the studio, with the mammoth drummer"Frosty" as his only accompanist.

"Do You Know What I Mean," ironically, was a throwaway tune that Michaels wrote hurriedly.
Though Lee himself didn't think much of it, the song was a first-rate blast of White boy soul; around this time, the gospel influence that had often informed his sound come to the fore. His albums in the mid-'70s for Columbia, however, were both critical and commercial disappointments. Michaels moved to Hawaii for an extended retirement from the music business; aside from a self-released album in the early '80s, little's been heard from him since.
-- Richie Unterberger, All-MusicGuide

Post by **Sloth** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 9:48 pm

Mc, you can't do that with a Geocities image.

Put down that bottle and get with the program here.

marky · Post by **marky** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:53 pm

Well, of course all this is for nought because I haven't even heard Lee Michaels yet. I'll see if it's possible to download something here in a minute.

McC, do you have anything by Chic? I don't, but a lot of people have really raved about that band over the years, you know what I mean? Debbie Harry made her first solo album with Bernard & Nile from Chic. I don't have it, but I also don't have the last Blondie album The Hunter ('82) either, as both albums seem to been universally hated.
Rather than getting either of them, I might just decide to do a proper investigation of The Ramones soon instead. I did get the ultimate Blondie book though, called Making Tracks. I think Debbie wrote the whole thing. It has a lot of pictures, and a lot of stuff about other bands and interesting creative people they associated with. You should see the cover, she looks as cute as a button.

Went to the liquor store today, and to my surprise they finally had coffee flavored brandy this time! (oh okay...just to piss Myke off...FLAVOURED) I haven't had that stuff since I moved here from Dallas 5 years ago. Add milk and it's like a sweet latte, only you get drunk at the same time. I love it.

marky · Post by **marky** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 11:04 pm

Also, Sloth, perhaps we need to have a talk about pictures. When I tried to post the Bush T-shirt pic, I just did the same thing you told me to do awhile back, pushed the Img button, typed in the URL, then typed [Img] again. All I got was the rectangle with the red 'x' in the middle.

marky · Post by **marky** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 1:26 pm

Hey I think I figured out what I did wrong. I didn't have a slash in my last [Img].

How come these font buttons don't work, though? I tried to do a different font color and font size.

Let's see if it works this time:

Does this look different?

marky · Post by **marky** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 1:28 pm

Maybe you're supposed to type in the middle.Is this big enough?

marky · Post by **marky** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 1:30 pm

We're all doomed.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 5:30 pm

Not doomed, but I was stranded in west Seattle yesterday and all night without my cell phone. How I got there is another story. But I did see Robyn Hitchcock for free at Easy Street records, a store so cool it should be in a movie.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 7:20 pm

if anybody is interested the Kangaroo and Kiwi is showing the England France rugby world cup game tonight at 1am. It will be a full house and a good atmos. The french community will be dicing with death as a gang of English scum gets lagered upand surly in the name of sport. Should be a good time.