Ian Svenonius, I worship thee. Let me hear you say YEAH!!!

here comes the judge!!!! here comes the judge!!!!

Yo, whazzup, London? How y'all feelin'? (okay, so it's not the reverend speaking, but i love that line) At the tone, time will be time for you to synchronize your sweet watch for me...

if i weren't married Rhi, i'd ask you out on a date..........

Ha! Our shared love for squealing, swanky rockstars aside, I'm afraid I'd be too straitlaced for you....considering I've never even been drunk... We're having a baby. What we gonna name it, baby? What we gonna name it, baby? We could call it Pain! We could call it Misery! We could call it Sadness! *squeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaal*

how pretty, how pretty can you get...NOW......? well despite my vices, i don't think you would be too straight laced, you seem like the type i could drink lots of coffee with shoot the shit with or play cards with in a coffee shop for extended hours, hell, we could do that despite my marriage...but of course thats all superficial, you being there, me being here.....oh well,

Did you know....my friend L., who used to study photography, has been taking pictures with her siblings at the coffee shop she goes to, and she asked me to come with them on their next excursion. It's too bad we do live on opposite coasts, because she's the perfect model. She can capture any kind of expression on her face you ask for. A few years ago, she and I went into the field behind my house, and I took a picture of her with her head popping up among a sea of weeds. It's a b&w photo, and because of her coloring and stuff you can barely see her among the plants, and on top of that I got a single weed in the close foreground....I don't know, I thought it was a really neat picture. If I had a scanner, I'd show it to you, but alas...

do you have the new make up? I need to pick it up, i have hard most of it and it seems to rock

No, but I read a review of it saying (like all other make-up reviews) it's good but not as good as their live show. They're playing in Boston tomorrow, I think. A friend of mine is going, and he's never been to one of their shows before (neither have I, for that matter). I'll see what he thought of them.

YOU NEED TO GO. I saw him with Nation of Ulysseus way back when, he (they) fucking rocked then, they still do now, only now they are better dressed.....

I can't. I have two papers to write that are actually due tomorrow but which I'm going to write tomorrow afternoon and all this weekend. (I actually planned to do one today, but I've done *nothing* all afternoon, and I still have to read my resources.....see how bad I am? This is how I get my thrills, apparently.) Plus, Boston is like 7 hours away or something. But next time they're home in DC, I'll try to swing down and catch them.

i like nation of ulysses. have you hear holy rollers? i think the make up are from olympia, but i'm not sure.

No, I think the Make-Up are strictly DC kids. They're on Dischord and everything.

yep! they are, I got a chance to shoot the shit with them, they stayed at a friends house when they gigged in atlanta several years ago. They crashed with Ian when they visited DC as well

National of Ulysses are one of my favorite mod punk bands of all time......they fucking RAAWWWKED live...holy cow........very energetic, and now that i think of it, they were sharp dressers then too, zoot suits and chops....

hmmm, i wonder if there's a band called the makeup here or if they just play here an awful lot.

isn't K records in Olympia? How about Dub Narcotic?

yes indeed. i don't really care for dub narcotic, but i have a lot of friends that love them.

i just got a promo cd in the mail for Maktub, out of seattle. interesting stuff... different. i'm not crazy about it, but it might grow on me. you heard of them kel?

yes, they will probably grow on you. i kinda like them, they are very interesting live.

thats a new one.....for me... Maktub?

agatha, i now know why the make up may frequent olympia, after our conversation with RHi, i bought the new make up at lunch and it is on K records....i am very surprised at theri deviation from Dischord i also got a a new Fred Wesley, it's called full circle, from be bop to hip hop... its sorta of a retrospective of his work and the progress of soul, rb, jazz, blues etc......i should have checked the date, becasue it's a contemporary thing, and it's sounds just that, some talented old fucks makin music that doesn't quite pack the punch anymore......it has all kinds of guests including bootsy, but it's kinda tame,,, FUCK! swine steer me towards some of his older more hip-to shit from way back when (album titles anyway), i dunno, his older shit seemed to have the energy of youth,

Hey, Patrick, did you get the Make-up yet? For some reason, I've become obsessed with the Beatles. It started just last night. I don't have any of their albums (I sold the ones i had years ago), so i've been trying to sate my desire by finding sound clips. That sucks, though. Tomorrow, when I'm done my classes, I'm going to run to the record store and pick me up something nice. I'm thinking of "Let It Be," since I really really like "Across the Universe" and have been trying unsuccessfully to sing it to completion.

scroll up dear, indeed i did, it's really good, very mature and refined, they get to the point on this record. my favorite beatles...Rubber Soul, The Blue Album, Srgt Peppers......Rubber Soul is the best though

Whoops, sorry. "Rubber Soul" has "In My Life" on it, right? That's such a pretty song. Even their real early stuff was good...I love "If I Fell" and "Please Please Me" and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (which isn't that early, true). They're just so nice to listen to. Would you also recommend the new Make-up?

yes and it also has Michelle, which is one of my favs......yello submarine is a good one too, the b side is all classical mixes, and the a side is rock...quite rockin as a matter of fact...at least the orginal version, which I got when it was repressed on vinyl......yes i would recommend the new make up.......indeed!!!!! i scored a two volume recording of the beatles, it's their first recordings from Hamburg, these tapes were found in an abandon house or something like that, they were cleaned up as best as they could have been, i scored both volumes for $3.99 a piece......they are both gems

One of my favorites is Across the Universe,but I like just about all there songs,I have all there albums,Most of John Lennons too,I can,t stand Yoko.

Maktub played a gig very recently with Maceo Parker. that's all I need to know. sold.

I like rubber soul and revolver. I like the songs in which love goes wrong, like this one from rubber soul, an album I just got back: I'm looking through you where did you go? I thought I knew you what did I know? you don't look different but you have changed I'm looking through you you're not the same your lips are moving I cannot hear your voice is soothing but the words aren't clear you don't sound different I've learned the game I'm looking through you you're not the same why, tell me why, did you not treat me right? love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight you're thinking of me the same old way you were above me but not today the only difference is you're down there I'm looking through you and you're nowhere why, tell me why, did you not treat me right? love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight I'm looking through you where did you go? I thought I knew you what did I know? you don't look different but you have changed I'm looking through you you're not the same baby, you've changed I'm looking through you...

jesus christ. my friend in kiev still has my revolver. fuck. I really need to hear "she said." or "sexy sadie," but he has that part of the white album too.

oh, I found it! the day breaks your mind aches you find that all her words of kindness linger on when she no longer needs you she wakes up she makes up she takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry she no longer needs you and in her eyes you see nothing no sign of love behind the tears cried for no one a love that should have lasted years she want her you need her and yet you don't believe her when she says her love is dead, you think she needs you and in her eyes you see nothing no sign of love behind the tears cried for no one a love that should have lasted years you stay home she goes out she says that long ago she knew someone but now he's gone, she doesn't need him the day breaks your mind aches there will be times when all the things she said will fill your head, you won't forget her and in her eyes you see nothing no sign of love behind the tears cried for no one a love that should have lasted years

those are great tunes, they are now virtually spinning in my head despite mattress commercials and the click click of keyboards, thansk for that

Maktub's promoter keeps contacting me. apparently they also played with Zap Mamma (hi martin) and they have the #1 soul song at mp3.com right now. dang.

why is maktub's promoter contacting you? they've got a nice acid free form/brand new heavies-esque thing going on. hard to believe they're from seattle. (since when does seattle have an acidjazz scene?) black thought and ?uestlove do production on a couple tracks off the new zap mama joint. i still haven't decided whether to see them at LIFE for y2k, or to go check out maceo at irving plaza. i gotta get decisive soon or else i'll be spending new year's on a street corner with a bottle of boone's.

after the promoter sent me their CD, i offered to run Maktub as the New Groove of the Month feature at the music website i work for. the one i was telling you about last night. we're working on details to do an interview and maybe i'll get flown out to a show. working for a music zine has some advantages.

Patrick, what's the new Make-up called again? I looked for it today, but all that was there was "After Dark" and "Destination: Love" (and I was too chicken to go into the little store next door where the people are all mean and cooler-than-thou). I got instead the new Morphine album, "The Night," and the Gunga Din's "Glitterati." I haven't heard the Gunga Din yet, but I'm listening to the Morphine now. The first track, also called "The Night," is very beautiful and sad. You can hear a clip of it here. I must say, though, the album's not what I expected. Many of the songs are very...experimental, shall we say. Not your average Morphine songs. "Rope on Fire" is the best of these new-styled songs...it's got a Spanish feel to it...there's even an accoustic guitar on it. It's pretty and neat. The others I'm going to have to let grow on me.

You're the night, Lilah A little girl lost in the woods You're a folk tale The unexplainable You're a bedtime story The one that keeps the curtains closed And I hope you're waiting for me 'Cause I can't make it on my own I can't make it on my own It's too dark to see the landmarks And I don't want your good luck charms I hope you're waiting for me Across your carpet of stars You're the night, Lilah You're everything that we can't see Lilah, you're the possibility You're a bedtime story The one that keeps the curtains closed And I hope you're waiting for me 'Cause I can't make it on my own Unknown, the unlit world of old You're the sounds I never heard before Off the map where the wild things grow Another world outside my door Here I stand, I'm all alone Drive me down the pitch black road Lilah, you're my only home And I can't make it on my own You're a bedtime story The one that keeps the curtains closed And I hope you're waiting for me 'Cause I can't make it on my own I can't make it on my own. --M. Sandman Poor man. This song is like "Candy" from "Cure for Pain"....reality gives it a sad twist and makes you cry when you hear it. Please. Do yourselves a favor and get this album. It is so good. We have slow, sad songs like the one above...faster, swinging songs that make you want to dance like a stripper....weird, slow, sultry, scary songs...and songs that are just indescribable. Most of them take some time to get used to, but once you do, man...you're sold.

Hear much better quality soundclips here.

sold me. I've been in the mood for something like that lately. I think I will pick it up when I go out to fetch the new Yo La Tengo disc.

Yay!! Tell me what you think of it when you get it, ok?

Will do. I'll probably get it when igo out to pick up my car.

Good luck on the car purchase. And remember: please listen to the album several times before making any conclusions. I only liked 3 songs on the first listen.