From eric hill Sent Fri, Aug 21st 1998, 17:38
From eric hill Sent Fri, Aug 21st 1998, 17:38
> bent crayon, the place where i get all my records, has been > getting all the cheap, uptight & mego stuffs. in fact i just > listened to the sluta leta 12"s on cheap and uptight there > on wednesday afternoon. feel free to e-mail them at > xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx if you're interested in those > 12"s... the thing about bent crayon is that they have so much stock. there's never going to be a chance for them to institute something as useful as online listening if they're composing weekly mailings of 200+ releases _with_ reviews. cheap has put out some records that i wouldn't take for free, so while certain records are indispensible on cheap, they're really a hit and miss label and i wouldn't buy anything sound-unheard from a lot of these labels. unless i know the artist/release well in advance (e.g. something i've been waiting for, like andrea parker's "ballbreaker"), i won't buy it without hearing it first, and even realaudio is better than listening over the phone. > supposedly there will be a short rancho relaxo allstars tour > here in the states in september. in case you don't know, > rancho relaxo allstars are abe duque, dietrich schoenman, > khan, mika vanio (panasonic), patrick pulsinger and a > few others. one for the boomboomboom heads, i suppose. eric onnow: future 3 : we are the (april)