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Senator LooGAR
 Post subject: Grant Lee Phillips nineteeneighties
PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 12:57 pm 
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http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 1uak3kdm3l

Playing "Wave of Mutiliation" on KEXP right now.

Sounds pretty fucking qual.

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loved grant lee buffalo and his solo stuff!

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Seriously, that dude is one of my favourites.
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Was just thinking of him the other day and considered starting a thread about great underachievers. GLB was so excellent. His solo stuff is a little spotty.
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Don't know anything about it.

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Am I right in predicting his take on "Under the Milky Way" is going to be absolutely gorgeous?

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Am I right in predicting his take on "Under the Milky Way" is going to be absolutely gorgeous?


the wave of mutilation cover I heard was REAL NICE. I'd be happy to hear this whole thing

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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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GLP made some interesting choices for a covers album. Is this thing full band, or is it just GLP in his bedroom?

<---- got my hopes up
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GLP made some interesting choices for a covers album. Is this thing full band, or is it just GLP in his bedroom?

<---- got my hopes up


Sounded like him alone...very nice amient acoustic sound.

Can't Timis grab this for us ;)

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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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Ive looked for it to no avail. Im anticipating it.
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ok....i just now saw this thread. first off - grant lee - AWESOME, HUGE FAN esp with the GLB albums.

PM ME IF YOU WANT THIS ALBUM

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I gotta get this later

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ugh. i can predict songs from this album being used in the opening credits of whatever the next O.C. is going to be.

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ugh. i can predict songs from this album being used in the opening credits of whatever the next O.C. is going to be.


fek...aint DAT da troof

i did like the ryan adams cover of wonderwall though

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Thanks, Timis.
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