Papas Fritas -- any news?

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:38 am

Their site hasn't been updates since 2003, when they had their last release -- a "best of" compilation.
No news of a break up and their site is still up, but no news of any tours or new releases either.
Anybody know anything about this wonderful band?

Have they broken up?
Are they releasing another album?

What the hell?

Gordo · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:09 pm

Did a quick search, Todd, and came up with this:

Her band, which broke up two years ago, released three CDs and had one of their songs played in a TV commercial. Shivika is now a freelance Web developer in Boston

So I guess they are done. Good band, though, and they formed at my school (Tufts)

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:12 pm

Bummer.
Listened to Buildings and Grounds today and I love that record.

Oh well.
Thanks for the info, Gordo.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:17 pm

Oh, just gotta say that they had the best male/female vocal duo this side of Gram and Emmylou. Awesome chemistry... every bit as good as X or Richard and Linda Thompson.

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I think we now know what happened to the hyperbole power that FT, MF removed from his obner utility belt

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:46 pm

billy g Wrote:

I think we now know what happened to the hyperbole power that FT, MF removed from his obner utility belt

Silly mortal... I have always been CAPTAIN HYPERBOLE!!! -- The greatest hero that has ever lived on amy planet, anywhere!!!! And the greatest there ever WILL be!!!!!!!!!!!
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i think i found my new avatar

shmoo · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:04 pm

I liked them since their first album. I remember seeing them at TT the Bears' and one of the opening bands, Solar Saturday, also had Shiv drum for them but "in disguise" with a pink wig.

HideousLump · **Posted:** Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:48 am

Tony Goddess wrote and plays on at least one song (called "Private Line") on Bleu's attempted-Wilburys-esque L.E.O. project, the thread for which you must have missed or I'm sure you woulda chimed in on its potential awesomeness. (Though it may be too Jeff Lynne-y for your tastes. It's realllllly Jeff Lynne-y.)

Did you know Tony Goddess cowrote Guster's "Amsterdam"? I wonder if he earned more from that than the Dentyne commercial.

I imagine we'll see a Tony Goddess solo project before we see another Papas Fritas disc. By the way, Todd--if you don't own that "greatest hits" (Pop Has Freed Us), you should. At least half of it is rarities and b-sides. It's yummy.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:50 am

HideousLump Wrote:

I imagine we'll see a Tony Goddess solo project before we see another Papas Fritas disc. By the way, Todd--if you don't own that "greatest hits" (Pop Has Freed Us), you should. At least half of it is rarities and b-sides. It's yummy.

I have considered it, but will now do so even more seriously, as I was not aware of tbe B-side/rarity factor. Thanks for the heads-up!

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