Re: Residents

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

Okay Bob. They suck (huh-huh, huh-huh). Ol' Hardy and Homer just make me
wanna puke. Can we talk about something decent now, like Jewish music?
                    Ellie Kaplan (of the Chicago Kaplans)


----- Original Message -----
From: robert wiener <wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: Residents


> EK,
>
> Now won't you tell us how you really feel about them.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel (at) earthlink(dot)net>
> To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Residents
>
>
> >There has always been something slimy and low about The Residents
> which
> >leaves a bad taste in my mouth- maybe it's a religion thing. Despite
> that, I
> >used to find them interesting musically. The album you mention is
> fairly
> >old- a takeoff on 60's pop music with the premise that hippie music
> is
> >fascist. Once upon a time this music might have meant something. The
> way I
> >feel now, though, I think The Residents really suck- their current
> output is
> >just as dreary as their attitude, and I'm too sickened to go back and
> check
> >out their older stuff again.
> >                        EK
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: robert wiener <wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com>
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:04 AM
> >Subject: Residents
> >
> >
> >> After the shooting in LA on Tuesday I imagine that we're all en
> garde
> >> about neo-Nazism and white supremacism.  Hopefully it's not the tip
> of
> >> an iceberg, but just an(other) warning of what people are capable
> of
> >> thinking and doing.
> >>
> >> It reminded me that I never asked about the following generally
> >> available album.  Again, excerpts can be heard on (most) computers:
> >>
> >> Residents : Third Reich 'N' Roll
> >> (including "Hitler Was A Vegetarian" #2)
> >>
> >>
> http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1134074121/pagename=/RP/CDN/F
> >> IND/popsearch.html
> >>
> >> Is this a "Springtime for Hitler" type spoof (I hope) or not?
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >----------------------
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> >