Reply #35: oh, my I haven't been on a jury for years!

[tigereye]

No, I'm not surprised - you seem to like a lot of adult alternative stuff, and The Clash and the Ramones set the stage for a lot of that, some of which I really like. I'm a huge Ramones and Clash fan - they were just becoming big when I was a college student, and that's why I became such a big fan of both. The Clash were simply an amazing astute, clever and musically adventurous band and the Ramones played faster than anyone I had ever heard up to that point. They blew a lot of blandness right out of the water.

I have a good friend from my college years whom I have to thank for all my love of alternative musics and college radio which exposed me to all kinds of cool stuff - jazz, punk, Tuvan throat singing, Sun Ra, other alternative jazz, the Velvets, and a lot of other interestingl artists.



It's really, really hot today - odd, since it's been such a cool summer so far! :hi: