Old-man-made, old-man-reviewed
Being a complete hack, I completely forgot I wrote this until the check came the other day. It got a nice nod here—well, I think so, though I'm not sure if Steve is accusing me of plagiarism!.
It was not pleasant to give Teenage Fanclub a bad review (as opposed to reviewing them badly, which I make no apologies for as my brother hit me in the head with a tennis racket when I was a kid and knocked whatever meager smarts I had out of me for good). God help me, I love those guys. If we ever move to Scotland I'm gonna camp outside Norman Blake's house until he lets me apologize and buy him a pint. But mother of pearl, this new album is deadly.
posted by Andrew Beaujon at 21:18
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this is just a note to remind you boys of something you likely know already.
The Magik Markers will be occurring on the East Coast "soon." July 10th at Cat's Cradle (w/ Dino Jr an' Superchunk) and July 11 at the 9:30 Club (w/ D. Jr an' Bardo Pond). i'm leaning twards the latter on account of a so-so experience with Superchunk in the early 90's (but in all fairness, they *were* on the same bill as the Boredoms and, hey, Sonic Youth risking life an' limb in an electrical storm [yes, it was on some island in Richmond]). Also: the mMarkers site claims they'll be in Richmond sometime in September / but i see no venue attached, so...
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