>...on this.
>
>>let me also add, that some
>>people who you think are
>>obvious influences for musicians are
>>NOT....
>
>Wish I'd had this quote a
>month ago when you were
>like "F*** the Rolling Stones!
> F*** Barbershop! F***
>Klezmer! Long Live Chuck
>Berry!" (with his appalachian country
>ass music) :-)

stop exaggerating, man. I know you're joking, but I didn't say anything close to that.

Unwritten rule of Internet posting: don't bring issues from old threads into unrelated threads...

(you could have started a new thread in The Lesson on influences, though, linking to my post here...just a suggestion)

Thoughtfully yours,

Spirit

http://mp3.washingtonpost.com/bands/in_shallah.shtml
Check out my hip-hop brethren In Shallah
(Arabic for "God's will"); b-boy
conscious soul music for the world to
uprock to...

Imagine if Aceyalone was the
frontman for The Doors and you have
Miscellaneous Flux. Their four song
debut EP is on sale now. Want to hear an
MP3 to taste a sample? E-mail
alanpage@starpower.net

(I said Ghostface before, but I think
Aceyalone is a better comparison...maybe
the delivery of Ghost and the lyrics of
Acey...ah, hell, just listen)

"the world may seem to cause you pain.
and yet the world, as causeless, has no
power to cause. as an effect, it cannot
make effects. as an illusion, it is what
you wish" denis johnson, "already dead"