Michael Koss wrote:
>
> A good article and a bad article......the t-shirt idea in the first article is
> way cool.  i will write some comments on both shows as well as provide the set
> list for charlotte, which was very similar for columbia,  in the next day or
> two.
>
> michael
>
> The Free Times (Columbia, SC )  February 2-8, 2000
> http://www.free-times.com/music.html
>
> Southern Pop Pops Back Up
>
> The Connells, Mayflies USA
> Elbow Room, Saturday February 5
>
> by Kevin Oliver
>
> Few places in the country have been as fertile for burgeoning pop geniuses as
> Eastern North Carolina, a region that during the 1980s nurtured (among others)
> Let?s Active?s Mitch Easter, The dB?s (which featured Peter Holsapple and Chris
> Stamey), and The Connells. That pure pop spirit has taken a back seat to the
> alt-country crowd in recent years, but signs are good that it hasn?t gone away.
> Exhibit A is The Connells, still plugging away despite recent setbacks. Exhibit
> B just might be Mayflies USA, whose new album was produced by Chris Stamey in a
> sort of passing the torch of the pop flame.
>
> In the annals of Southeastern rock bands, few have lasted as long as Raleigh?s
> Connells. Since their formation in 1984 by brothers Mike and David Connell, they
> have released a string of consistently hummable pop-rock albums. The group?s
> fans have been cult-like supporters from the start. My most vivid memory of a
> Connells show was at Greenstreets in the late 80s when two audience members
> showed up in white T-shirts with the respective phrases ?It?s You,? and ?I
> Swear,?  printed on them. It was an adulatory reference to the chorus of
> ?Scotty?s Lament,? from 1987?s Boylan Heights (TVT), a stylistic high point and
> perhaps The Connells? best-loved album.
>
> In the 1990s the group found more success in England and Europe than here in
> America, but continued to tour and record for TVT until this year, when they
> were finally dropped from the label. Regardless of commercial success, The
> Connells have made an impact on the pop music of the Carolinas simply through
> longevity.
>
> If the title of The Mayflies USA?s new CD, Summertown, brings to mind one of
> 1999?s most critically-acclaimed albums--Wilco?s Summerteeth (Reprise)--rest
> assured that the similarities are more than superficial. The Chapel Hill
> residents, like Tweedy and Co.?s recent effort, sculpt their three-minute
> bittersweet sugar pop in the classic mold of Big Star and The Beach Boys. The
> full length debut CD, just out on the homegrown Tarheel label Yep Roc (following
> a self-released EP in 1997), reveals a young group with a grasp on the elder pop
> statesmen like Brian Wilson and Alex Chilton. What makes them special is an
> ability to update the sound that could draw favorable comparisons to a slew of
> like-minded groups such as The La?s, High Llamas, Matthew Sweet, Superdrag, or
> Teenage Fanclub--and yes, probably Wilco.
>
> Creative Loafing - Charlotte, NC   Feb 5, 2000
> http://www.creativeloafing.com/charlotte/newsstand/current/mmenu.htm
>
> The Connells   If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. The Raleigh-based
> jangle-pop outfit that is the Connells were formed way back in the spring of
> 1984 by guitarist Mike Connell and his brother David, who played bass. The group
> reached a popular pinnacle of sorts with "Stone Cold Yesterday," a moderate pop
> hit back in 1990, then returned to popular acclaim in 1998 with the album Still
> Life, which might have been better titled "stillborn." The band was never a
> juggernaut of musical energy, but newer songs sound more flaccid than ever,
> despite admirably hooky songwriting. Which is not to say you have to play your
> whole life like you did when you were 19, just that you should play the music
> you feel and not what you think people want to hear (usually, they don't even
> know themselves). That said, they're still better than 80 percent of the bands
> on alternative radio today. The real star of this bill would be the Mayflies
> USA, previewed separately. Also at Tremont tonight: Bucket Party, featuring the
> Alternative Champs. Friday, Tremont Music Hall. -- TD
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Michael

You have the wrong person

please don't send me any more mail

Thanks

Nick Kearney

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