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Yes that MU-ziq (or Jake Slazenger) guy will be daring to play live again this week - in fact tommorow - I am not getting into the bullshit being spread around on the net - I'll just say one thing if your into good music be there and use your ears it will take place at Eigth House (aka Cat's grill) 1190 Folsom @ 8th Info line 415-487-5436 Tickets $5 Peace End Transmission

quoted 4 lines Yes that Mu-Ziq (or Jake Slazenger) guy will be daring to play live again

> Yes that Mu-Ziq (or Jake Slazenger) guy will be daring to play live again > this week - in fact tommorow - I am not getting into the bullshit being > spread around on the Net - I'll just say one thing, if you're into good music > be there and use your ears.

Hmmn. When I spoke with Mike at Ameba late Sunday afternoon, he said that he was coming down here to L.A. tonight (i.e., Wednesday) and that he was flying out of L.A. on Friday morning, which meant that he couldn't go into the KXLU studio to do an interview with "Headspace" DJ Jose' late Thursday night. I take it he decided to punt on his L.A. trip, then? I would have thought he was coming down here to talk to some Virgin folks, at least. I guess while I'm here I might as well put my two bits in regarding last weekend's event. One, I was spending the night trying to recite Hamlet ("To be or not 2C-B! That is the question!" (-: ), so my impressions are somewhat warped ... (Sorry Pete, I was kinda babbling when we left the boat but now I hope you'll know why (-: ) (The boat trip itself was great; I've never cruised *under* the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge, and we floated past Alcatraz so close we could've thrown the ropes out and docked ... ) His manager-ette (cum gf?) said that the PA problem was because they went down to a studio where they heard the same PA that was hooked up to those massive speaker towers at the Townsend Club where Plaid (nee' Black Dog) played. But when they got on the boat, the promoter had supposedly done a "bait n' switch" on them, and used a different PA than what was agreed to. When he wasn't having technical problems the music was sometimes brilliant, sometimes chaotic. If it wasn't due to Technical Difficulties, I'd say he should work on his between songs bits just to keep a flow going. I did like the way he took the familiar Tango N' Vectif stuff and changed the underlying rhythms. Some of the previously-unheard material was pretty rad. I agree with Pete in that one could get the impression that he was a prima-dona from viewing his complaints from afar, but as usual one gets only a small picture of reality, and the next day he and the lady were quite an affable chap & chappess during the 5 minutes or so we chatted in Ameba. I got the basic impression that he is a fairly shy type and is more than happy to let her speak for him on occasion. He basically told me everything that everyone else has already related; i.e., the 6-album deal with Virgin, problems with RePHLeX concerning "Bluff Limbo", etc. He did confirm that Black Dog had broken up, not that's any real news to us here. In short, I don't think Pete got the whole picture and I don't think Joe Babylon was warranted in flaming Pete about it either, so everybody take a massive chill pill (-: - Greg P.S. If I'm not mistaken, "Jake Slazenger" is taken from the British tennis ball/raquet company, yes? (I don't recall any Star Wars characters by that name, but then again I saw "Star Wars" in 1977 ... )

Greg Earle writes:

quoted 3 lines P.S. If I'm not mistaken, "Jake Slazenger" is taken from the British tennis

>P.S. If I'm not mistaken, "Jake Slazenger" is taken from the British tennis > ball/raquet company, yes? (I don't recall any Star Wars characters by > that name, but then again I saw "Star Wars" in 1977 ... )

that would certainly explain the title of Paradinas' Clear Records album: "Jake Slazenger Makes A Racket." Jon Drukman jsd@cyborganic.com I can tell you're cool because your water costs more than your beer.