At 7:26 PM 9/29/95, Greg Earle wrote:
quoted 4 lines Like you said, the coolest thing was to see underground dance music
>>>> Like you said, the coolest thing was to see underground dance music
>>>> getting props in a mainstream rock documentary.
>
>[Who wrote this? I haven't seen this post ... ]
I did, but it was in a post to 313 (don't worry, we still love ya Teep!)
quoted 5 lines Indeed. The last 2 nights - "The Wild Side", the one on Funk, "Punk",
>Indeed. The last 2 nights - "The Wild Side", the one on Funk, "Punk", and
>"The Perfect Beat" - were probably the best 4 hours of music television I've
>ever witnessed. I certainly wouldn't call it a "mainstream rock documentary";
>I didn't see Monday and Tuesday nights (Beatles et al., I presume), but the
>last 2 nights focused on the most influential, rather than the mainstream.
Mmm. What I'll deconstruct what I meant by "mainstream rock documentary."
"Mainstream" in that it was being shown on one of the major TV networks,
and "rock" in that it was being billed as the (cue trumpets) History
of Rock & Roll. My surprise came from the fact that the original info
I'd read about the series didn't prepare me for how wide-ranging
and inclusive it would be.
quoted 2 lines My only complaint was that they should all have been about twice as long
>My only complaint was that they should all have been about twice as long
>as they were. They were on a roll; why stop?
Yeah, let's bankroll the 30-hour version. Let's remember this one
at pledge time, folks. And remeber it the next time your congressman
starts pontificating at the podium about cutting PBS funding...
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dave walker, detroit art services _
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