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  • From: "Monkey Boy" <monkeyboythom AT gmail.com>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Squirrel Nut Zippers Surprise Performance
  • Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:43:54 -0400

Who?


-mbt


> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:07:07 -0400
> From: Duncan Murrell <dvmurrell AT nc.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: Squirrel Nut Zippers Surprise Performance
> To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Cc: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Message-ID: <5E1E6550-4D86-43FC-8AE0-AC8CB45570CD AT nc.rr.com>
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> I think it's terrific that folks saw some great music last night. And
> I have no doubt it was terrific.
>
> But can we declare a moratorium on the obligatory "just like the old
> days" crack that accompanies every mention of this raised-from-the-
> dead simulacrum of the old SNZ? Why does it have to always be like the
> old days. (It would help if they performed mostly new songs, I
> understand that, but it's a separate issue.) It's not "just like the
> old days," it will never be like the old days, and that's just fine.
>
> But pretending it IS just like the old days is just tiring. And
> believe it or not, some of us liked the old version of the band far,
> far better -- not because of what's been added, but because of what
> was taken away. What was taken away was not replaceable.
>
> SNZZZZZ,
>
> d
>
>
--
audentis fortuna juvet



  • Re: Squirrel Nut Zippers Surprise Performance, Monkey Boy, 07/17/2008

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