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  • From: "Bryan Swirsky" <bryan.swirsky AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] teenage jesus reunion
  • Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:11:10 -0400

dee, you will never be old!



On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Dee Papadopoulos <deepop AT earthlink.net>
wrote:
> or does that just make me old?
>
> On Apr 11, 2008, at 5:49 PM, weasel walter wrote:
>
>
>
> you all can refer to me as weasel, btw. "walter" is the last name that the
> members of my immediate family use.
>
> i gotta say i'm scared the thing is going to suck. i don't want my fantasies
> about the band destroyed by a nostalgia routine. oh well . . . too bad for
> me.
>
> i can't/won't be there probably more for how scared i am of the audience,
> not necessarily the band. i generally find it nauseating when something that
> wasn't popular or liked when it happened becomes cool and awesome later on.
> the best thing that could come out of it is that teenage jesus revolts or
> punishes the audience. that would be in line with the concept.
>
> the idea of having to stand in the audience next to some smiling idiot
> mouthing the words to "orphans" like they're at a fucking pixies concert is
> just totally vomit inducing to me. sorry, but i know this is going to be the
> case.
>
> teenage jesus was great because they did it great and got out while the
> getting was good. i'm not anxious to see them trot it out again because it
> basically defeats the purpose of their original intent. call me a purist. i
> don't care.
>
> ww
>
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:30:35 -0400 hunnypi007 AT aol.com writes:
>
> that's funny, walter. what are you scared about?
>
>
> anyway, the line-up should be LL, Mr. Sclavunos, and, according to rumors,
> Thurston on bass. anyone paying close attention will realize that this is
> not really a bona fide reunion in that Sclavunos will be on drums, when he
> actually played bass in TJ, and Thurston was never in the band but was a fan
> at the time. it would have been cooler if they could have gotten Reck from
> Japan back on bass. (i met him there about 10 years ago, so hopefully he's
> still alive and kicking) and brought Bradley back from the dead.
> resurrecting dead people always makes for the best reunion shows.
>
>
> the "other" lydia
>
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