to my father it means increased time sitting out on the porch supping some distinctly unSouthern stout I got him last time I was in Dublin. For myself it's time to pack the old fishing rod in the back of the truck head off to backwoods or shoud that be the backwaters of Arkansas. Being less provinical, I know it means something different to others I know on the rest of this here planet. Those friends who live in the Netherlands tell me that the bulbfields outside Amsterdam turn into television testcards of tulip oriented colour. To some of you living in the mediterranean area we're talking days spent in a lethargic, heat induced ennui waiting for a puff of cooling wind. To all of us though the new spring has meant one thing. Regeneration of some sort or other and it's kinda nice not only to have some signposts to the future but a travelogue of where we've been, what we've accomplished. That's a long way of saying that right here now in Eunice it feels good to have a copy of Flamingo Fleece's compilation of the years 1998-2000 sitting here by my tapedeck. Sure like some of your wardrobe. they don't fit you now but you sure can remember when they looked great on you and the grey hairs on your head. Well, you sort of remember the fun you had accumulating them. I know that's how the boys in the Fleece feel about this tape. And about what's gonna happen next. Spring into summer. Corny, catchy, comforting. I think you know what we're talking 'bout here.
Take care and see you on the beach.
- Oscar J Letterson, (University of Louisiana-Lafayette), Eunice, Louisiana, April 2001. (new editions to appear soon)
Others wittingly (Mcguire) and unwittingly appear. PJ Burry, for example, has a well-documented fear of leaving answer machine messages.
Anyway, the new compilation hit peoples doormats a couple of weeks ago. Due to some pretty idiosyncratic track selection by Paul and Jeremy it ended up being pretty different from the way we wanted. But, hey, it still seems pretty damn good and representative which I think was the way we wanted it. There's eight tracks which are...
'Fat Knees', 'Bland Bombshell', 'Bird (She's Lovely)','Deja Vu', 'I Love You Almost As Much I Love Myself', 'Theme from Pretentious Art Programme On BBC2','Let Me back into your Heart (Go On)' and 'Sinister Cocktail'.
Hopefully we'll get another compilation of the catchier stuff in the summer, ('Looking Good In Tracksuits','Going On holiday With Leonardo Di Caprio',''Did I Ever Tell You I Was Having Babies?' and 'Bird (She's Ugly)'. Don't hold your breath, though.
COMING SOON!!!!!