That damned Lotion

[Bill Millard]

Tod Mahony slathers on more Lotion:

> I'm apparently the only person on the list who ever heard of
> Lotion before Pynchon did them the favor of writing liner notes. 
> I'm also apparently the only person on the list who likes the band.

Nope; I'll put in another vote for them, at least for _Nobody's
Cool_.  I like their melodies, I like their juxtapository wit, I
like the gee-tar timbres, I pretty much like the whole deal.  I
can't wait for the friend who's borrowing the record to return it. 
And I can sort of see what TRP sees in them: unpretentious though
imaginative rock and roll w/o obnoxious rockstarism.  R&r may be one
of the last honorable callings, as his liner notes say, but it's a
lot more so when practiced with equal amounts intelligence 'n'
humility.  I'd speculate that this is what draws TRP to Lotion. 
After admittedly not paying them any attention until I read of the
Pynchon connection, it's what keeps me drawn to them too.

Now, if he's looking for a few more really obscure bands to adopt, 
I'd like to suggest a clever, gutsy, literate, and absolutely unknown 
NYC three-piece known as Shanghai Love Motel.

--with all due humility, 
Bill Millard 
millard at cuadmin.cis.columbia.edu
editor, 21stC ||| http://www.21stC.org
voice, bass, and songs, Shanghai Love Motel 
http://www.columbia.edu/~wbm1/slm.html