Lotion and Other Forms of Music

[Todd Melnick]

On Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:57:28 -0500 (EST) davemarc <davemarc at panix.com>
writes:
>At 08:43 AM 10/28/96 EST, Skip wrote:
>>
>>No, but I had the same experience exactly.  I bought the cassette of 
>"Full 
>>Isaac" when I heard TRP was doing the liner notes for their new CD, 
>and 
>>found it pretty ordinary.  At first I though, well there must be 
>something 
>>really good here that I'm not getting; but after several listenings, 
>I kinda 
>>think that's not the case.
>>Skip
>>
>Lotion on CD sounds fine but not outstanding to me, too.  Maybe that's 
>part
>of P.'s point--that it's good, unpretentious rock 'n' roll.  Haven't 
>heard
>the band live, which might be another thing entirely.
>
>*Vineland* in particular gives me the impression that P. has great 
>affection
>for "ordinary" rockers of every age.  I don't see much of an interest 
>in
>rock "icons."

One might find evidence for this notion in the liner notes:

"Every night, somewhere on the outlaw side of some town, below some
metaphysical 14th Street, out at the hard edges of some consensus about
what's real, the continuity is always being sought, claimed, lost, found
again, carried on.  If for no other reason, rock and roll remains one of
the last honorable callings, and a working band is a miracle of everyday
life.  Which is basically what these guys do."