When I hear the word 'moderation'. . .
Ted Samsel
tejas at infi.net
Mon Jul 28 06:04:46 CDT 1997
La Highlander dice:
>
> "That's when I reach for my revolver is" also the `"chorus" for a rather
> wonderful Mission of Burma song (Late, great Boston band) recently
> covered by Moby. They claim they stole it from Henry Miller, and I do
> seem to remember him writing that, quoting someone else...but I thought
> it was Hitler. (Don't recall the exact reference, but it was something
> about a "barbarian"...and I don't mean Moulty....) Hmmmm.
>
The hell with all this city boy stuff. For some country style existential
badasses con la pistola y el corazon, check out Steve Earle. And
check out Los Contrabandistas by Los Alegres de Teran (and while
you're at it, Los Tigres del Norted and some of the banda music like
SONORA DINAMITA!!
"and under the lump,
there's a 20 gauge pump,
'cos they'd just as soon blow you away!"
Robert Earl Keene on A BIGGER PIECE OF SKY
Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net
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