On 08-26-96 DAVID MARHEINE wrote to KENNETH ABRAMS... 
 
 DM> I was going to rant about how crappy radio has become and MTV's 
 DM> role in selling music, but I just don't have the energy right now. 
 
        Ooooh, too pooped to be an old fart. Sounds like: 
 
        "You need to go up to Big Sur, get naked and take acid 
        with a bunch of people who can see God." 
 
        Of course, I don't really mean that, but it's a cute 
        quote, what the first Mothers of Invention told Frank 
        Zappa during a Beer Hall Putsch when they tried to kick 
        him out of the band. Unlike Fidel Castro, history has not 
        absolved the conspirators. 
 
        BTW, just got a nice stack of stuff in the mail: 
 
        8 tracks of 
 
        Nektar - Remember the Future, Recycled, Down to Earth 
        Michael Quatro Jam Band - Paintings (this is a joke, 
          right? I mean, that cover of "Court of the Crimson 
          King" is a howler) 
        Jade Warrior - Released (this is rock jazz) 
        Steve Howe - Beginnings (in which he unwisely showcases 
          all his weakness; doesn't sound any better on 8 track but 
          someday I'll sell this for $20 for a Yesgeek) 
        Shadowfax - Watercourse Way  - totally excellent album, 
          kind of like a cross between Mahavishnu Orchestra and 
          Happy the Man, with a couple of acoustic numbers that 
          sound a lot like Oregon. Great playing. A long lost 
          American prog classic. However, their stuff on Windham 
          Hill when they reformed in the 80's is, except for one 
          track on their first WH album, mawkish crap, enough to 
          put even non-diabetics into a coma. 
 
        On cassette: 
 
        Volare - Volare - Lousy name for a prog band but the 
        music is good. This is a new band from Athens Georgia. 
        File under Canterbury, mainly in the Hatfield and 
        Matching Mole section, though they are in no sense a 
        blatant rip-off. The tape is basically a demo tape which 
        they are selling by mail, I guess to recoup studio costs. 
        It was recorded basically live in the studio and features 
        essentially no production. Also, it was made by one of 
        those cassette duplication services, so the sound is not 
        ideal, but it is adequate. I hope they get a recording 
        contract and put out a nice well-produced CD as they 
        sound very promising. They have a cello player, which is 
        interesting, though the only tonal colour he uses is 
        "bitter-sweet" and is not using some of the other ways in 
        which that instrument can chose to attack. At 32 minutes 
        or so the tape is kind of short, but overall worth 
        having. They're selling it for $6 ppd. Write to: Patrick 
        Strawser; 190 Broomsedge Trail; Athens, GA; 30605 
 
                                Cheers, 
                                Kenneth 
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