Comments on: The past of a future Tony winner http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:06:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Randy http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-30911 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:32:43 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-30911 In regards to the above comment @ the Sweetboots, here's my contact rmarlin@ranchlife.org P.S. For anyone interested in Stew related goodies, check out The Lullabies and Mr. Smolin. More info on Stew's website. In regards to the above comment @ the Sweetboots, here’s my contact rmarlin@ranchlife.org P.S. For anyone interested in Stew related goodies, check out The Lullabies and Mr. Smolin. More info on Stew’s website.

]]> by: Randy http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-30910 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:23:33 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-30910 Stewart (or Stew), been all over the world wide web trying to get ahold of Stew's Sweetboot & Muddy Sweetboot (collections of odds and ends). Any kind souls out there be willing to trade (or something?) Thanks in advance. Stewart (or Stew), been all over the world wide web trying to get ahold of Stew’s Sweetboot & Muddy Sweetboot (collections of odds and ends). Any kind souls out there be willing to trade (or something?) Thanks in advance.

]]> by: stew http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-30318 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:42:06 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-30318 >You must have been over the moon when the guy from the New Yorker >compared you to Sondheim, huh? i don't read reviews and i honestly didn't know that had ever been said. thats pretty wild. but journalists do that kinda schtick alot...its their way of forcing their readers to sit up and take notice of cats like me more than it is a deserved or valid comparison. remember, im 46 and i've been in this game for 30 years so it takes alot to excite me. i'm not worthy of a sondheim comparison anymore than i'm worthy of a shakespeare comparison. and sondheim couldn't rock a dive bar to save his life. so we're even. >You must have been over the moon when the guy from the New Yorker >compared you to Sondheim, huh?

i don’t read reviews and i honestly didn’t know that had ever been said.
thats pretty wild. but journalists do that kinda schtick alot…its their way of forcing their readers to sit up and take notice of cats like me more than it is a deserved or valid comparison. remember, im 46 and i’ve been in this game for 30 years so it takes alot to excite me. i’m not worthy of a sondheim comparison anymore than i’m worthy of a shakespeare comparison. and sondheim couldn’t rock a dive bar to save his life. so we’re even.

]]> by: Stewart http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-30232 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:26:03 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-30232 Stew! Never expected you'd see this! Cool. Anyway, thanks for the show. I really just can't say enough about it, and kind of like I was saying above, part of me is really tickled that someone from that scene finally broke through like this. I'm just really proud of you and Heidi both. You must have been over the moon when the guy from the New Yorker compared you to Sondheim, huh? Stew! Never expected you’d see this! Cool. Anyway, thanks for the show. I really just can’t say enough about it, and kind of like I was saying above, part of me is really tickled that someone from that scene finally broke through like this. I’m just really proud of you and Heidi both.

You must have been over the moon when the guy from the New Yorker compared you to Sondheim, huh?

]]> by: stew http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-30189 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-30189 Baby Lemonade and label-mates Velouria, PG-13 and of course Cockeyed Ghost were four of my favorite bands in that thing we used to call the LA Pop Scene. Jigsaw Seen were also amazing. And The Andersons were arguably the best of the lot. A spell-bindingly large percentage of their songs sounded like instant classics. I don't think any band in that scene came close to capturing their live vibe on record. Not even sure if any of us wanted to. I wanted to make Post Minstrel Syndrome as live as possible until I heard Lemonade's 66% Pure Imagination and realized the studio could be our friend. I think the idea behind the hidden tracks was that some of them could act as a preview of my solo work, others just didn't fit into the groove of the record proper, and lastly, it was just so much fun having hidden tracks back then. It was new and exciting. thanks for the kind words here about PS. someone just sent me this link and I was pleasantly surprised to see someone referencing stuff like Camelot and H in H. Old school, indeed. thanks, /stew Baby Lemonade and label-mates Velouria, PG-13 and of course Cockeyed Ghost were four of my favorite bands in that thing we used to call the LA Pop Scene. Jigsaw Seen were also amazing. And The Andersons were arguably the best of the lot. A spell-bindingly large percentage of their songs sounded like instant classics. I don’t think any band in that scene came close to capturing their live vibe on record. Not even sure if any of us wanted to. I wanted to make Post Minstrel Syndrome as live as possible until I heard Lemonade’s 66% Pure Imagination and realized the studio could be our friend.

I think the idea behind the hidden tracks was that some of them could act as a preview of my solo work, others just didn’t fit into the groove of the record proper, and lastly, it was just so much fun having hidden tracks back then. It was new and exciting.

thanks for the kind words here about PS. someone just sent me this link and I was pleasantly surprised to see someone referencing stuff like Camelot and H in H. Old school, indeed.

thanks,
/stew

]]> by: Steve D http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-29602 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:09:02 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-29602 I also saw Passing Strange last week. It was a rare event in that I went with high expectations and the show was more then I could have hoped for. Really brilliant. Funny, joyful, heartbreaking and just great songs. They also are cutting the live soundtrack for the show this week. It will be released in June. Anyone not familiar with Stew or TNP..well, do yourself a favor and check him out. Regarding Cockeyed Ghost...if you want to check them out go to Amazon and you can purchase a just released "best of" Cockeyed Ghost aka Adam Marsland. It's only 6 bucks (his way of trying to get the music heard) and has 20 tracks. Really a VERY good introduction to Adam's music. It's released under Adam's name so look for Adam Marsland and buy it. You could do a lot worse with 6 bucks. I also saw Passing Strange last week. It was a rare event in that I went with high expectations and the show was more then I could have hoped for. Really brilliant. Funny, joyful, heartbreaking and just great songs.
They also are cutting the live soundtrack for the show this week. It will be released in June. Anyone not familiar with Stew or TNP..well, do yourself a favor and check him out.

Regarding Cockeyed Ghost…if you want to check them out go to Amazon and you can purchase a just released “best of” Cockeyed Ghost aka Adam Marsland. It’s only 6 bucks (his way of trying to get the music heard) and has 20 tracks. Really a VERY good introduction to Adam’s music. It’s released under Adam’s name so look for Adam Marsland and buy it. You could do a lot worse with 6 bucks.

]]> by: Pup Don http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-29050 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:23:09 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-29050 Wow, here's a name I hadn't heard in a while. I was very privileged to have seen them perform live because my roommate worked with the guitar player and he was the one who took me to their shows. I wish they had done a live record because hearing Stew sing Ken by himself just on guitar brought a sorrow to the song that the quirky instrumentation of the album cut seems to lack. They also took the sparkling piece of pop confection, Mahnsanto (an ode to a long lost Disney attraction) and ran so far with it that it blossomed into a wall of pure sonic energy rivaling (do I dare say it) the Velvet Underground's epic Heroin. They are great on CD but live they were out of this world. I'm so happy Stew has taken his musical genius all the way to Broadway, but we're sadly missing him here in LA. :) Wow, here’s a name I hadn’t heard in a while. I was very privileged to have seen them perform live because my roommate worked with the guitar player and he was the one who took me to their shows. I wish they had done a live record because hearing Stew sing Ken by himself just on guitar brought a sorrow to the song that the quirky instrumentation of the album cut seems to lack. They also took the sparkling piece of pop confection, Mahnsanto (an ode to a long lost Disney attraction) and ran so far with it that it blossomed into a wall of pure sonic energy rivaling (do I dare say it) the Velvet Underground’s epic Heroin. They are great on CD but live they were out of this world. I’m so happy Stew has taken his musical genius all the way to Broadway, but we’re sadly missing him here in LA. :)

]]> by: Stewart http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-28895 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:07:21 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-28895 Cockeyed Ghost was a favorite of mine, the Wondermints were quite popular, I always liked the Jigsaw Seen...there were a ton of others. Cockeyed Ghost was a favorite of mine, the Wondermints were quite popular, I always liked the Jigsaw Seen…there were a ton of others.

]]> by: Basic A http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-28777 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:45:11 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=466#comment-28777 What were some of the other good bands from the "mid-’90s LA underground pop scene?" What were some of the other good bands from the “mid-’90s LA underground pop scene?”

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