Seattlest: Neko doesn’t like “alt-country”…

Walt Cronin

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:49:52 -0800

Dear Editor: I am writing to talk about something that doesn't happen often in the music business. Our band "The Gousters" has hit the Top 50 Indie chart ( Roots Music Report ) on three occasions in the last month or so. We have no label and no money from anyone promoting us. RunningTimes Music commented: "It's almost unheard of but we hope this is an indicator of how indies are being taken more seriously." I'm a Vietnam Vet with 100% service-connected PTSD and my writing partner is a well know musician named Zander Schloss, bass player for "The Circle Jerks," one of L.A.'s founding punk bands still touring. Sincerely, Walt Cronin "The Gousters" The Gousters hit # 41 on Roots Music Report Tues March 21st, 2006

James

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:30:01 -0800

It's never too early to claim something's the best album of the year, and it's never too late to change your mind when a better one comes along.

Jack

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:17:30 -0800

Thanks James! That made my day. Though, I guess it's a little early in the day to be making such a bold statement. Oh poo. (Just kiddn Audrey *wink*)

James

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:07:43 -0800

We forgot to mention last week -- and by "we," I mean "I" -- that Neko performed on Leno last Thursday. Thank god for YouTube. (And a rerun later this month.)

Jack

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:02:14 -0800

I was speaking of the fiscal year, which ends next month. Actually, I have little faith in the rest of '06.

Brian

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:01:01 -0800

“It just sounds like a website,” she says. She’d rather her sound be dubbed “country noir” or “Americana,” …if anything at all. I like y'allt-country myself. Mus' be the Texas in me coming out.

Audrey

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:46:43 -0800

I think it's a little early in the year to be making such a bold statement, Jack.