Amazing. Twenty two years after I saw them at the then recently relocated Misty Moon on Barrington Street in Halifax, "Nova Heart" is still pretty good. Are they the best thing ever to come out of Burlington, Ontario?
Now when I say good, come to think of it, I don't mean I would advocate anyone laying out big money. I bought Arias & Symphonies to make up the balance to get me to the free shipping for Amazon on the London Calling reissue. And if you hadn't been nineteen in 1982 when the album came out, I suppose I would not really suggest that this would fill any gap in your life. And there is that weird fishing tackle for men's earwear that the lead singer (above right, at right) got into that will always remind me of the creepy dead guy from LEXX (above...err...right, at right...or vice-versa...) Just know that the band was not The Spoons, just Spoons. If you really needed an introduction to Canadian New Wave you could start with Martha first.
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portland - September 27, 2004 11:23 PM
so "spoons" became the people in lexx? thats what i take from this post. and they say there's no second act in canadian public life. the chick held up pretty good by the way.
'Nee - September 27, 2004 11:35 PM
It always looked like he had some weird loaf thing on his head. Meat, or bread, I could never decide. The dead guy from LEXX, that is, to the ... er... right.
Alan - September 27, 2004 11:57 PM
Maybe the guy from LEXX <i>is</i> the lead singer guy from <strike>the</strike> Spoons, undead with some kind of risen bread product attached to his brain in some bizzare future universe. I know that neither was in the pop art world's mind's eye at the same time. The shared use of pouty looks and fishing tackle for ear ornaments is a sure give away. I don't know why I did not see it before.
Brother Iain - September 28, 2004 1:14 AM
I once found myself standing next to the dead guy from Lexx in my local corner store here in Trawna. He was studying the cheese.
Alan - September 28, 2004 8:14 AM
But he doesn't eat if he's the living dead, does he?
portland - September 28, 2004 11:33 AM
cheese and human brains taste exactly the same. same texture too - sort of a watery swiss. little known fact.
'nee - September 28, 2004 12:09 PM
how do YOU know??
portland - September 28, 2004 11:33 PM
I'll bet you have a lovelt brain nee
'nee - September 29, 2004 3:00 PM
I've heard that it's sqishier than most girls', but that might have just been a wily come-on.