jlhoots Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Light In The Attic Records is about to reissue the first 2 Betty Davis albums with bonus tracks. If they do as good a job as they did with their Karen Dalton reissue, these will be great. According to their description these are authorized & Betty will be receiving royalties. Apparently she is living in Pittsburgh & is broke. http://www.lightintheattic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 She's on the cover of the latest Wax Poetics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Pusey Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Thanks for the heads up-really like the Karen Dalton, used to have the Just Sunshine vinyl...Interesting label aesthetic, bit like Water at first glance methinks, worth dipping my toes in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBlutarski Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 She's on the cover of the latest Wax Poetics: cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Yeah, it is. Bought my first copy of the magazine a few days ago just to read that article. Not a bad publication at first glance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I have a She's So Different vinyl reissue and, other than "Shoobeedoop & Cop Him" I found it forgettable. Is the other album any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 that wasn't where you saw the Sly "Riot" article? Nah, that article was, like, 15 years ago or so. I'm really thinking MOJO, but I don't know for sure. Read it from start to finish in the store because it was something like $7.95, and on that day at that time at that place that was a lot of money to pay for just one article. If I had a time machine, though.... As for WP as a whole, yeah, good, not great. But I'm used to that by now, across the board. My culling skils are by now, shall we say, "highly advanced"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I have a She's So Different vinyl reissue and, other than "Shoobeedoop & Cop Him" I found it forgettable. Is the other album any good? The first one is the one to have if you're only having one, I'd say. Still not 100% great, but when it is, it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Thanks JSngry, I may give it a whirl. I keep the other one for the song I mentioned, it's some heavy funk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 "Heading to the UK, Marc Bolan of T. Rex urged the creative dynamo to start writing for herself." Fascinating ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 She's on the cover of the latest Wax Poetics: That's a great Baron Wolman photo. Rolling Stone photographer back in the day. Lives here in Santa Fe now. Went to a recent exhibit of his & the photos overall were quite good. BTW (IMHO) you need both of these CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I heard she's working on a new record, tentatively titled 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?' Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Here's the well-missed Chris Albertson weighing in on the topic over at AAJ... I saw her in person a couple of times--she was terrible and her act was dominated by her crude sexual gestures. I remember sitting next to Jamaica Kincaid, the Village Voice reviewer, on one occasion (at the Bottom Line). She sat through half of the first song, then demonstratively slapped her notebook shut, downed her drink, and walked out. I didn't have that option, unfortunately. Miles was wise to surround her with real talent--her sparse talent needed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) Here's the well-missed Chris Albertson weighing in on the topic over at AAJ... I saw her in person a couple of times--she was terrible and her act was dominated by her crude sexual gestures. I remember sitting next to Jamaica Kincaid, the Village Voice reviewer, on one occasion (at the Bottom Line). She sat through half of the first song, then demonstratively slapped her notebook shut, downed her drink, and walked out. I didn't have that option, unfortunately. Miles was wise to surround her with real talent--her sparse talent needed that. Ouch. I guess Chris didn't like her. BTW in my cursory search at AAJ, I found more that was +. In fact I couldn't find the Albertson quote. Disclaimer: As I said, my search was not exhaustive. Edited April 18, 2007 by jlhoots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBlutarski Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Here's the well-missed Chris Albertson weighing in on the topic over at AAJ... I saw her in person a couple of times--she was terrible and her act was dominated by her crude sexual gestures. I remember sitting next to Jamaica Kincaid, the Village Voice reviewer, on one occasion (at the Bottom Line). She sat through half of the first song, then demonstratively slapped her notebook shut, downed her drink, and walked out. I didn't have that option, unfortunately. Miles was wise to surround her with real talent--her sparse talent needed that. if somebody would walk away during the first song of my performance, whatever that performance wouldb be, that person wouldn't deserve much of my respect anyway... JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Obviously, Chris doesn't speak for me. I just found his curmudgeonliness entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Up for chewy's new thread on this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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