for any fans of that "alt country" stuff going on

[Baliset]

there's been a ton of press in the boston news about this girl sarah borges who just put out her debut album and stuff and how good she is.

in actuality she works in the admissions office at berklee and i always knew she was kind of becoming a big deal in the local scene but didn't really know much about her music.

so i bought the album and i have to say that its pretty good!

she gets lumped into that whole scene with neko case and stuff so i figured maybe chupe would be interested? or anyone else into that type of stuff.

www.sarahborges.com

also i found out that another girl who works in the admissions office is organizing a monthly acoustic night at the Midway Cafe which is going to be literally less than a hundred feet from my new apartment.

 

[Firedwarf]

hey cool I've emailed a bit with Sarah Borges before!

 

[FuSoYa]

having checked out the tracks on her site, i must ask if is this really alt-country or just straight-up country?

 

[Baliset]

well some of the stuff is really country but there's also some tunes on there that are more rock than country and she covers a song by teenage fanclub.

 

[Baliset]

ps. the two tunes on her site are the two total country songs on the album.

 

[FuSoYa]

that dixiecentric marketing attitude is a real turnoff

 

[chupe666]

thanks greg, will check this out

 

[Baliset]

we can't all be that prejudiced against everything that looks "southern"

 

[0sm0se]

Hell, you guys don't hate The Dope, he epitomizes Southern, didn't even own shoes until he got to college, traces his lines back high in the Confederacy, and hates the North more than he hates poorly cooked grits.

 

[FalseTodd]

we can't all be that prejudiced against everything that looks "southern"

i was sure i remembered you being with us after the show in Cleveland, but maybe I'm wrong

 

[Baliset]

i never actually took a stance during that discussion.

 

[The Dope]

Hell, you guys don't hate The Dope, he epitomizes Southern, didn't even own shoes until he got to college, traces his lines back high in the Confederacy, and hates the North more than he hates poorly cooked grits.

Nils, that's a lie and you know it. I hate NOTHING more than poorly cooked grits.

 

[Baliset]

i really liked the grits i got at the waffle house in asheville, nc.