[sumo] Re: [OFF TOPIC] The White Stripes - Icky Thump

[John Racine]

>One of the only things I've missed since moving to Japan has been Western
>music.  I can count on one hand the number of Western musicians I've been
>exposed to, and REALLY moved by, since coming here 10 years ago.  The White
>Stripes are at the top of that list!

> Continuing to veer ever farther off topic, for me the big difference 
between my present sojourn here and my previous one is that, through 
the Internet (and a really good magazine called The Big Takeover*), 
I'm now pretty much up to date on everything that's going on back in 
the States and to a lesser extent the UK and Downunder about what's 
going on musically.  Lots to explore out there--just seek and ye 
shall find.

You're right, Carl.  There are plenty of ways to keep up with what's going
on here.  (I assume CMJ Magazine still exists.)  One can download anything
from around the world in a short time as well.

In my case, however, I left the music business when I left Canada.  Thus a
constant inundation of music has been reduced to a trickle.  I'm just
grateful that the White Stripes made it through the cultural filter.

John