Kula Shaker "Tattva"

Here's another Weekend Post:

Here's another Next Big Thing . . .

When I first started following music press, I'd check in to see what was happening in the U.K.

Ugh, the British music press is soooo Over The Top about what flavor of the month was going to be HUGE.  At least, they were that way in the 90s.  I was so turned off by they B.S. that I stopped reading them over a decade ago.

Anyway, I remember buying into the idea that Kula Shaker was going to be SO BIG.

And I'd bet there is a 90% chance you are, right now, saying "Kula Who?"


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Weekend posts are a chance to revisit songs that have happy memories, not of anything in particular, other than just hearing the tunes.

Many of these songs were tracks that I played during my 90s stint as an Alternative/Modern Rock radio show.  They're tunes that I hardly hear these days, but are wonderful to revisit.

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Damnations TX "Unholy Train"

Here's another Weekend Post:

A little different than yesterday's "Next Big Thing" that didn't make it . . . is a band that bubbled under, but didn't break through like they should have.

Their album "Half Mad Moon" was one of my favorite records of the 1990s.  A totally solid collection of Texas/Alt-Country, that was strong enough to suggest a string of successful albums ahead . . .


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Weekend posts are a chance to revisit songs that have happy memories, not of anything in particular, other than just hearing the tunes.

Many of these songs were tracks that I played during my 90s stint as an Alternative/Modern Rock radio show.  They're tunes that I hardly hear these days, but are wonderful to revisit.

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Jonny Polonsky "Love Lovely Love"

I put this track on a list of songs for "Weekend Posts" a while ago, but thought it was worth a little discussion.

If you haven't heard it before, give this 1995 song a listen.


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In 1995, Jonny Polonsky was another "Next Big Thing," with a write up in Rolling Stone, a slot at Lollapalooza and very cool folks like Frank Black championing his music.

And then . . . nothing.

I get that it took him several years after his debut, to navigate some label issues and get a follow-up out.  But then what?

Another big chunk of time, and a record (with a hilarious bio about him and it), but not a tremor on the Richter Scale.

It just makes me think about The Next Big Thing phenomenon.  Is it too much pressure?  Unrealistic expectations?  A weird construct that has nothing to do with the artist?

Strange to have such a build up, only to have it evaporate into the ether.