is there a transcript of the current issue of magnet magazine's "on the record" feature of tommy keene?
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by Matt Hickey in MAGNET #33\nThe fan hears him say it yet doesn't want to believe it. Nevertheless, singer/songwriter Tommy Keene--the perennial, critically adored, doesn't-sell-any-records best man to countless less-gifted grooms--says Isolation Party (his new Matador LP), as well as a forthcoming tour, could be his last.\n\n"I kind of had the attitude going into it that this might be my last record," he says of his fifth album (in addition to 1993's The Real Underground compilation), which has 13 tracks and runs more than 50 minutes. "Not that I'm quitting music or I'm not going to play anymore, but I kind of had that in the back of my mind. I could have left a couple of songs off. There were two or three songs that I was sort of up in the air about. I liked them, but I didn't know if they flowed or whether they fit the sequence. In the end, I just left everything on the record."\n\nThe Los Angeles-based Keene initially committed a good bit of Isolation Party to tape himself, along with his usual drummer, John Richardson. He then enlisted Wilco's Jay Bennett, a longtime touring buddy, who helped mix the tracks and offered crucial instrumental contributions to flesh them out. Bennett's Wilco cohort Jeff Tweedy ended up adding some backing vocals, as did Jesse Valenzuela of the now-defunct Gin Blossoms. Bennett also coined the LP's title, which, on the surface, refers to when someone would solo, or isolate, a particular track in the studio. "Jay would say something like, `Tommy's having an isolation party," Keene laughs. "I just thought it was funny, and obviously it went beyond that meaning because it's kind of a brooding record."\n\nIsolation Party is a typically strong Keene outing, with his patented, guitar-dominated, timeless pop remaining intact. Thematically, Keene continues to mine the same territory, with the usual melancholic laments--spiced with a dash of rise-above-it hope--mixed with downright toe-tapping hooks. It's a potentially difficult combination, but Keene has pulled it off so well for so long.\n\n"It's kind of a weird contradiction," admits Keene, who's originally from Bethesda, Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C. "I think most good pop music touches a nerve in people. I mean, it's true, obviously, going back to the Beatles. But even people like Bruce Springsteen, that's why people really went nuts for him, because he had these sort of desperate songs, but he rocked out.\n\n"That's kind of my shtick or my thing. There's a constant thread running through all of the records that I put out. Some records, I think, are darker than others, but they're all pretty consistent. I get a lot of flak for it (from the press). This guy in D.C. who's been there forever called me `Morrissey's American cousin.' You know, whatever. I guess Morrissey has the patent on misery."\n\nWhen the fan mentions it's sort of weird--a shame, actually--to find out the release of Isolation Party could mean the curtain closing on his impressive career, Keene agrees, but insists it's not a new feeling: "I don't want to sound like, `Beg me not to quit.' I've been saying this for a while."\n\nKeene's frustration stems from the up-and-down nature of his mostly near-miss music-biz adventures. Since the late '70s, he's gone from being a band member (in D.C.'s the Razz) to semi-hot, pseudo-next big thing (right after the Places That Are Gone EP in 1984) to major-label signee and dumpee (on Geffen Records in the mid to late '80s) to non-recording hired gun (touring with Velvet Crush and, later, Paul Westerberg) to functioning again as a solo artist (returning in 1996 with the terrific Ten Years After).\n\nHis Geffen fiasco is practically the stuff of legend. The short version is that after his classic Geffen debut, Songs From The Film (poorly produce
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Try the Library, they should have micro film of the old newspaper article
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hey bud - \n\nhttp://www.urbanizmmusic.com/feature/\n\nthe feature presentation
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Yeah I have it and would be willing to record it for ya. Just let me know.
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ok, I am willing to do this. Just email me a copy. Please let me know when you need it. ( I just hope it is not tomorrow :-)  )
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I thought you might find this of interest a young women by the name\nSandi Thom\n\nShe's just signed a large recording contract after getting LOADS of\npeople to come to her online concerts thought her story might interest.\n\n\nThat's one way of doing it!
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I have never heard of that magazine, but you could probably\nget it online like this: lancashire lad magazine.com.
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It was a magazine called "Common Sense", by Thomas Paine. If you use\n["Thomas Paine" "Common Sense"] \nin Google you should be able to read all about it. Note the two sets of quotation marks.
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Love to help, but no idea what you want.  Full readable article on ????  Is the article called "Into the Fray"?  Who wrote the article?  In what magazine was it published?  \nWhen?\n\nUpdate your question with a bit more information.
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Remembrances\nEugene Record, Lead Singer for the Chi-Lites\n\nCheck the link below (includes a sample)
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try this link http://www.spectrezine.org/Editorial/servicesdirective.htm
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If you are talking about the magazine put out by the Methodist Church then yes, it's still around and you can find current and back issues at \nhttp://www.methodistchildrenshome.org/sunshine.html\n\nIf you are referring to the arts and crafts magazine subscriptions are available on Amazon.com
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go to the newspaper office they have archive there
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Author.  "Title of the interview (if any)" Personal interview.  Date of interview.
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just type it in google but let me tell ya that lincoln park is #1!! i already seen the actual magazine wait my bad no its not theres a new list out here is the website
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http://www.955klos.com/pressreleases.asp this is it.  :) I just googled it right up  :)
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Email the editors with your request for a copy of this article: http://www.rd.com/talktous.do?wtGroup=RDCOM_FOOTER&wtID=TALKTOUS_SITE&lid=198\n\nGood luck!