Now that Mr. HCI has painted me as a know-nothing about Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, here's the classic Great Plains LP, "Naked at the Buy, Sell, and Trade". Part Embarrassment "Death Travels West", part Replacements "Let It Be", and part how-the-hell-did-that-get-in-there, I'm guessing that most people who already knew about this record back then were too busy complaining about Ron House's vocals to notice how good Great Plains' songs really were. Of course, if you missed this record (and the 80's) entirely, you'll probably never fully understand how dead-perfect the oft-mentioned "Letter To A Fanzine" really is. It's just one of those things that can't be recreated by hindsight, not to mention that it's way more clever to have picked on The Offense Newsletter than it is to talk shit in the comments section of freakin' Brooklyn Vegan.
Great Plains -
"Dick Clark"
"Last Chance To Be Free"
"Letter To A Fanzine"
"Origin Of My Silly Grin"
"Time To Name The Dog"
(these files are now listen-only)
