Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 12:52:40 -0500 
      From: the boy in zinc (eewittme@STUDENTS.WISC.EDU) 
      Subject: Re: snowpony


>Katharine "Used to be in Stereolab" Gifford's Snowpony (with Deb
>"Used to be in My Bloody Valentine" Goodge on bass) are a fairly
> mundane, messy, run-of-the-mill indie rock thing - single "Easy Way
> Down" has enough noise to give them that left-field image but not
> enough to scare off the punters.

i thought the same thing when i listened to this ep, but then i thought,
"give it a chance."  listened to it a few more times and i have to say i
like it quite a bit...crashing backwards guitar loop in "easy way down" is
a nice touch..."easy way down" is by far the best song on the ep...the
second track is a bit more run-of-the-mill, but still likeable...the last
song, "hank williams' ass," (i'm not kidding) frightens me -- for more
reasons than just the name (like katharine gifford singing about what she'd
do just to lick the sweat off of hank williams' ass...)  the music's not
too great either, but this ep is worth it for the title track...

BiZ

Date:    Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:29:07 -0700
From:    redbear <redbear@BEARCUFFS.COM>
Subject: new snowpony album
 
i haven't had time to read the digests too closely lately, so maybe i
missed it, but has anyone posted any feedback about the new snowpony album?
 
i've got it, and must say that i was pretty disappointed.
 
given the pedigree of the band members (MBV, stereolab) i expected a lot
more from this project.  i have the first couple cd singles (easy way down,
chocolate in the sun), and while they are interesting, i wasn't too
impressed.
 
i'm even less impressed with the album.  to me it sounds like they used up
their sonic bag of tricks on the singles, and are already repeating
themselves on the rest of the album.  there's just not much there that
interests me.
 
cheers,
--phil