The Naked Truth

Good shit, man. Keep it comin' and give 'em hell. I gotta go search for my Boz Skaggs Silk Degrees.

Yee haw, y'all.

Mike Smith
Houston

Round up the posse:I just read the letters bitching about the demise of KIKK-FM. I have this one retort: IT'S JUST A RADIO STATION -- GET OVER IT!

Thanks for letting me get that off my mind.

Please do not print my name; if those kooks are willing to start a petition to "save country music in Houston," they'll probably want to hurt me for pointing out their silliness.

Name withheld by request
Houston

Behind the Times

Record Rack lack:Bruce can complain about CD burners all he wants, but the fact is the Record Rack has sucked for years [Racket, by John Nova Lomax, November 21]. Bruce should have concentrated on import records and hard-to-find albums. Instead he chose to have 18,000 Pet Shop Boys remixes and every crappy dance/club CD imaginable. You can buy those at any Soundwaves or Wherehouse Music.

I bought an import CD there a few years ago. I scratched it and went back to buy a new one. He said they had one copy, but they'd sold it. Now I would think a smart businessman could figure out that if he sold one, he should order another one. He also says there is no Cult or Pearl Jam. Thank God! Like Numbers, that is just plain played out. Move to the future!

Bob Schroeder
Houston

Good-bye to a good shop: I had to say farewell to Houston's only good record store. I can't believe the guys are closing.

I only have to say he was right about the downloading. I mean, I would download stuff only once in a while, to see if it was good, so I could go to the Record Rack and buy it (if I liked it).

I disagree with massive downloading, though. They should allow people to download only half the song, or maybe allow it for new bands trying to get recognition.

Well, I wish those guys at the Record Rack the best. I've been buying stuff from them since 1993 and slamming dance floors in clubs such as Picasso, Vinyle, Valentino's, 804 and Delicious.

I went to R&R and saw a guy spinning some stuff on a laptop (sitting down) and the crowd was going wild. It really freaked me out. The downtown scene is stuck with DJs who spin only CDs. I can also spin with CDs, but they aggravate the hell out of me. So I'm out of a job as well.

I hate to see the other shops go, too. Hang in there.

Tim (DJ Alibi) Dobesh
Houston