....is it just me,or do many of my favourite artists only initially release three really good albums and then dry up artistically ? groops that come to mind being :: the cure , wire ,killing joke, elvis costello,comsat angels, echo and the bunneymen,cheap trick and peter gabriel.
....i know there are some exceptions that albums 2 through 4 were the high water marks. groops that come to mind being::simple minds and siouxee and the banshees.
....help me out here with more artists to prove or dis-prove my theory.

june carter cash
....reaction on the ilm forum has been about the same as i have felt upon the news of her passing. truly a sad day for her family & fans.

....thought that this review in todays province newspaper here in vancouver might rub some people the wrong way. reviewer tom harrison writes::

YEAH YEAH YEAHS: "FEVER TO TELL" - is it damning praise to compare Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Garbage? Garbage is not the commercial force it once was while Yeah Yeah Yeahs are rising.Yet this band does sound like a noisy version of Garbage.Singer Karen O is as sassy as Shirley Manson though a little more punk-affected and maybe more reckless than the controlled Manson ever would be.Likewise,the other Yeahs sound raw and in love with pure power,yet in their unrefined way they have sculpted a sound and purposefully developed it just as Garbage does in its prcessed way. 3 stars out of 5