So Long Sleater-Kinney.....

I got news yesterday that the greatest all-woman rock and roll band
going, possibly the greatest any sex band going, is essentially breaking
up. Sleater-Kinney are/were simply amazing in their melodic and
rhythmic sense, far beyond what anyone else is doing in the post-punk
world nowadays, IMHO. I was introduced to them on a mix tape a very
good friend gave me many moons ago, back when they were still a bit raw
and hadn't completely gelled, but the elements of their future greatness
were there. I kind of missed them for a spell until bassist
extraordinaire Mike Watt started pimping them in the late 90's, and I
finally caught them at Higher Ground in S. Burlington VT last year.
Wicked good stuff, and a sad day in music to hear that they're moving
on. Why must good things always go away???

TB