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I decided to skip adding a snowflake to the avalanche of "10th Anniversary of The Great Britpop Battle" articles and blog posts last month. It was good, though, to read some "where are they now" exposes and think about the mid-90s music explosion out of the UK. The one tidbit of info that I was really glad to read in these articles was about Elastica's Justine Frischmann. I knew what most of the Class of 1995 are up to, but I hadn't heard what had really happened to Elastica after they called it quits after The Menace. They were always one of my favorites because (1) they were insanely catchy, (2) they had a bit more edge than, say, The Bluetones, and (3) I had a huge crush on Justine. I still wear my Elastica t-shirt with the album cover that I bought for $2 at the local mall record store. I got to see them kick off their tour in 2000 when I was spending a semester at Leeds U. For some reason, I got to the club before anyone else, so I got to hear a bit of the soundcheck and when the doors opened I planted myself squarely at stage center. Needless to say, it was one of the best concerts I had seen. Unfortunately, I don't think that she noticed me. Back when I was a DJ at Penn State, one of the other (female) indie staff DJs made an agreement to go to the UK at some point and break up Damon and Justine so that we could steal each of them for ourselves. Very junior high, yes, but it was a great idea. Now I hear that Justine is going to school in Colorado to study Psychology of Music. Colorado? There are plenty of good schools in Boston.
What's the point? No point. We all have our celebrity crushes, and I'm just happy to hear that mine is going off to do something interesting. Now can someone tell me what Sarah Nixey is up to?
Now playing: The Libertines - Up The Bracket
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