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Excelente, I am happy to hear about the progress on the book, can’t wait to get to read some excerpts! I’m a not-so-closet Dead fan, but never seen any iteration of them live. I bet if you block out the crowd you might even enjoy it, I once did that at a System of a Down concert (Mars Volta was opening).

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Thanks, Andrés. I'm really interested in seeing The Sphere and I'm keeping an open mind about the rest.

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DEVO 4 EVA

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May 28Liked by Jim Ruland

I was a huge excel fan in the 1980s . Especially the first demo which was rawer and more basic than the way the songs presented on the album and comps that came later .

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Right on, Jack! I'll have to check it out.

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May 23Liked by Jim Ruland

Congrats on novel progress. Look forward to reading someday and on reading your report back from Vegas.

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Thanks Travis!

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May 24Liked by Jim Ruland

Damnit Jim. I can’t stop listening to Excel. Great recommendation.

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Ha! De nada.

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That song "The Farm" by Alfa and Omega has a lot of quick moves that kept me on my toes. I wish I could find them on Spotify.

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So it goes with so much great music made outside of the US and the UK.

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That DEVO performance is incredible! Alan Meyers was a motherfucker of a drummer. So good.

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I would argue that their robotic, mechanical style requires more physicality than rocking out.

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Physicality and brain work. Tight Tight.

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May 24Liked by Jim Ruland

Just gotta drop this here, my favorite live video recording of all time.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YievWIX9AKk

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And yet people still dare to ask: Is Devo really a punk band? Fools!

Thanks for sharing!

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That EXCEL song is great. Would have loved that when i was 17.

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Right? The comments are hilarious.

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