New Wave Outpost Forum

Hello all. If you love the Primitives, the Darling Buds, or New Wave jangle-pop fronted by women, try the Pin-Up Girls:

http://www.cafepress.com/knowitallrec.12783255

This band has done quite well on http://www.flashbackalternatives.com
and I'm bringing them to everybody's attention here. Sorry to sound like a commercial, but none of us is doing this for the money. Know-It-All Records is trying to bring back the spirit of New Wave, and being an independent label with an A&R Rep such as myself who is embedded in the genre (I also work for the All-Music Guide), we're aiming to do that.
Thanks, everybody!

I was searching the net, looking for more info on the Pin Up Girls when i ran into this site. Niiiicceee. (How I missed this I have no idea.) Anyway, late last year I sent Michael Know-It-All an email with a review of the Pin Up Girls first release ("Taste Test") because he asked me to, to be honest. And that review ended up everywhere - or at least that's the way it seemed:

http://ambibo.com/radioambibo/archives/cat_reviews.php

While the response to my review remains a surprise, I really do like this group. And I'm looking forward to hearing their brand new release (which is what I was searching around the the web for, before I ran into this site). That's all. I have nothing more to say. You can stop reading this now. Aaaaaaahahhahhhhahhhahaaaaa...(I'm off to another site where I can buy the new Pin Up Girls CD - bye. Why are you still reading this? Don'you have better things to do? Look life is short enough without having to waste time reading dribble...buagoiuejrhkajrkjoiuer...blip.) - SR

Are you the real Rabow ??
You have no idea how many fans you have who are on this board...including myself.
KYYX rules !

And yes, the PinUp Girls are quite a treasure....

Yes, last I checked it's really me. Although I sort of feel like Rip Van Rabow, I've been (happily) out of the radio-thang for many, many years. But thank you for your kind thoughts.

[quote]Originally posted by Stephen Rabow
[br]Yes, last I checked it's really me. Although I sort of feel like Rip Van Rabow, I've been (happily) out of the radio-thang for many, many years. But thank you for your kind thoughts.
[/quote]

The legendary Mr. Rabow! You Djed a dance television show in Tacoma that I appeared on and I got your autograph on a nice 8 X 10 glossy that I still have in my garage.

I was wondering if you have any old recordings of your KYYX shows. I am putting together the mother-of-all compilations for my Sea-Tac friends and was just able to get the station jingle to include. I would love to find a copy of the baby singing "Da Da Da" that used to get so much airplay. If you would be willing to take some time and contact me, my email address is beatschool@yahoo.com.

Great to see you're still moving around the world of music.

Mr. Raybow,

Glad to see our favorite KYYX DJ!

Just another aging wayver saying Hi.

TB

Aging? Ohhhhh...THAT explains a few things. (Now where did I leave my hearing aid and my set of teeth...? I keep forgetting...) Just kidding, thankfully.

hey steve,
glad to see you on these boards. i still want to thank you for the care package you sent a couple of years ago. like i had said earlier thru these boards, you are truly a class act. so welcome

You are certainly welcome. I couldn't believe I still had all of those only somewhat slightly used rubber toys we found one "interesting" evening in the Sleaze District - hope you were able to put them to good use. (Did I forget to mention the importance of owning an autoclave?)

Mr. R, I'll never forget the hour of "Adventure, Romance, Danger, and Lust"! Good to hear from you!

[quote]Originally posted by hexicon
[br]Mr. R, I'll never forget the hour of "Adventure, Romance, Danger, and Lust"! Good to hear from you!
[/quote]

Well thanks again (and again). That was the whole point of giving the "show" that name: I tried to design ARD&L so it wouldn't easily slip from memory. (Although after leaving Seattle at least a decade and a-half went by when I didn't really think about it at all.)

Mr. R,
to layer it on even more thickly--how could anybody forget your program names and aural celebrations ! "Rabow's Record Ranch and Cassette Corral" was another fave...talk about your alliteration. Your "House Parties" on Sundays were the BEST. You inspired countless of us Wavers to be curious, keep one's eyes open, and always look for the weird, the unusual, and the hopeless. I remember when you'd play records at a slower speed, and call it "Super Slo-Mo, like the Olympics". Ha ha, that was brilliant stuff. You really raised the bar in Seattle radio. Not to mention those wacky KYYX "Wave" magazines...I would venture to say that you did a lot of the writing for those ?!?!

Anyway, thanks for all the memories, the fun, and the inspiration. You were truly one of a kind ! [;)]

Hey, I'm not dead yet. (I hope.) But you guys are making me blush, I'm going back into retirement. Thank you and goodnight. ZZZZZzzzzzzzz.

Mr. Rabow, thank you for the kind words.

KYYX4ever, how did you hear the Pin-Up Girls? I'm curious. You can check them out here:

http://www.cafepress.com/knowitallrec.12783255

I have been looking for the song "Things Get In Your Way". It was played on NU-107 sometime in 1988.

I believe it is the B-side of the Crash song.

Can somebody please help me.

pls email it to hill_valley_2015@yahoo.com


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