Jon's point is well taken. People can imitate Beat Happening all they want
but that's entirely missing the point of the band (or at least one of the many
points of the band). James Carville famously said about the 1992 presidential
election, "It's the economy, stupid." And you could also say that about Beat
Happening -- part of the appeal of what they were doing was the economy of it.
But even more importantly, you could also say, "It's the *songs*, stupid."
Those are really good songs -- and they'd be good no matter who played them.
Even if Michael Bolton played them they'd be good... errr... I think.
Happy summer, everybody.

-- Michael