Chalkhills Digest Volume 1, Issue 234
Date: Thursday, 6 August 1992
Chalkhills, Number 234
Thursday, 6 August 1992
Today's Topics:
XTC in magazines...
From falsetto to synth
Chalkhills #233
A vote for the Froom
Re: XTC GIFs are available
another Biography source
Re: edited CD for tape
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From: meep@wpi.wpi.edu (Douglas Scott Bailey) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1992 17:21:40 -0400 Subject: XTC in magazines... Over ye weekende, I picked up magazines two, and lo and behold _both_ of them had at least some XTC content. Magazine the Firste, _SPY_ (the August issue, with "1,000 Reasons not to vote for George Bush" on the cover), has a _Nonsuch_ ad with clippings reading, "George Bush doesn't get it."; "David Duke thinks it contains communist codes."; and "William Kennedy Smith just wants to know if it gets chicks hot." Very strange. The second is an article in Tower Records' house organ _Pulse!_ which is okay as articles goes, but does mention two (yes, _two_) upcoming releases: one called either _Somesuch_ or _Nearsuch_, which is a collection of the demo versions of all 17 tracks from _Nonsuch_; the other as yet untitled and featuring outtakes from _Nonsuch_ (the article says AP and CM wrote 32 songs, so there are presumably 15 outtakes...hmmm). Also, Andy is cited as being very regretful this album took so long to make and indicating that the net one won't be so far down the road. I'd really rather not transcribe the entire _Pulse!_ article, especially since the magazine is free at Tower, but if there's a lot of demand I will. Later, Doug ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ".bmob mota ruoy htiw flesruoy kcuf dna oG" *The Dukes Of Stratosphear*
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 04 Aug 92 17:58:09 EDT From: Rick <MMLRICK@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu> Subject: From falsetto to synth Anyone else notice what seems to be screaming in my face so that I can't seem to think of anything else right now? Namely, that Dave's synthesizer line in the middle and in the fade of "Then She Appeared" is almost identical with AP's falsetto line near the end of the bridge of "Senses Working Overtime"? I don't have a keyboard at home to determine the key of each, but for you sight-singing fans, it goes "mi-fa-sol-do(high)-sol-fa.." and repeats. The synth in TSA ornaments the line; the vocal in SWO modulates it. I didn't post this to be a know-it-all. I just want to get some rest tonight instead of laying around dwelling on it. Thanks. Feeling better already, Rick
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 15:38:29 PDT From: syd@almaden.ibm.com Subject: Chalkhills #233 Ref: Your note of Tue, 4 Aug 92 12:47:32 -0700 Tim Szeliga observes that not everything recorded by XTC is so altogether wonderful. I doubt that anyone would disagree. I wouldn't be so quick to keep all the Colin Moulding tunes, however. Maybe he hasn't written as many "clunkers" as Andy has, but he hasn't written much that was particularly outstanding, either. For every "Deliver Us from the Elements" he's done, there's a corresponding "Crossed Wires" or "War Dance" or "King for a Day" to provoke a yawn or two. I agree that some of the albums (particularly Oranges and Lemons, and to some extent Nonsuch) could use a good trimming, though.
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1992 23:03:13 -0700 From: will kreth <kreth@well.sf.ca.us> Subject: A vote for the Froom O.K. - it took awhile, but I am now confident I know who should produce the next XTC album. His name is Mitchell Froom. Credits include: Elvis Costello, Crowded House, Los Lobos. -The latest Los Lobos album - Kiko - is amazing. Froom adds just the right amount of color with his _House of Keyboards_ Any seconds to this opinion? Krethead
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 5 Aug 92 09:30:56 EDT From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh) Subject: Re: XTC GIFs are available > From: graeme@duane.research.canon.oz.au (Graeme Wong See) > > Yo XTCers, > I've have made up some XTC gifs for those who are interested. John > 6) Is my work in vain? Has anyone out there ever made or got any XTC gifs? > If so are they archived anywhere? No way! Thanks man, very cool! I've certainly never seen any XTC gifs. now if I could just find some Rundgren/Utopia..... :) --Don dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov
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From: J Ross MacKay <ross@ray.grdl.noaa.gov>
Subject: another Biography source
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 92 8:09:54 EDT
It's a fun read for the True Fan, though some of it would probably seem
very dry to the uninitiated. Many intimate details about the Boyz, their
background and development as musicians. As far as I know it's only been
published in the UK, here's the info:
Title: XTC, Chalkhills and Children, The Definitive Biography.
Author: Chris Twomey
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 0.7119.2758.8
Thanks to a tip from a fellow Chalkhillian, I ordered my copy from:
MUSIC MACHINE
10367 Reisterstown Rd.
Owings Mills, MD 21117
(410) 356-4567
cost: $20.00 book
( $1.00 MD tax if you live in MD)
$3.50 shipping
(with whom I have no relation other than being a satisfied cutomer)
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And in related news, the latest Little Express offers this tidbit of info:
North American distributor of XTC merchandise -
Niceman
8752 Monticello Lane
Suite 100
Maple Grove, MIN 55369
(612) 493-2200
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Thu, 6 Aug 92 13:42:06 PDT From: "John M. Relph" <relph@presto.ig.com> Subject: Re: edited CD for tape Tim Szeliga <snow@netcom.com> opines: > >Am I the only one on this list who does not consider everything ever >released by XTC to be sacred writ? AP's biggest problem, IMHO, >is his inability to select the best of his own work and withhold >the dross. Yes, that is one of his problems. The other is his belief that his main goal, that of getting the idea from his head to tape just the way he imagined it, is correct. The song that he gets on tape may be improved, such as some of the `suggestions' that Todd Rundgren made for songs on _Skylarking_. But Andy doesn't want suggestions or improvements. He wants what he wants, and that's The Word. > I think Partridge is not the best judge of his own work (not that I am >either) just that I think that he has a blind spot, and recognizes it >and thats why he is still looking for the perfect producer. Unfortunately, he is looking for a producer, but he won't listen once he has found one. -- John
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