Chalkhills Digest Volume 1, Issue 355
Date: Tuesday, 14 June 1994
Chalkhills, Number 355
Tuesday, 14 June 1994
Today's Topics:
Some old threads
Residents, and ephemera...
brief introduction
Re: Andy P./Residents
Just Wanna Say Hi
Ernest Noyes Brookings, etc.
Jules Verne/Bull Liner Notes
Vacation
let me introduce myself
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 6 Jun 94 23:48:40 -0400 From: poole1@husc.harvard.edu Subject: Some old threads Apologies to everyone/anyone for picking up some old threads, but I've been meaning to mention these for a while, but have only recently emerged from under one of my advisor's manuscripts. In all the talk about various bands that sounds like XTC or that XTC fans might like, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Nick Heyward's latest _From Monday To Sunday_. They played "Kite" a fair amount on WHFS (in the DC area) while I was home for Christmas, but I was too cheap to buy the LP at the time and only heard it when my local library bought it. It's on about the same level as The Dream Academy's "Life In a Northern Town". Well-crafted, pleasant (if a bit twee), 60's influenced British pop. "How Do You Live Without Sunshine" strikes me as particularly Partridge-esque. Sure it's not high art or anything, but not everything has to be. The other thing I wanted to mention was the rumor that Jellyfish had broken up. My brother talked with Roger Manning about two months ago now (He left a tape of his band onstage at a Jellyfish show, and Roger was calling to say they loved it and to send more) and Roger said that they were in fact going to take some time off, since they had been on the road awhile. But he said that they were planning to reconvene in the Fall, I think, to begin the _Spilt Milk_ followup. So maybe we'll have two new albums to look forward to next year. Geoff "Can you prove this _didn't_ happen?" -Criswell
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 03:17:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "David W. Millians, millia@moe.coe.uga.edu" <millia@moe.coe.uga.edu> Subject: Residents, and ephemera... Another lurker rises to the surface... The other posters reminded me that I needed to post a snippet of interview dealing with the Residents. It's from Contrast Magazine, Spring 1990. LONG interview with Andy. Q: Speaking of being anonymous, were you one of the secret contributors on the Residents Commercial LP? A: I did actually write the Residents some lyrics, which I thought were jolly residential. I posted them to them and became very friendly with them over a while. I went to see them at Ralph one day, and they kidnapped me and asked if I would come to their studio and sing a song, a song called 'Margaret Freeman.' I didn't know how it went or anything. They just stood me in there, gave me the lyrics, and said 'OK.' I said, 'How does it go?' And they said, 'Anyway you want.' So they just turned on the tape, and I think we did it on the first or second take. I just sang something and it sort of fit. Q: What was the atmosphere like: A: It was rather wonderful. They had all of these toys and very bizarre instruments. They showed me the stagecoach guitar, which is a toy guitar about one and a half feet long. The body of it is like a stagecoach. The neck is like the reins, the headstock is where the horses are, and it's got four nylon strings on it. They have a studio full of stuff like that. I was amazed. I thought, at one point in my philosphy, that the Residents were as big as the Beatles. I thought 'Duck Stab/Buster and Glen' was like their 'Sgt. Pepper.' Wonderful stuff. So there you go. Also, Johnny Nexdor is all Andy, IMHO And a hearty thanks to Jon, who needs to be reminded that he runs the best list on the net. More content, less screaming about how people are wasting bandwidth David W. Millians millia@moe.coe.uga.edu You know- for kids! (MHO)<=(UGAHO)
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 12:07:08 +0000 From: wilson@suna.sna.co.umist.ac.uk (Simon Wilson) Subject: brief introduction Hi, I'm Simon. I was overjoyed when I stumbled across Chalkhills whilst exploring the net. At last - somewhere to discuss one of my favourite bands. I've liked them since about English Settlement, but have now acquired almost all their back catalogue. I knew, of course, that they were much more popular in the States than over here, but I didn't realise that there were so many dedicated fans around. A couple of comments on the few back issues of Chalkhills I've read: "The Big Express" is my least favourite album - the only track I can stand is the wonderful "This World Over". "Skylarking" is my favourite by a long way. Swindon is one of the dullest places in England. The only excitement I gained when sent there for a week last week was the thought that I might bump into one of the boys. I also have a question - Is anyone fond of the Peter Blegvad album "King Strut and Other Stories", on on which Andy Partridge did some writing and playing? I think it will appeal to XTC fans since it's quirky and poppy, and the songs are excellent. I have played my copy constantly since I bought it a couple of years ago.
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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 94 14:35:29 PDT
From: John Relph <relph@presto.ig.com>
Subject: Re: Andy P./Residents
rgh3@cornell.edu (Ron Henry) writes:
>Personally I'd love to know how he connected with them
Thanks to David Millians for posting the interview segment. There is
another very loose connection, which is that both the Residents and
Andy Partridge have contributed singles to the Hello Recording Club.
The Residents' contribution is called "Prelude to The Teds" and is
pretty, well, Residential. I like it. The Andy Partridge single
hasn't arrived yet.
By the way, Lene Lovich sings "Picnic Boy" on _The Commercial Album_.
Brookes McKenzie <RMCKENZI@smith.smith.edu> writes:
>
>if there's a lloyd cole mailing list, why isn't there a matthew sweet one?
>anyone feel like starting one with me?
Ah, but there IS a Matthew Sweet mailing list! (At least there was
one a week ago.) Write to <matthew-sweet-request@kazak.nmsu.edu>.
Derek Miner <ind00163@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> writes:
> Believe this or not, I had a very similar dream.
I have collecting dreams as well, check out Digest #232.
-- John
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From: ryan@zeus1.issc.com (Jim Ryan (N2595))
Subject: Just Wanna Say Hi
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 94 14:58:01 CDT
Hi,
Glad to become the 600th member of Chalkhills. Do I win a prize
or something?
I've always known who XTC were, hearing "Senses Working
Overtime", "Making Plans for Nigel", etc., but never really got
into them until a friend turned me on to Black Sea. Thanks, Joe!
They've got a wit unmatched by anyone else that keeps you coming
back for more.
Never got into the Dukes of Stratosphere or the later XTC
like Oranges and Lemons, though. I really liked Sky Larking, partially
because of Todd's production (No flames, please, I'm new ;)
Anyway, looking forward to lots of Andy stories.
Cheers,
Jim Ryan = ryan@zeus1.issc.com
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[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Wed, 08 Jun 1994 17:23:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "Paging Mr. Saxophone..." <MELINDA@delphi.com> Subject: Ernest Noyes Brookings, etc. This is XTC-related, I swear, just bear with me... I have recently begun reading some comics (you people are my friends, and one of you is my sibling, so I feel I can admit this to you) and several things smacked me in the face at once last night -- I'm hoping some of you can end my confusion (well, about *this*, at least) So, I'm reading back-issues of _Eightball_ (Dan Clowes -- recommended!) and there's this hilarious piece about old people talking about Robots. My brother-in-law sees this and explains to me about Duplex Planet. Now, I can't find any actual Duplex Planet mags, but did find some old issues of _Duplex_Planet_Illustrated_. So, in one of them, there's a bit attributed to Ernie Brookings, and in another there is a long bit about watermelon attributed to Ernest Noyes Brookings. Then, in a *different* back-issue of _Eightball_, Clowes says buy the Ernest Noyes Brookings CD because he did the cover. Now, was "Rocket" *on* this CD? Was it written for the CD but not put on it? (I ask this because the version I know is very demo-sounding) "Rocket" is the one I'm thinking of, right? Who was Ernest Noyes Brookings? Duplex Planet certainly seems like the sort of thing Andy Partridge would be interested in (in general, I mean, not the comic, which seems to be a fairly new offshoot of the whole DP thing), but is there more to it than this? I know this is not life-or-death info, but the way it all loops back around intrigues me. Melinda (Joe, I am loving your story!)
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Date: Wed, 08 Jun 1994 17:53:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Delphi Member Services <MELINDA@delphi.com>
Subject: Jules Verne/Bull Liner Notes
I think I mentioned before how I'm completely amazed at both
"Jules Verne" and "The Bull", and I wanted to drone on and on
about it here in this forum -- BUT I don't want to say stuff
that everyone already knows! Apparently, there were notes
that go along with these tapes, but since I got the tapes from
someone else, I don't have the notes. Jason Langley informed me
that they are ftp-able, but when I went to the site at net.bio.net,
I couldn't find them -- could someone tell me where they are?
Melinda (Young Cleopatra)
[ The files are in the net.bio.net:/pub/misc/chalkhills/lyrics
directory, files "Bull_with_Golden_Guts" and "Jules_Verne".
-- John ]
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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 94 16:09:53 PDT
From: John Relph <chalkhills-request@chalkhills.org>
Subject: Vacation
Organization: Chalkhills Anonymous
Hello Chalkhilllians,
It's time for my annual trek to, yes, Idaho, and so I will be away
>from my duties as administrator and moderator for about two weeks. I
will not be reading e-mail during this time, so I will not be able to
process any requests until I return. Please be patient. I do hope that
nothing horrible happens while I'm gone, and automaticism should keep
the digests coming every so often. Have fun while I'm gone. Peace,
-- John
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 18:17:24 -0700 (PDT) From: REDMONRA@plu.edu Subject: let me introduce myself I am an enthusiastic XTC fan who is new to the Internet and to Chalkhills. I found it by searching through Gopherspace on my own. I remember hearing Drums and Wires at Tower Records in downtown Seattle in 1979 and thinking it was REALLY WIERD. After that I heard them often on KJET, a long gone new wave Seattle station. Does anyone else remember it? I didn't become a real fan until after English Settlement was released in the one LP format domestically. The first song I heard by them that really got my attention was No Thugs In Our House. Since then I have bought all their albums when first released. My most exciting XTC find was discovering the Canadian CD of Skylarking on a trip to Vancouver in 1988. I let my subscription to The Little Express lapse a few years back, so I am really glad to read the latest info by way of Chalkhills! I don't know anyone who likes XTC as much as I do, so send me lots of E mail! r2 Ron Redmond Pacific Lutheran University <REDMONRA@PLU.EDU> Tacoma, Washington USA
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