Chalkhills Digest Volume 4, Issue 49
Date: Wednesday, 4 February 1998
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 4, Number 49
Wednesday, 4 February 1998
Today's Topics:
Top 20 British Guitarists
Re: Six Degrees of XTC
Bonzo albums a-plenty!
Influencing Andy
Useless bit of trivia
Another bit of trivia....
Are we not men? We are Bonzos!
generals and majors
Money for Somesuch
oh no, they're Baconising again...
6 to Lindsey & TAFKAP
Driving me loco
Yazbek
Andy appears on Stephen Duffy's new album
6 degrees of xTc
Album spoiled by demos? A suggestion...
This Is Fun
Another Elvis.
Re: Six degrees of XTC
Lumiere moves ...
dear god
Six degrees of Whitney Houston
XTC special on the radio
A Sparkler for Firework ?
Re: Attention Chalkhills Children '97 Contributors
Degrees of Separation: Whitney Houston
DEMOS!!!
This baffles me.....
Marilyn Manson to XTC (hunh?)
XTC links
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-Id: <199802032329.QAA14824@access.tucson.org> From: "J. D. SMX" <jsmelser@access.tucson.org> Organization: Access Tucson Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 16:36:25 -0700 Subject: Top 20 British Guitarists Hello Chalkmeisters: It was noted in the last issue that Andy and Dave were pictured in the latest Guitar Player Magazine so I ran right out and got it. You might save $5.00 if all you want to know is the list, here it is.... Daniel Ash (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) Marc Bolan (T-Rex, *is dead*) Bernard Butler (Suede) Graham Coxon (Blur) Dave Davies (Kinks) Justine Frischman (Suede, Elastica) George Harrison (Beatles, Traveling Wilburys) Mick Jones (Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) Steve Jones (Sex Pistols, Professionals) Johnny Marr (The Smiths, Electronic) Hank Marvin (Drifters, Shadows) Jimmy Page (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin) Andy Partridge (XTC, Dukes of the Stratosphere) Radiohead (all three guitarists) Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) Mick Ronson (David Bowie, *is dead*) Robert Smith (The Cure, Siouxie and the Banshees) Andy Summers (Soft Machine,The Police) Pete Townsend (The Who) Paul Weller (The Jam, Style Council) Obviously missing: Jeff Beck! I'll keep all my other comments to myself as the musicians listed and their music speak for themselves. L8r, J. D. SMX Engineering Services Manager Access Tucson jsmelser@access.tucson.org
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199802040032.QAA18940@sgi.sgi.com> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 19:34:51 -0500 Subject: Re: Six Degrees of XTC From: Margaret Quinn <mquinn@newyorknet.net> >Any takers? I'd be interested to see anyone tie Whitney Houston, Tracey >Ullman (yes, the awesome theme song/80's hit qualifies her as a >musician), Elvis Costello (I tried, but couldn't come up with anything), >and Hanson. Tracey Ullman is easy. TRACEY ULLMAN'S big hit was "They Don't Know" which was written by: KIRSTY MACCOLL who was married to: STEVE LILLYWHITE who, of course, produced Drums & Wires and Black Sea. --Margaret
------------------------------ Message-ID: <34D774E6.6F0B@snet.net> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 19:49:58 +0000 From: Andrew Lippitt <andylipp@snet.net> Subject: Bonzo albums a-plenty! Ms. Plum seemed to think: > Bonzo albums are hard to come across these days, so I'm not even going > to try. If you mean vinyl, Amanda, maybe you're right. Plenty of CD's available, though. One-Way has reissued most of 'em, and they are available at Tunes.com and CD Now, and probably at yer fa-vor-ite music type shoppe. Now if they only carried a certain CD of cover tunes... Andy L
------------------------------ From: MPadg@aol.com Message-ID: <5f17fa1e.34d7bca8@aol.com> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:56:06 EST Subject: Influencing Andy Mitch says: <Andy also noted that he thought some of the orchestral things might really piss people off and he based this on some of the Chalkhills printouts he has been reading from the past few years in which Nonsuch was not as well liked as he thought.> This worries me. As does the comment that we might not like the arrangements if they deviate too much from the demos. I think our historical arrangement where Andy is the creative genius and we sit back in awe has been working just fine. But then I wouldn't trade Nonsuch for English Settlement *and* Drums & Wires. (Throw in Big Express and you have a deal) <<Any other Primus-ites out there?>> The Brown Album is my pick for best album of 97. Saw them live - incredible. After seeing many performances lately by bands who peaked in another decade, it was refreshing to see great musicians who are still in their prime-us. (Goin down to South Park gonna have myself a tiiiime....)
------------------------------ Date: 4 FEB 98 11:58:22 AES From: PCulnane@dca.gov.au Subject: Useless bit of trivia Message-ID: <0000amcaioog.0000zvzbzrnp@dca.gov.au> Aghast! So it's come to this, eh? I saw a TV ad for a new variety of Kentucky Fried Chicken being marketed in Australia called "XTC". These letters are prominently emblazoned on the bucket that the chicken comes in. I think XTC is supposed to stand for "extra tasty" or "extra tangy chicken". Yum! p@ul
------------------------------ Date: 4 FEB 98 12:09:53 AES From: PCulnane@dca.gov.au Subject: Another bit of trivia.... Message-ID: <0000hbxtttdd.0000gkuukwcm@dca.gov.au> Anyone else noticed the uncanny similarity between the opening guitar riff of "Little Lighthouse" (the trebly distorted tremelo bit) and the melody line of "This Magic Moment" by Perry Como? ....thought not. Okay, I'll shut up now. p@ul
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199802040122.RAA05362@mail.eskimo.com> From: "Matt Keeley" <mrme@eskimo.com> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 17:22:17 +0000 Subject: Are we not men? We are Bonzos! Hehe.. find the source of that topic, and you get my admiration...8) (And, no, it's not merely a bastardisation of "Jocko Homo".. that's actually a quote...) anyway.... > From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) > Subject: Re: Anti-Branson sentiments > >2) Richard Branson. Somebody recently posted here that they hoped Bransons > >balloon would come crashing down in flames with him aboard. Now, isn't this > >slightly over-reacting ? What has Branson done to deserve this vitriol ? > Alos let's not forget that Branson was so incensed at what the new owners > have been doing with Virgin since he lost control that he set up a new > label, V2. Eh, I'm still not a big Branson fan.... Even if he didn't send XTC to the barrel room personally, the whole thing that Mark Mothersbaugh was talking about did it for me... In an interview with Mark, Mark said (so this isn't just a rumour, this is from first hand exp) that when DEVO signed with Virgin records (Warner in the States, but that was a messy legal battle that I won't go into... anyway... WB in the US and Canada, Virgin everywhere else) Dick took Mark and Jerry to Jamaica, sat them in front of a table full of primo marajuana, got them nice and high, then in their inebriated state, pitched that they make Johnny Rotten their lead singer.... Luckily Mark and Jerry realised that something wasn't right, even in their pot-induced haze, and refused... but still... I think that DEVO should be the only ones allowed to get DEVO high. > From: "Mark Strijbos" <mmello@knoware.nl> > Dear Chalkers, > A good friend told me that Cooking Vinyl is planning to distribute > the new forthcoming XTC CD and tape. Does this really mean what it > seems to imply ??? No more new lovely smelly XTC vinyl ? > Arghhhhhhhhhhhh, surely this can't be true! Agh! Dammit, Andy said it'd be on vinyl... and a lot of record companies are returning to vinyl releases it seems.. so hopefully we'll get one of those big discs. And if it doesn't come out like that, well, I hope Andy puts the smack down on those bitches. And if there's one thing we've learned from gangsta culture, it's that we put the smack down on our hos. > From: LadyCPlum@aol.com > Matt-Bonzo albums are hard to come across these days, so I'm not even going > to try. I DO love I'm the Urban Spaceman, though. Saw Neil Innes perform it > on the Hollywood Bowl, with Carol Cleveland tap dancing right along. Actually, most or all were just recently re-released on CD... Urban Spaceman, Gorrilla, Keynsham, Let's Make Up and Be Friendly and Tadpoles.... They're on CEMA/One Way Records... mastering's not great, but it's better than being kicked in the face, eh? Ah well, that's this world over... Matt Living Through | (ICQ UIN: 1455267, Name: MrMe) Another | http://www.eskimo.com/~mrme Cuba -- XTC | I used to be temporarily insane! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now I'm just stupid! -- Brak Yeah.
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199802040125.MAA15388@mail.eisa.net.au> From: "MNAC" <mnac@eisa.net.au> Subject: generals and majors Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:17:33 +1100 hello there i have a desperate need to play genrals and majors, but cant find even the chords anywhere any clues, or better still, has anybody got some chords or tab for this song thanks in advance the thin man Sean Sexton
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 20:45:38 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v03007802b0fd30b1144c@[209.86.61.246]> From: Mitch Friedman <mitchf@mindspring.com> Subject: Money for Somesuch Howdy Ho!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone who came to the defense of the fantastic Nonsuch album the same way I did when I had Andy on the phone. I'll be sure to tell him that his perception of people's opinion on the album is wrong. On a different subject altogether, I know this idea has been brought up several times in the past but has never been acted on however this time I think maybe it should be. Since XTC is now in the position of having to shell out their own money to make and distribute their music and since that money seems to be hard to come by and since there is no evil demonic record company in the way of them receiving a cash gift and doing with it what they like . . . what does everyone think of the idea of me collecting however much money anyone thinks is appropriate to send (along with a list of who contributed) and then when it reaches a nice tidy sum, sending it as a gift to XTC to help them pay for whatever they need it for? It would be my/their/and ultimately your pleasure. Mitch
------------------------------ Message-Id: <v01540b03b0fd8602b3c9@[139.80.100.85]> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 14:57:34 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: oh no, they're Baconising again... >So, I'm standing in the shower this morning, trying to come up with a >new Chalkhills thread...and then it hit me, much like Kevin Bacon hit >the main characters of the scary movie "Sleepers": how about "Six >Degrees of XTC"? Just tie XTC to any musician, in six steps or less. >Let's see how odd we can get: aaaaaagh! This comes up every twenty digests or so! (BTW - Elvis Costello->Brian Eno, who toyed with the idea of joining XTC in the late 70s, and who, like Andy, has worked with Harold Budd. OK. Weird ones: Eric Idle(Monty Python)->Rikki Fataar(Rutles)(thus also a connection with Neil Innes)->Tim Finn(Solo albums)->Brian Eno(801)->Harold Budd->Andy P. Woody Allen->Paul Simon (Annie Hall)->Tony Levin(solo albums)->Robert Fripp(King Crimson)->Eno->Budd->Partridge You can tie in just about everyone to Brian Eno within three steps, from Future Sound of London(->Fripp->Eno) to Neil Young(->Bob Dylan->Daniel Lanois->Eno), and he's worked with everyone from InXS to Luciano Pavarotti, so it becomes too easy. And Fripp and his King Crimson cohorts (particularly Tony Levin) have worked with just about everyone. Similarly, Dave Mattacks connects with the whole British folk scene, from Steeleye Span to Jethro Tull. And through the Finn brothers (and therefore Crowded House) you can go to Roger McGuinn and much of the West Coast 60s folk explosion. Here's a stranger one, though: Me!->Mike Stoodley(Moomins)->Alan Haig(Verlaines)->Martin Phillipps(Chills) ->Dave Gregory & Dave Mattacks James
------------------------------ Message-Id: <v01540b08b0fd8ea8b41f@[139.80.100.85]> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:28:43 +1200 From: james.dignan@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (James Dignan) Subject: 6 to Lindsey & TAFKAP >Lindsey Buckingham to Stevie Nicks, to Tom Petty, to Roy Orbison, to Brian Eno (previously mentioned) to Stevie Nicks, to Tom Petty to George Harrison (previously mentioned) to John Stewart, to the Beach Boys (IIRC), to Van Dyke Parks, to Martin Phillipps, to Dave Gregory. to Warren Zevon, to Bob Dylan, to Daniel Lanois, top Brian Eno... to Warren Zevon, to Michael Stipe, to Robyn Hitchcock, to Thomas Dolby, to Andy Partridge. >Prince ah, 'the artist formerly possessing a talent'... to the Bangles, to Kimberley & the Waves, to Robyn Hitchcock, to Thomas Dolby, to Andy Partridge. Whichawayyawannago? James
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:59:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19980203230224.29173f08@en.com> From: Michael Kearns <mikearns@en.com> Subject: Driving me loco Someone wrote: >I finally got hold of the AP demos over Xmas . . . A mixed bag. You and >the Clouds . . . My Brown Guitar and Your Dictionary; these I'm >expecting to be some of the best XTC songs yet. I'm hoping Prince of >Orange, The Last Balloon and Church of Women don't make it. Do any >'in-the-know' people know the situation regarding what's >in/out/undecided? PLEASE.. can we stop this? Apparently Andy gets to read some of this stuff. Of course he's way above all this pointless discussion. Who the hell are we to judge what should be put on/left off the upcoming album? I've heard some of the demos. So what? Wait until you buy and hear the finished product, then judge! Until then, I don't care to be one of, or hear from, the so-called "in-the-know" people. Actually I don't mind reading posts from those who have talked with members of XTC, but 'the situation regarding what's in/out/undecided?' PLEASE STOP!!!. I just want to hear new music from XTC, when XTC feels it is ready for us to hear it. Sorry, but this is sacred to me. "There are some things in this world to which I am proud to be maladjusted." -- MLK
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 20:48:57 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802040448.UAA36948@mando.engr.sgi.com> From: John Relph <relph> Subject: Yazbek For you Yazbek fans out there, his new long-player, _Tock_, is now available for pre-release purchase. You can find ordering details on the Chalkhills product page: http://come.to/chalkhills/product/ (That's where _Chalkhills Children '97_ is to be found, as well.) Happy Listening. -- John
------------------------------ Date: 4 FEB 98 17:03:34 AES From: PCulnane@dca.gov.au Subject: Andy appears on Stephen Duffy's new album Message-ID: <0000amcaimog.0000zvzbzpnp@dca.gov.au> I know there's a few chalksters who've been waiting on this news - gleaned from the Japanese Stephen Duffy website at: http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~marimari/duffy.html Cooking Vinyl Records are going to release Stephen's postponed album "I Love My Friends" on Monday 20th April in the U.K. And In Japan, Quattro Record Rebel is going to release the album on 21st March. Stephen plays all the guitars, keyboards and of course all the vocals. He also plays some bass guitar and Alex James from Blur and Andy Partridge of XTC also play on it. Other contributers are: Aimee Mann (sings "What If This Is Our Only Love"), Ric Menk mainly plays the drums and Dave Mattacks (Nick Drake or the Nolans fame) plays on a couple of songs, and Justin Welch of Elastica (and from Me Me Me combo) plays the drums on Seventeen. Stephen Street produced the most, Andy Partridge produced a couple and Stephen (Duffy) produced a little. p@ul
------------------------------ Message-ID: <34D80932.1E11@ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 22:22:42 -0800 From: "!Eric Rosen" <!rimshot3@ix.netcom.com> Subject: 6 degrees of xTc i wouldn't want to even contemplate the notion of there being fewer than 6 degrees of separation between xTc & celine dion....
------------------------------ From: keone@ix.netcom.com Message-ID: <34D8125F.48ADD69D@ix.netcom.com> Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 00:01:51 -0700 Subject: Album spoiled by demos? A suggestion... So hearing Andy's demos will spoil the effect of the new album? Sure, but ONLY if you imprint every note into your memory by listening to them over and over and over... SOLUTION: Stop listening -- NOW! You've had a taste of what the songs are, now put the tape away and hum them from memory for the next six or so months. When "Firework" arrives, the tunes will seem like old friends dressed up in new clothes. And you won't be disappointed... Come on, use some will power!
------------------------------ Message-ID: <34D823DE.7EA80C0E@gte.net> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 22:16:30 -1000 From: Dave+Chris <davchris@gte.net> Subject: This Is Fun Tracey Ullman: Paula Abdul choreographed The Tracey Ullman Show, Letterman's guitarist and bassist appeared in a Paula Abdul video, XTC appeared on Letterman.
------------------------------ Message-ID: <31790FAD9CB8D011BD6A0000F877207D351FA2@tu-server2.micromass.co.uk> From: Wood Robert MMUk <robert.wood@micromass.co.uk> Subject: Another Elvis. Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:58:17 -0000 Re: Six degrees of XTC >> Elvis Costello (I tried, but couldn't come up with > anything), << OK, I know we've had one Elvis Costello link but here's another... Elvis wrote "The other end of the Telescope" with the sublime Aimee Mann, Aimee Mann had Dave Gregory (in both sences of the word by all accounts <g>) playing with her when I saw her supporting World Party in Manchester (that's Manchester, England!) and er, Dave Gregory plays in XTC. No really, he does! Personally, I reckon Dave was a lucky bastard... Actually that was really wierd, as I was watching the gig where he [DG] played in Aimee's band, I kept thinking "that guitarist looks ever so familiar!" When she introduced the band to us I nearly keeled over! Such excitement, getting to see Aimee live for the first time after 10 years of waiting and hoping *and* getting to see Dave play his beautiful 12 string Rickenbacker! *And* World Party were brilliant. Some gig that.
------------------------------ Message-Id: <v03007801b0fddc7aa4a0@[209.86.102.81]> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 03:56:30 -0500 From: Curtiss Hammock <curtiss@macbeth.com> Subject: Re: Six degrees of XTC > But can you link: Prince, Celine Dion, Lindsey Buckingham, or Queen? I'll take a stab at Queen: Elton John sang a Queen song at the Freddy Mercury memorial concert (a duet with Axl Rose--ack!). He also played the Pinball Wizard in the movie "Tommy," which also featured Eric Clapton, as the Hawker. Eric played guitar on George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," on the Beatles' "White Album" (he aslo nicked his wife--see "Layla"). As previously mentioned, George contributed to Badfinger's album, "Straight Up," as did producer Todd Rundgren, who produced XTC's "Skylarking." Curtiss --------------------- Curtiss R.Hammock II MacBeth Design Atlanta, GA, USA curtiss@macbeth.com www.macbeth.com
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From: Patrick_BOURCIER@paribas.com
Message-Id: <C12565A1.0037CD58.00@PARIBAS.COM>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 10:45:25 +0100
Subject: Lumiere moves ...
Bonjour !
I'm moving from the sunny South-West of France and so Lumiere too !
The new address is :
Lumiere
c/o Patrick Bourcier
36 rue de Latche
31700 Beauzelle
France
No changes for my personal e-mail : pbourcier@hol.fr
No new number of Lumiere until the beginning of March. Be patient for
them who are waiting for the old issues. It'll arrive !
Take care of you !
------------------------------ Subject: dear god Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:08:43 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <E0y03dD-0002WS-00@sunx1> From: Mandy Taylor <mandyt@central.susx.ac.uk> Quite frankly it pains me to read any criticsm of XTC amongst these pages, even though I realise that with the massive amount of material the band have produced over the years there's bound to be more than a few people disappointed with new directions or just the odd song or dodgy lyric...And of course, people have a right to their opinions, but it's *weird* to read about XTC People saying Snowman isn't a favourite or The Big Express was a downer, when for *me* it's all just pure, fundamental XTC. There, no point to that, just an odd feeling I get. It's one thing I've learnt, and it seems to be v.common with other fans judging by the constant remarks about it, is the uncanny way XTC grow on you, or else sneak up behind and bloody grab you by the throat. (Church Of Women -not a particular favourite- happened to enter my head, so I went to listen to it, and whadda you know but I could hardly breathe as I was listening to it, it was that honest and sweet..that sort of thing, you know?). So anyway, what I wanted to and should have just said in the first place, is that after all this experience of listening to XTC, is that I just have faith in them.
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199802041329.IAA21396@alcfire1.aetna.com> From: "Witter, Karl F" <WitterKF@aetna.com> Subject: Six degrees of Whitney Houston Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:31:27 -0500 >[Ben Gott]Any takers? I'd be interested to see anyone tie... >Whitney Houston to XTC. Easy, young Maineiac-in-training: 1) Whitney lip-synched the Star-Spangled Banner before the 1991 Super Bowl. 2) The official "Gulf War Super Bowl" was the greatest combo of sport and military spectacle since Leni Reifenstahl's "Triumph of the Will", celebrating and chronicling a humongous Nazi party rally in 1935 (date wrong?). 3) Andy hates Nazis, last I heard. There you go, Karl
------------------------------ Message-Id: <m0y073U-00MjWNC@Mail.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE> From: "Coni" <conimarc@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Subject: XTC special on the radio Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 16:41:16 +0100 Hi there, the other day I tuned into a radio show on one of the few German radio stations which cater for music fans. To my surprise the DJ ran a special on XTC. He discussed the merits of Swindon's claim to fame and played the tracks "This is Pop", "Mayor of Simpleton", "Nigel" and "Senses" I quickly logged myself into the online chat that the station runs and started haranguing my fellow chatters. I had never done this before and I realize now that it's probably not best foot forward to join a chat and immediately introduce a completely new thread but there you go. DJ took kindly to my incoherent rambling and even played "The Rhythm" which I had requested. Nice One! Shame that I couldn't post about this special in advance. Some of you German speaking chalkies might have liked to join the chat. The station is called Fritz (that name, sigh...) and their program is transmitted Europewide via satellite, I think. The DJ's name is Johnny and his excellent show is on Tuesdays 20.00 CET. Oh, and thanks to Mark Strijbos who recently answered some of my queries. Coni * -------------------------------------------------------- Now Playing Prefab Sprout - "Lions in my own Garden"
------------------------------ Message-Id: <TFSJNVTK@ubk.net>> From: Jonathan Monnickendam <monnickj@ubk.net> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:04:37 +0000 Subject: A Sparkler for Firework ? There was talk of a disc of demos to accompany Nonsuch and i wonder what chalkhill people would like to see this time. I guess the obvious would be a tape/cd of the demos or of extracts/outtakes from the studio. I thought Sparkler would be suitable name and suggest that it be distributed through Chalkhills and the Little Express at a price to ensure it covers costs. Now the boys have everything under their own control this type of release is easier to do. Perhaps Simon or Mitch have some idea as to whether this is viable. And as for that Dave Gregory cd Great to see the our bashful non-singing boy tackling two vocal numbers ; Our Prayer: The Beach Boys Because: TheBeatles, I'd love one of the lucky ones to tell me what the arrangements are like. yalla Jon On the turntable - No Other by Gene Clark * --------------------------------------------------------------- The views expressed are of the individual, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The United Bank of Kuwait PLC. * ---------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------ Message-ID: <WeWKbIAvWD20Mw75@smithard.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 09:32:31 +0000 From: Tim Harris <tim@wordsrus.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Attention Chalkhills Children '97 Contributors In message <211D4A0926D2D011859E0060972D88482B227E@azmail.rjconsult.com> , Miller, Ed <emiller@rjconsult.com> writes >If all the contributors would mail me a little more info about their >work on CC'97, I'll compile it and send it back to the list. That way >we can do this one time and it will benefit anybody on the list who >cares to read it. > >Please include specifics on instruments, recording equipment, effects, >inspirational events, psychedelia, whatever... Excellent idea - and also, if possible, an outline of the arrangement if its not already on the song transcriptions page in Chalkhills (esp Easter Theatre!) or different from those that have already been posted. -- Tim Harris
------------------------------ Message-ID: <004001bd3188$577d1390$34135f09@hatart.lotus.com> From: "Robert P. Krajewski" <rpk@lotatg.lotus.com> Subject: Degrees of Separation: Whitney Houston Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 11:17:03 -0500 There's probably an easier way to connect Whitney Houston to XTC (and lots of other unlikely performers, at least in comparison to her, as well), because she appeared on the 1982 album _One Down_ by Material, of whom Bill Laswell was a member. From Laswell, you can go off into funk (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy), rock (Motorhead, Iggy Pop), ambient techno (Tetsuo Inoue, Terre Thaemlitz, Peter Namlook), jazz (Herbie Hancock, Olu Dara, Henry Threadgill, Caspar Brotzmann), various African musicians, the Golden Palominos, various hip-hop DJs, and Eno -- so that means pretty much anybody can be connected to her in four steps... So I'd say: Whitney Houston (vocals) --> appeared on "One Down", by Material (Laswell) Laswell (bass) --> "On Land", Brian Eno Brian Eno (producer) --> Ultravox (debut album), Steve Lillywhite (engineer) Steve Lillywhite (producer) --> XTC, several albums
------------------------------ Message-Id: <9802041019.AA16889@jhensley> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 10:19:16 -0500 From: "Jon Hensley" <jhensley@eb.com> Subject: DEMOS!!! Hello all, I've just recently subscribed to Chalkhills and I've heard alot about the demos from the upcoming new album. My question is how does one obtain these? Should I look in my local music stores in the import sections or does someone have to dub them for me or do I have to order them or what? HELP!!! I need to have them! Please help me! One more question. How many Chalkhill members out there are musicians? I'm just curious. I have been playing bass for about 12 years now and Colin Moulding was and still is one of my biggest influences (with Andy Rourke of the Smiths a close second). Well, that's about it. If anyone could help me out with the demos I'd greatly appreciate it. jOn XTC song of the day: Then She Appeared non XTC song: Nomads by the High Llamas ps By the way, I think Nonsuch is XTCs best album to date with Skylarking a very, very close second.
------------------------------ From: LadyCPlum@aol.com Message-ID: <3e2d0c57.34d89992@aol.com> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 11:38:40 EST Subject: This baffles me..... I just checked out an XTC board on AOL, and a poster had said that in the March issue of Guitar Player magazine, Andy was named one of the 20 most influential Brit Pop guitarists. Granted, Andy is a good player, but how in the hell could they mention him and not Dave????? IMNSHO, Andy will be remembered more for his songwriting/producing than his guitar playing. Look at how many artists Dave has recorded with and toured with...we've got Aimee Mann, Peter Gabriel, Martin Newell, Alice, Cleaners From Venus, the list goes on, not to mention his contributions to "If Six Was Nine" and "1967-Through the Looking Glass". Blasphemy, I tell you!!!!!! Well tis all. Just needed to vent my spleen. -LCP
------------------------------ Message-ID: <01BD317C.8E88D600@NTS-WEBDEV> From: Tony Nowikowski <tonynow@one.net> Subject: Marilyn Manson to XTC (hunh?) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 14:52:40 -0500 Last issue, Amanda said: Ben-Oh I can link Elvis Costello and XTC easily.....T-Bone Burnett produced Elvis's SPIKE album.....Sam Phillipas is T-Bone's wife....Colin played bass on an album of Sam's. There! Now if I could only figure out Marilyn Manson and XTC....... Not too tough ... Marilyn Manson was "discovered" and produced by Trent Reznor. One of the guest musicians on Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral was Adrian Belew. Adrian plays with Robert Fripp in King Crimson. Fripp played with Barry Andrews in The League of Gentlemen. Barry ... well, you know ... 8*) (Speaking of which, I'd be interested to hear MM's or NIN's take on "Travels in Nihilon" ... seems up their alley!) Toodles, tony
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199802042025.PAA18807@gw32t.fmr.com> From: "Sawyer, Keith" <Keith.Sawyer@fmr.com> Subject: XTC links Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:24:37 -0500 Mark French <mark@imprintink.com> asks: >But can you link: Prince, Celine Dion, Lindsey Buckingham, or Queen? Prince -> worked with Kate Bush on her album The Red Shoes -> which was engineered by Haydn Bendall Celine Dion - > appeared on the For Our Children Too compilation with Elton John -> who often hired Gus Dudgeon to produce his albums Lindsey Buckingham -> played guitar on Don Henley's Building the Perfect Beast -> which also had vocals from Belinda Carlisle, former lead singer of the Go-Go's -> which appeared on Urgh! A Music War Queen bassist John Deacon -> played on Elton John's Leather Jackets album -> with drummer Dave Mattacks I hate these things. hypocritically, keith
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