Chalkhills Digest Volume 4, Issue 84
Date: Thursday, 21 May 1998
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 4, Number 84
Thursday, 21 May 1998
Today's Topics:
Nigel
Soap Story
Not the longest wait
Rumor Mill
CLEANERS FROM VENUS tapes still available!
xtc videos for trade
marking your stuff (it's a good thing!)
The Daveless XTC bandwagon
Dave=Edgar Winter?
XTC vs. TMBG vs. Little Egypt
Chalkhill's Originals
Rhino Music Aptitude test...
so sorry
Dobbin Rules !
Robert Smith...
Copy of XTC's "Greatest" For Sale
Chalkhills Originals '96????
More Crocodiles
Re: Album Title?
Thank you
Double albums. (Re: CC99 ideas)
Now wait just a minute. London?
Re: Personal Mythology
Re: Double Albums
Re: An Artist with a Thompson
Re: Double Album
Yazbek says . . .
New Cool Stuff!
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Benjamin A. Gott" <bgott@Bowdoin.EDU> Message-Id: <199805151536.AA12551@polar.bowdoin.edu> Subject: Nigel Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 11:36:52 -0400 (EDT) Hillers, After a 5-hour drive, I'm back at home in Connecticut. Some things never change... I just finished my "Making Plans for Nigel" for CC98, and Ira Lieman reminded me of something: "Nigel" was released in 1979, the year I was born. Isn't that weird? I think it means something. I also sent the illustrious Ian Stewart an e-mail in which (because of my exam foggy-headedness and the hour of the morning) I referred to him as "Dave" Stewart. Oopsie. -Ben
------------------------------ Message-ID: <POO0gcApfNX1EwlU@emdac.demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 01:03:54 +0100 From: Phil Hetherington <phil@emdac.demon.co.uk> Subject: Soap Story Having just whizzed through something like 6 digests in one go, I can honestly say that you people are very funny and lovely and also completely bonkers. I thank you all for a thoroughly good evening's entertainment. Mass hysteria is great; I haven't enjoyed Chalkhills so much in ages. And as an aside: In message <s5582016.018@elsevier.com>, Ralph DeMarco <r.demarco@elsevier.com> writes >-or XTC without Colin Moulding for that matter. It >doesn't wash kids. This might explain Andy's marital problems, but quite frankly, I don't believe a word of it. Phil PS: See (some of) you in La-La-Londinium on the 23rd. Note subtle Teletubbies reference circa 1980. I love this band. :-) -- _ |_) |_ * | My web page: http://www.emdac.demon.co.uk/phil/ | | ) | | Shriekback web pages: The above + shrkindx.html ===========
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199805160455.VAA02288@mail.rapidnet.net> From: "J & J Greaves" <jgreaves@rapidnet.net> Subject: Not the longest wait Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 21:46:50 -0700 Folks: The latest news that it's likely January for the new XTC tunes got me to thinking which band has taken the longest time between releases. So far, I believe it's The Records, a British group signed to Virgin at the same time as XTC (1978ish) and whose last release of new material was 1982. I've been told by WEBR Pure Pop host Alan Huber that The Records are performing in the Washington D.C. area, will be in LA in August for the International Pop Overthrow, and are in the process of recording a new LP. Is there any indication from the band as to which of the new songs is being considered as the "single"? It as usual is going to be a tough choice, or I should say, they are spoiled for choice. At least XTC now get the control, or more control than in the past, as to which song this will be. Until later John
------------------------------ From: MFa2707621 <MFa2707621@aol.com> Message-ID: <9a622b4f.355dc3fe@aol.com> Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 12:51:09 EDT Subject: Rumor Mill Chalkers, Hi, I just thought about something that I had to get off my chest, and this will be the last thing I say on the subject of the Colin leaving rumor (or any rumor about XTC). I know this next statement might offend some people, but I have to say this. I think the people who start rumors about XTC, and think it's a joke aren't really XTC fans. Why would a true XTC fan make any rumors about the group? I know they're not in the public, and that's sometimes how rumors get started. I think rumors can cause a lot of hurt feelings. Instead of giving in to the rumor mill, why don't we until an official word from someone who knows the group (i.e., Simon or Mitch). There I said it. I hope there are no hurt feelings out there, but I just had to voice my opinion. Molly
------------------------------ Message-ID: <355DDBC0.930CA7C6@netwalk.com> Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 14:32:33 -0400 From: Ian C Stewart <stewart@netwalk.com> Organization: AUTOreverse Subject: CLEANERS FROM VENUS tapes still available! Hi all I just got a catalog from ACID TAPES in the UK, which is the original label of much of Martin Newell's pre-Partridge output. And it's all still in print, apparently! The catalog lists THE CLEANERS FROM VENUS "Under Wartime Conditions," "Living With Victoria Grey," and "13" (featuring rough versions of most of the stuff that wound up on GREATEST LIVING ENGLISHMAN). the tapes cost three pounds each (plus postage), which is a pretty good deal, I think. write 'em and ask for the catalog... ACID TAPES 28 Churchill Close, Calne, Wilts, SN11 8EN UK. Ian C Stewart, who does not work for or with ACID Tapes...
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 98 18:34:08 UT From: "Lawrence Rubin" <lrubin1@classic.msn.com> Message-Id: <UPMAIL14.199805161833260028@classic.msn.com> Subject: xtc videos for trade I'm looking to trade for or buy a tape of the demos for the new album. I have a VHS tape with a bunch of XTC videos that I can copy and trade for the demos tape. The videos are: science friction, this is pop, statue, are you receiving, at the hop, nigel, towers of london, respect street, generals and maj., all of a sudden, ball and chain, senses, respectable street (live), no thugs, dear god, radios in motion (live), train running low (acoustic version w/ andy and dave), love on a farm, loving memory of a name, beating of hearts, funk pop a roll. Please e-mail me privately and let me know. Thanks. Ben
------------------------------ From: STakesh <STakesh@aol.com> Message-ID: <52996fe2.355e35b8@aol.com> Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 20:56:22 EDT Subject: marking your stuff (it's a good thing!) Chalkers - If you haven't been keeping up with your territorial markings lately, you might consider buying an electric etching pen to etch your name (preferably your full name) on your CD collection. It's taken a lot of time and effort but I've done mine - not just the CD cases, but also along the inner rim of my CDs, to prevent a thief from simply switching cases. It's still well worth doing the cases, though, because of the deterrent value in doing so. Permanent ink is better than nothing, but conceivably could be wiped or scratched off in most cases. But whatever you do, you'd might as well do it NOW: any cop will tell you that the incidence of burglaries goes up in the summer. And laws governing the sale of stolen goods are notoriously variable on a state-by-state basis. The only reasonable chance you'd have of ever getting your stuff back, and also establishing a good case for prosecuting the responsible parties, is to mark your goods on a (literally) case-by-case basis. The following are tips for those of you who decide to go ahead with the etching pen: 1) A decent tungsten carbide-tip pen sells for about $17. Let your fingers do your walking; I had to call a lot of general stores and hardware stores before I found a small, independently run hardware store that carries the pens. If you have a really large collection, you might as well buy two (or more), because they don't last forever. If you etch or carve your name in the grey corrugated edge strip of the CD cases, you'll be lucky to get through, oh, 300-400 albums before the pen cracks in the area that cradles the tungsten. 2) These pens make a helluva lot of noise, even using the knob to adjust the level of vibration. I only manage to put up with the racket by listening to music through wraparound-style headphones while I do it. The noisier the better: Big Express is a much better pick than English Settlement! But keep in mind that you probably won't be able to hear your telephone ringing while you're etching. The best time to etch is, paradoxically enough, when you're all alone in the house and you have absolutely nothing better to be doing, but you're not anticipating any phone calls from anyone you know, either. 3) They also build up a lot of heat, which probably renders the case more prone to cracking. So be prepared to do your etching in increments of 20-30 minutes, with long breaks in between. Your ears will thank you too. 4) Needless to say, you have to confine your etching of your disks to their inner rims, but this is easier than it looks. I can fit my name (18 letters' worth!) around that nub. If the rim is painted, make sure to etch thoroughly enough so that you can wipe away the paint from etching, so that your name stands out in stark relief. 5) If you're female, you may want to think twice before doing this, as any future name change(s) will leave you with a collection of CDs etched with a name no longer legally yours. But what kind of music lover would put love (or its dissolution) over her music, anyway? B> I haven't tested the willingness of music merchants to buy my secondhand etched disks, because I'm loath to sell any of it (starvation first!) and don't etch disks I'm thinking of hocking or trading anyway. I don't think it would pose a big problem, but still, think it over. 6) Even though your music collection is probably your most prized possession, you can go ahead and mark a lot of other not-so-useless crap around the house. I even etched the back plates of my quartz-movement watches, and they still keep accurate time, which is more than I can say for the computers and time- display phones at work. Stephanie "I'm all right Jack keep your hands off my stack" Takeshita
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Message-Id: <199805170235.NAA04371@hydra.au.oracle.com>
Date: 17 May 98 11:35:40 +1000
From: "Adam Davies" <AJDAVIES@au.oracle.com>
Subject: The Daveless XTC bandwagon
> Hadyn Bendall has sold the name to the ghost of Keith Relf who
> sold it to Annie Haslam who gave it to Roy Wood who rehired Dave
> Gregory and brought in Bev Bevan to play drums and then Jeff
> Lynn called [...]
Last I heard, Prince Prairie found an old Dictaphone recording of
Dave's playing shortly before he left the group. Colin and Andy
have electronically enhanced and restored Dave's demo and built a
song around it, and Jeff Lynne has been brought in at great expense
to produce the first new 'XTC' release in almost seven years, to be
speculatively issued in November. If it goes well a collection of
outtakes will be issued over nine LPs, along with a three-part
television special which will ultimately be released in a specially
over-priced video box set complete with extra footage. XTC branded
tee shirts and coffee mugs will follow in a blitz of publicity and
avaricious merchandising.
In the meantime a funeral will be held for the late Dave Gregory,
to be televised internationally. A number of posthumous biographies
will be released, along with the establishment of a series of
charities and a tribute single by Elton John. Meanwhile a support
gathering has been organised outside Harrod's in Knightsbridge to
lament the passing of Mr Gregory, who is reportedly having trouble
trying to convince people he's not dead yet, and will they please
get over it and go back to whatever it was they were doing before
March the 16th.
Or so the voices in my head told me.
Adam
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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 20:50:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: "J. Brown" <ringostr@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Dave=Edgar Winter?
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96a.980516204742.76516G-100000@dante21.u.washington.edu>
> Dave Gregory is an amazing talent. If you have been lucky enough to
> hear his "cover " album, then you know what I'm talking about. The man
> is a music machine, capable of imitating anyone from Jimi Hendrix to
> Edgar Winter.
Is it just me or does anyone else think there isn't much difference
between Hendrix and Winter style-wise? and the only difference is
quality? Is this statement trying to say that Dave is capable of anything
from great guitar wanking to shitty guitar wanking?
confused,
Jason Wilson Brown
History & Canadian Studies Major
President- GEEK The Secret Society of the College Bowl
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P.O. Box 45822
Seattle, WA 98145-0822
"Thought I knew all the steps quite clearly, I don't have a clue"
-Elvis Costello
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Message-ID: <355E8C03.269CA613@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 03:04:35 -0400
From: DonSueP <DonSueP@concentric.net>
Subject: XTC vs. TMBG vs. Little Egypt
Hi fellow chalkhilliputians (is it me, or are we really starting to
scrape the barrel for these things?),
This is amazing. I was just starting to wonder if anyone was going to
reply publicly to my initial post, when suddenly, there it was, an
actual response in the first sentence of the first post and from my
favorite chalkhintellectual, no less! But the best part is that it is
so "complete/connected/cyclical."
And if getting a "nicely nicely spake" comment from the Jester himself
doesn't put me on the map, then perhaps the following 'completing of the
circle' will. Remember I had been struck by Kim's suggestion of
possible 'inverted similarities' between TMBG & XTC, since I had been
listening to my newly acquired TMBG's "Flood" daily, and was thinking
the same thing. But it wasn't until just a few hours ago that I
realized that *something else* had been right under my nose the whole
time . . .
Think back to the minor hit, "Istanbul (not Constantinople)", and sing
along with me now everybody; "Even old New York was once New
Amsterdam." Yes, it's THAT song. *Again*. Except that this was 1990
for TMBG, whereas "Crocodile" was 1992 for XTC. This of course added to
Kim's 'inverted similarities' theme AND gave me a link to Hidden Song
Harrison Sherwood Him Self (!).
And so I was actually opening my e-mail to send in this bit when I
discovered that HS had already linked himself back to me. It gave me
the shivers, I tell ya. Coincidences are cool, but I don't believe
they *mean* anything at all, which reminds me, I did get ONE private
response from a fellow atheist, but somehow I doubt this is a valid
statistical sampling.
Favorite Quote (of the moment):
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't
go away." - Philip K. Dick
Favorite XTC Moment (of the moment): The guitar solo at the end of
"Books are Burning" . . . Wouldn't you say HS? You'll have to forgive
that, I've been catching up on old posts. Trust me, you don't want to
go there.
Actual Favorite XTC Moment (of the moment): Those freaky,
multi-layered, "insane" sounding voice overdubs on "The Mole from the
Ministry".
Don
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From: nihilon@crisscross.com
Message-Id: <v03007803b184c20f1b2f@[203.137.9.123]>
Subject: Chalkhill's Originals
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 16:35:25 +0900
All,
>For the past two months, at my invitation, a number of very talented
>Chalkers, ex-Chalkers and friends thereof have been diligently creating
>originals to be compiled and released on CHALKHILLS ORIGINALS '98.
Why at your invitation? This is even worse than the selection for
Chalkhill's Children tapes. And why ex-Chalkers and friends - It's not
Chalkhill Originals if they aren't Chalkies.
>You've heard many of these artists performing remakes of XTC's
>greatest. Now you'll hear their own compositions.
Is anybody else here getting concerned about these kinds of things that are
starting to happen more and more? Is there an 'elite' XTC list that the
rest of us don't know about?
There are more people out there recording than just those who have been
fortunate enough to get onto CC. Yes, I've tried, and yes I'm annoyed at
the way the selection is conducted for these things.
Not exactly sour grapes, but certainly frustrated.
best,
Steve
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------------------------------ Message-Id: <v03130300b184ef563815@[207.77.26.43]> Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 16:12:09 -0400 From: Ira Lieman <ira@myself.com> Subject: Rhino Music Aptitude test... Hey folx... Thought I'd delurk for a moment, there were two xtc-related questions on the recent Rhino music test...which I didn't finish because I only had 15 mins to take it -- showed up too late. Here you go! Check www.rhino.com for answers. XTC is to the Dukes of Stratosfear as.... REM is to The Hindu Love Gods The Beatles are to The Silver Beatles The Who is to The High Numbers Argent is to The Zombies The Archies are to The Partridge Family Which artist below did Todd Rundgren not produce an album for? Meat Loaf XTC Badfinger The Ramones New York Dolls ANYHOO, talk to y'all soon. -ira
------------------------------ From: "Wesley Hanks" <whanks@earthlink.net> Subject: so sorry Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 14:50:48 -0700 Message-ID: <000101bd81dd$db2f2f20$954b2599@default> Friends, Ahem, sorry that my lousy attempt at making light of the Colin post backfired. Wes
------------------------------ Message-Id: <199805172237.AAA13332@mail.knoware.nl> From: "Mark Strijbos" <mmello@knoware.nl> Organization: The Little Lighthouse Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 00:38:44 +0000 Subject: Dobbin Rules ! Dear Chalkers, Our honourable friend Richard P. said: > With the exception of Zappa's Freak Out (double > AND debut) album, name a multi-album worth owning (barring > collections). ..and if anyone says, "Wings Over America", I'm > telling Chalkhills. How on earth can you forget about English Settlement ??? Let's just hope for your sake that Andy doesn't read this! Could be the end of a beautiful friendship... ;) yours in xtc, Mark Strijbos at The Little Lighthouse the XTC website @ http://come.to/xtc and http://www.knoware.nl/users/mmello
------------------------------ Message-ID: <19980518113033.16977.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "Sebastien Maury" <seb101@hotmail.com> Subject: Robert Smith... Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 04:30:32 PDT Home. Sydney. The shower. Radio's on, tuned to local indie station JJJ. Does Robert Smith model himself on Andy circa White Music or what???!!! Seb. PS, thoroughly enoyed the Crocodile/hidden satanic message thread, courtesy of HS. Trust Charles Ives to have used it. A true genius and visionary.
------------------------------ From: wwilson@star.zko.dec.com Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:10:22 -0400 Message-Id: <98051809102220@star.zko.dec.com> Subject: Copy of XTC's "Greatest" For Sale I have a new, shrinkwrapped copy of XTC's "The Greatest" for sale. This is a limited-edition Japanese CD, with live tracks as well as studio "hits." Price $32 includes shipping. Send e-mail to Wes Wilson at wwilson@star.zko.dec.com Wes
------------------------------ From: mark_heggen@studio.disney.com Message-Id: <9805188955.AA895509854@ccmsmtp.wds.disney.com> Date: Mon, 18 May 98 09:43:36 -0800 Subject: Chalkhills Originals '96???? ..or whatever year that was? '65? '83? The Thanksgiving release a bunch of us (me included) were supposed to be on? Mr. Fritz, are you still on the list? And CO98's...were any of you on this tape also? Jussssst curious. -Mark
------------------------------ From: MPadg <MPadg@aol.com> Message-ID: <73c9f0d3.35608058@aol.com> Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 14:39:18 EDT Subject: More Crocodiles All this Crocodile talk reminded me - is anyone else bothered by the transition from HuoP to Crocodile? It's never worked for me. In fact, for a long time this was my least favorite song on the album - primarily because it just doesn't feel right from the beginning. Maybe something to do with the key signatures? Also, on the Alaskan-frozen-tundra-playground we sang "there's a place in France where the ladies wear no pants".
------------------------------ From: Rhoblidnen <Rhoblidnen@aol.com> Message-ID: <c2aa6371.356088db@aol.com> Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 15:15:38 EDT Subject: Re: Album Title? Therapy Hammer (vols 1 & 2)
------------------------------ From: MFa2707621 <MFa2707621@aol.com> Message-ID: <6c8df031.356088f5@aol.com> Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 15:16:04 EDT Subject: Thank you Chalkers, I just wanted to let you know I found the video for Grass. I just wanted to thank Ian C. Stewart. I've been wanting that video forever. I've never seen it before, but if it's as good as Dear God then I like it. Bye for now. Molly
------------------------------ Message-ID: <002901bd829f$3f0d7760$71011f0a@privateidaho> From: "William Wisner" <wisner@gratuitous.com> Subject: Double albums. (Re: CC99 ideas) Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 22:55:08 +0200 Richard Pedretti-Allen: >With the exception of Zappa's Freak Out (double AND >debut) album, name a multi-album worth owning (barring collections). London Calling. To say that this album is "worth owning" is a bit like mentioning that breathing now and then can do wonders for one's health. It is not "worth owning;" it is mandatory. The Clash were for a few fleeting moments the best rock and roll band in the world--they still are one of the best rock and roll bands that ever were--and London Calling is their mightiest achievement. Anybody who takes the time to listen carefully to London Calling and then think matters through must conclude that a more perfect rock album can never be made, so why do we all bother to keep trying? Let's just pack up the recording industry and go home: rock and roll has been *done*. Phew. Sorry. Where are my pills? I might also mention the White Album. Wisner. (Hey, you asked.)
------------------------------ Message-ID: <00f501bd82a0$b561b6a0$71011f0a@privateidaho> From: "William Wisner" <wisner@gratuitous.com> Subject: Now wait just a minute. London? Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 23:00:54 +0200 There is a Chalkhills gathering in London this weekend and I somehow contrived to avoid hearing about it? Someone, please, fill me in (privately!). London's too close for me to have any excuse to miss this. (I can always come up with more excuses if necessary.) Wisner.
------------------------------ From: J_ARTECONA@RCMACA.UPR.CLU.EDU Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:26:30 -0400 Message-Id: <980518182630.22a17a9b@RCMACA.UPR.CLU.EDU> Subject: Re: Personal Mythology Hey all, from the looks of it, chalkhills has finally gotten over the whole Dave thing... ..I guess we have grieved enough. Last digest (4-83) was just like the old days with Sherwood's (I actually wrote Sherweed....maybe a Freudian slip?) hilarious bantering and Simon with his bike rides and nary a mention about the dreaded departure. Wow, I must admit that the mythology I associate with XTC songs is a bit more limited than Simon's, here are a few: Snowman-lying on my couch and staring at the wall Ladybird-lying on my couch and staring at the wall and of course there is Peter Pumpkinhead-lying on my couch and staring at the wall... I could go on but instead I think I'll buy a bike and a portable cd player. I also loved the connection between Andy and children, I can see the connection and again I am jealous for I lack children....I got close the other day and almost got married but my bride to be found a green card and didn't need me anymore...but seriously I do hope to one day have a couple of descendents and shall be sharing with them my love for XTC as well as a few other bands he/she will probably never get to listen to otherwise. Chalk on mates and thanks for making this here a great list.....the expedient and well researched responses to the Crocodile question being a good example of what, IMHO, makes this list great . Pancho PRXTCFAN....a humble speck of dust amidst the pantheon of great chalkhillians.
------------------------------ Message-ID: <01BD830E.0B9A8A20@e2c10p32.scotland.net> From: Robert Wood <Wobbit@bigfoot.com> Subject: Re: Double Albums Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 09:48:26 +0100 In 4-83 Richard.Pedretti Allen asked... >> With the exception of Zappa's Freak Out (double AND debut) album, name a multi-album worth owning (barring collections). .and if anyone says, "Wings Over America", I'm telling Chalkhills. << How about (off the top of my head) English Settlement, Oranges and Lemons and Nonsuch?! Then there's The Wall, Gene's last album, Quadraphenia, The White Album... Need I go on?!
------------------------------ From: CCooli9575 <CCooli9575@aol.com> Message-ID: <2613de0a.356167f8@aol.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 07:07:34 EDT Subject: Re: An Artist with a Thompson >Now that *would* be worth hearing. Mr Thompson is screwed-up, incredibly >talented, and astonishingly versatile. If he can't make sparks with Andy, >who can? And if things get too weird with Drumbo, there's always Thompson's >old pal Dave Mattacks to straighten it out a little. > >-David The only problem with that lineup is there would be four strong songwriters; French would be the weakest by default, but his writing is quirky and witty, kind of like David Thomas(Pere Ubu)without the Jehovah's Witness perspective. "Now That I Am Dead" is him at his best, from French, Frith Kaiser and Thompson's Invisible Means; gives Andy a run for his money in the originality and insight depertment. French's songwriting is very influenced by his mentor, but not as consistent as either Beefheart or Andy. I'd love to hear the four of them work their way through Thompson's "March Of The Cosmetic Surgeons," one of the strangest things I've ever heard recorded. Andy might be the only other person besides Thompson who'd be ROTFL. Chris
------------------------------ From: CCooli9575 <CCooli9575@aol.com> Message-ID: <b0b02c8a.356167f5@aol.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 07:07:32 EDT Subject: Re: Double Album >With the exception of Zappa's Freak Out (double AND >debut) album, name a multi-album worth owning (barring collections). >..and if anyone says, "Wings Over America", I'm telling Chalkhills. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road- Elton John Trout Mask Replica-Captain Beefheart You?Me?Us?-Richard Thompson Music To Eat- Hampton Grease Band London Calling, Sandinista- The Clash Tommy, Quadrophenia- The Who Out Here- Love The White Album- The Beatles and of course, Oranges And Lemons- XTC(Yes, mine is a vinyl double album) I'm sure there's many others, but these are off the top of my head. If anyone can make a case for any of these to be not worth buying, I'm all ears; one of us has no taste, and I don't care if it's me. Chris
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 12:56:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <v03007800b1872836ce1b@[209.86.129.224]> From: Mitch Friedman <mitchf@mindspring.com> Subject: Yazbek says . . . We're playing CB's Gallery (in NYC) on May 30th at 9 on a bill with Joy Askew and Tony Jarvis. Mitch says . . . Go see him!
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 13:08:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805202008.NAA187786@mando.engr.sgi.com> From: John Relph <relph> Subject: New Cool Stuff! Chalkhills is proud to announce a few new fun things to see and do on Chalkhills! First, check out the "English Settlement Tour Programme", graciously scanned by Stefano De Astis. I've tried to make it as easy to load as possible (but there were a few things I couldn't decipher...). Secondly, you should read the exclusive interview with Andy Partridge conducted by Todd Bernhardt. A shorter version of this interview will appear in "Modern Drummer" magazine, but we are graced with a special web-only version! Good stuff! For directions, go to Chalkhills (http://chalkhills.org/) and then check out the "What's New?" page. -- John
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