Chalkhills Digest Volume 6, Issue 240
Date: Wednesday, 16 August 2000
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 6, Number 240
Wednesday, 16 August 2000
Topics:
Face the Music
RE: Greetings from Singapore
A 12" CD?
Endless Skylarking
So, you've never heard XTC, eh? He he!
Dale Fairbrass
Inviting Ecstacy
Flying Green Tomatoes
Older women
Low
Damn Fine Tube Advice
Emo & Andy
hands to heaven
Who *is* Colin Moulding really?
Eel Mail Out of Date Post
Lounging in Austin
old threads that will not die
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:29:03 EDT From: Stroo@aol.com Subject: Face the Music Message-ID: <76.220e01f.26ca04ef@aol.com> David Seddon wrote: >>I also have a weakness for ELO's song Can't Get It Out of My Head (it's aptly titled) and parts of Face the Music. I thought Face the Music was a great album, with Poker being a classic. And I agree with Can't Get It Out of My Head. I'll also toss in Night in the City from Out of the Blue. Bob
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 04:32:58 +0100 From: "Smith, David" <David.Smith@tfeurope.com> Subject: RE: Greetings from Singapore Message-ID: <4BBE67B71C1DD411A23600508B65F71E51AF3D@tfsecmsg04.tfseur.co.uk> Hey! It's Tuesday, therefore it must be Singapore. Spent a jetlagged Monday evening going through a bunch of Chalkhills and found some respones I wanted to make. Like I say, I'm jetlagged, so these will make even less sense than usual . . . Wes . . ."How 'bout hittin' me with a couple of songs or albums that you like but are embarrassed to admit to liking" Oh . . . like thanks . . . A LOT! Well, here goes, how 'bout: Going For The One - Yes (har har, prog head!) War of The Worlds - Jeff Wayne (and his cast of idiots) Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam & The Ants (what does Dirk wear?) and, on the singles front: Lorraine - Bad Manners (when I find her, I'm gonna kill 'er) *** Harrison asked "what exactly was it again that distinguishes Moby from a contemptible little sack of shit?" Errrrm, you can't move shit with a pitchfork? *** Keith Walker informed us all about his failure to secure a copy of the Gormenghast trilogy. Keith, have you tried Amazon or one of the other online book stores? If no luck, mail me offline and we'll work on a different solution, maybe even a "transatlantic lend". Unless someone else stateside has copies at their disposal? *** Amy N mentioned Peter Gabriel's melting face album. Agreed Amy, a true classic. At the wrong time and in the right light, the ending to Family Snapshot has been known to leave me all a-blub. (It's me feminine side, know what I mean?) Also on this thread, Jeff Eason said: "If you listen closely to the album you'll notice that it uses all manner of percussion except very little cymbals" That's cos there weren't any on the album. Our old mate Phil Collins hit the skins on a few of the tracks on the album, and has said in many an interview that the hardest part of it was walking into the studio as PG was removing every cymbal from his kit. It worked though - and if you listen to subsequent early PC stuff, he carried on with the same trick. There's no coincidence in the similarity between "Intruder" and "No Self Control" and "In The Air Tonight" *** Ryan Anthony . . . Kate Jackson . . . phwoooar! **** I'll add my (considerable) wieght to the support of World Party. Karl Wallinger is another "great lost songwriter" - although he's patchier than Andy IMO. Loved Bang - and he even scored a minor chart placing in the UK with "All I Gave". Surprising then that he now seems to be marginalised. Probably because a lot of his songs require the listener to THINK - and we all know how unfashionable that is right? **** Warren Butson said of "Mummer": "I'd be interested to know others opinions who had bought this album when it came out and how they reacted." Well, as I've said before, it was Mummer that turned me on to XTC - the first XTC album I got. As ever, it was a "grower" (maybe it was the pastoral lyrics?) but I came to love it very quickly. Therefore, Mummer shaped my subsequent appreciation of the boys - I have a massive fondness for the songs often described as "mediaeval, pastoral and quintessentially English". I still look upon Mummer like a first kiss - nothing quite matches it. **** Dorothy Spirito said of Al Stewart: "Music to relax on the sofa by, when the rain is pouring or the winter wind is howling." Errr, sorry, Mummer again for me! **** Randy Hiatt . . . .Bjork . . . hot . . . is it just me . . . ? Errrr, if you were in my house, yes! Can't stand the pretentious little shrew. Bjeeeuurkkk! Still, each to their wotsits and all that. Oh . . . and that Mac problem? Get a bloody PC! That's a joke, look, lot's of smiley faces to prove it: :-) :-) :-) :-) **** Tyler Hewitt said of Squeeze: "I kind of lost interest after that god-awful Difford & Tilbrook lp back in the early '80's" D'oh, I love that album! I also think "Cosi fan Tutti Frutti" is an absolute peach. Oh and "disappointing Nonsuch". Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Oh well, opinions, tastes and all that . . . **** Wes (again!): "a concert you attended primarily to please another and was an evening of deeeep hurting." Easy, Simply Red, Hammersmith Odeon, 1987. Was dragged along by a girl I was mad about at the time. Talk about holding back the tears! **** David Seddon said re ELO: "I've always had a feeling that they might come back into fashion a bit like Abba" Always been my fervent wish David, but with those haircuts???? *** Worst rhyme (with apologies to Michael Versaci): "It's no use, he sees her He starts to shake and cough Just like the old man in That book by Nabakov" Oh look, Sting, again, already! **** You can let go of the Page Down button now. Laters . . . Smudge "You may not like us now but you will" boy E-Mail: david.smith@tfeurope.com
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 05:21:11 +0100 From: "Smith, David" <David.Smith@tfeurope.com> Subject: A 12" CD? Message-ID: <4BBE67B71C1DD411A23600508B65F71E51AF3E@tfsecmsg04.tfseur.co.uk> Errrrrm, just how much artistic licence can I take with this "making a cassette of XTC stuff to introduce a friend" thingy? Lots? Lovely, thanks . . . How 'bout a special 2-CD disk? Good, thanks, here goes: Disk One 1. Garden of Earthly Delights 2. Playground 3. Great Fire 4. Making Plans for Nigel 5. Peter Pumpkinhead 6. Knights In Shining Karma 7. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her 8. Jump 9. Then She Appeared 10. Books Are Burning (Special section entitled "Construction and Demolition"): 11. Statue of Liberty 12. Towers of London 13. Ball & Chain 14. Across This Antheap 15. Bungalow Disk Two 1. Respectable Street 2. Scarecrow People 3. Senses Working Overtime 4. Funk Pop a Roll 5. No Thugs In Our House 6. No Language In Our Lungs 7. Burning With Optimisms Flames 8. Rocket From a Bottle (Special section entitled "Life in The Country"): 9. Love on a Farmboy's Wages 10. Greenman 11. Harvest Festival 12. Easter Theatre 13. Wheel & Maypole 14. Rook 15. Me & The Wind 16. Chalkhills & Children Oh, and did I mention the "special bonus mini CD", entitled "Up Up and Away"? 1. Bike Ride To The Moon 2. My Love Explodes 3. What In The World 4. Your Gold Dress 5. Vanishing Girl 6. Collideascope 7. You're My Drug Yes, yes, yes, I know, alright? Smudge "that WAS the narrowed down list" Boy E-Mail: david.smith@tfeurope.com
------------------------------ Date: 14 Aug 00 23:46:56 CDT From: C C Baxter <cutterccbaxter@netscape.net> Subject: Endless Skylarking Message-ID: <20000815044656.3115.qmail@www0f.netaddress.usa.net> >As much as I have been enjoying Wasp Star, suddenly I have had this >craving for...Skylarking. And I have been listening to it >constantly. Can't seem to get enough of it! I guess because I see it as >the ultimate summer album... Just wondered if anyone else has had a >craving for this album at this >time. I've been listening to it a lot lately too. The other night we had a big midwestern thunderstorm. Most of the time I enjoy the sound of rain and thunder on it's own, but I had the urge to listen to "Ballet for a Rainy Day" and "1000 Umbrellas" with thunder rumbling in the background (and sometimes foreground), so I put on "Skylarking." Definitely a summer album. Todd "no bummer in my summer" Johnson
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:53:42 EDT From: KINGSTUNES@aol.com Subject: So, you've never heard XTC, eh? He he! Message-ID: <b6.9498883.26ca26d6@aol.com> Chalky types, Here's my introductory CD for the virgin listener. This should fit on a 74 min. CD. The final cuts were excrutiating! I'm going to try it on some folks. Let's see if we get some recruits! In this order: Wake Up Mayor of Simpleton Respectable Street Generals & Majors (gotta do those two together!) I'd Like That Easter Theater The Disappointed Making Plans for Nigel Church of Women Love on a Farmboy's Wages Playground King for a Day Senses Working Overtime Towers of London Wrapped in Grey Earn Enough for Us Sacrificial Bonfire Chalkhills and Children And batting leadoff, No. 17, Colin Moulding..... It's tough to edit something like this! Try it! I had to cut stuff like No Language in our Lungs, Greenman, We're all Light, Great Fire, Jason ATA, Grass, The Man Who Sailed Around his Soul, the Dukes and so on. I was going for catchy, obviously, but trying to keep some 'edge' and coveras much ground as possible. Anyone else trying this? Curious to see. BTW, about half of the CD's have no track times. The trick I used was to que up the next cut, then scan back to the end of the tune I wanted to get the readout of the time. Also, as I was scanning through O & L, I was remembering what a great f***ing album that is!! I may be in a minority here, but I think that O & L and Nonsuch are really companion records. I think you could interchange a fair number of the tunes between them, and it would work. But then again, I like the Iron Butterfly....... Tom "This better work, dammit!" Kingston "90% of the game is half-mental" - Casey Stengel
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:11:37 -0600 From: Phil Corless <philco@micron.net> Subject: Dale Fairbrass Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000814231137.00a65560@pophost.micron.net> Sorry to use Chalkhills for this, but.... If anyone knows fellow Chalkhiller Dale Fairbrass, please ask him to email me about his Chalk Horse hat order. Thanks! - Phil http://netnow.micron.net/~philco/chalk.htm
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:22:07 -0600 From: "Joseph Easter" <easter2000@earthlink.net> Subject: Inviting Ecstacy Message-ID: <003101c00678$c298a640$bf730a3f@default> OK, just a couple of notes before I get back to my normal venue of nonsuch... I'm shocked to see so many Kate Bush fans here. Noone has dogged her yet so I'm assuming there's quite a few more. I think she's had a great career but that the Red Shoes thing was massively overproduced. Seemed sort of corporate. Only 3 tracks that do it for me. Anxiously awaiting something new but will be content with bjork and suzanne vega in the meantime... More importantly... So, I'm one of the jerks that likes Mummer much more than ES or BE. And I've got a question of those of you who swear by ES. If this is your favorite album (ES), then what do you find compelling in the current work? What similiarities still float your proverbial boats? Personally, I tend to seperate xtc's work into pre-skylarking and post-skylarking material. (Post-S being far more inspirational to me) And so I find it interesting that so many of you old timers are hooked on the vintage stuff. (no offense intended) Don't get me wrong, I like the albums, but they don't just hammer me the way, say, Oranges and Lemons does, or how AV1 still just does it for me. I wonder if you guys are ever in any way, dissapointed? By the by, Can anyone say for certain if we will ever see the Dukes again? Are they gone for good, or merely planning another attack? Someone help, I need more Dukes! Back to the show (grab yo' Cracker Jacks, stretch!)... Joseph Easter
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:35:53 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Flying Green Tomatoes Message-ID: <l03130302b5bd96ef1493@[208.13.202.14]> >Kate Bush (I hope she releases more stuff soon, been waiting for about eight >years for her next release) >Squeeze (I think I might the only Squeeze fan who actually LIKED Domino) >Duran Duran (ducks the flying tomatoes) >XTC (of course) >Suzanne Vega (she's a great artist) >The Bangles (again ducking the flying tomatoes) > >Molly The Bangles first EP and album were great, and most of the songs that weren't hits from the subsequent two albums were only slightly less great. Don't sell the Bangles too short just because they visited the hairdresser and began relying too much on Susanna Hoffs.(who was and still is babilicious, but there were three other talented people in the band who all wrote and sang)As for Duran Duran, their last album was actually somewhat experimental and rather interesting. It also had no obvious singles and didn't sell squat, even my wife the serious Duran Duran fan didn't get it. I liked it more than she did. Christopher R. Coolidge Homepage at http://homepages.together.net/~cauldron/homepage.html
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 06:56:45 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Older women Message-ID: <l03130300b5bd8978eabd@[208.13.202.14]> >Someone else mentioned older women one lusts after. >Okay, I guess I'm in. We're all anonymous here, right? >(Oops, I'm not.) Senior to Emmylou are Diana Rigg and >Lauren Bacall -- can I get an A-men? Junior names on >the list include Kate Jackson and Sela Ward, who >barely beat me out of the womb. > >They're all aging like fine cheeeeeze, Gromit. My uncle just married a major babe in her mid-forties(after losing the aunt I knew growing up to brain cancer a few years ago; like most of us emotionally fragile guys, he got lonely), but considering his first wife got to be ogled by Henry Fonda(a story in itself), I got to admire his taste in women in general. As for aging female musicians, I wouldn't kick Lucinda Williams out of bed, myself. I definitely agree about Emmylou, my cousin Angelica is about the same age and dispensed with the hair dye, but she still looks great. Eventually when we're all eighty we get old and wrinkled, but I'm all for natural beauty and aging interestingly on the way. And I wish someone would tell the fat and unhappy Linda Ronstadt that she's still got her voice.(I heard something recently about her chickening out on a performance with Emmylou because she didn't like the way she looked. Please. Patti Smith has never been about her looks, and I think she looks better in her fifties than she ever did. Qitcher bitching, Linda, and go out there and sing.) Christopher R. Coolidge "A Great law protects me from the government. The Bill of rights has 10 GREAT laws. A Good law protects me from you. Laws against murder, theft, assault and the like are good laws. A Poor law attempts to protect me from myself." - Unknown
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 07:40:24 -0400 From: "Brian" <mattone@bhip.infi.net> Subject: Low Message-ID: <009001c006ad$9d1e6e60$3d0affd1@Brian> Tschalkgerz! Lyric quote from the latest Chalkhills Digest: > Is the airplane sweeping low?< WEIRD!! On the same day - heck, the same e-mail reading session - I get a message from a friend with a couple of photos (that are purported to be genuine) of Air France 747s flying in on low approaches to Juliana Airport (St. Martin Island), and they are so low over the beach that the end of the runway butts up against that you could probably chuck seashells at the things as you sunbathe... Is the airplane sweeping low? If these are real pictures, they are. Wish I could include them. Personally, I think the pictures stand a good chance of being bogus, but they're a pretty good hoax if so. That's as close to on-topic as I can get for now. Just an interesting juxtaposition of events... Ciao for niao! -Brian Matthews
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 06:41:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Jon Rosenberger <wile1coyote@yahoo.com> Subject: Damn Fine Tube Advice Message-ID: <20000815134148.15536.qmail@web125.yahoomail.com> Hey, Todd's recent post got me thinking and I was curious and I figured someone here would know.... Has there ever been a band called "Mind The Gap"? Cheers Mole
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:33:05 EDT From: MFanton00@cs.com Subject: Emo & Andy Message-ID: <48.99bb9d1.26caaea1@cs.com> Christopher R. Coolidge wrote: << some of which he undoubtedly had something to do with inviting on the show(Emo Philips has a role on UHF, his late 80's cult movie). Something tells me he and Andy would be a better mix than that idiot who was hosting the week that Andy was on >> Yeah, Emo Phillips and Andy would be great. Andy would be sing and Emo could be the stand up. :) Molly
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 08:39:51 -0600 From: "Joseph Easter" <easter2000@earthlink.net> Subject: hands to heaven Message-ID: <000501c006c6$c97bd100$a6821c3f@default> Part Deux: Colin Moulding: Hand me that Molotov Cocktail, Joseph! I've got a good shot of Tipper! Censor this, skank! Joseph Easter: Colin, remember what we talked about, channeling your hate? CM: Just one more, this is so much fun... JE OK, but save it for the minority whip. CM (mumbling and seemingly going into a type of trance.) I'll show that Partridge who's really in control. There wouldn't even be an xtc if not for me. Who do you think actually wrote Nigel? And he had to go and ruin it by putting all those howling background moans behind my vocals. I was so angry. If I hadn't written that, I'd never be in this mess today. All my good work stolen. Nothing but old age in front of me. JE: That's nonsense, Colin. You're still a young lad. You're talented and have years of royalties ahead of you. CM You don't understand. There's only one way out. The way Andy dealt with Dave. Murther... JE Murther? What's that? CM Same thing as murder but usually involves poison in the ear, on the sword, et cetera... JE Are you telling me Andy killed Dave? CM Yes. And after he got rid of the body, he has been filling in for Dave. I'm serious, he's a psychopath. He's got so many alter-egos he has to write down on his arm who he's pretending to be today. JE I find this hard to believe, Colin. I always thought Andy was kind of a hippie. CM A brilliant ruse. He duped you. I told you about LadyBird being about the First Lady of yesteryear, right? ( I nod) Well, Andy is pathological, I swear. He's staunchly Republican, very homophobic and extremely irritable if you don't go along with him. There's only one way, and that's murther. JE Hey, Andy can be a nice guy too. I think this is really extreme. I mean, he wrote that song about that Chalker, remember? CM What are you talking about? JE He wrote The Mole from the Ministry about that Chalker, right? Uh, right? CM (pause) Joseph, why do you think we're here at the Democratic Nat'l Convention? Who do you think the President really is? Who would have been stupid enough to get caught doing the unspeakable? This is all a game to him. I have to stop him. I have to, I have to...Are you recording this? You bastard- After that, Colin pummeled me and left me unconscious on the Sunset Strip wearing an Old Navy halter top. This is just a warning. If he comes to your house, do not let him in. He's dangerous now and can't be stopped. It may be too late for him, but there is still hope for us... Why would I lie? JE
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:31:33 -0500 From: Jill Oleson <Jill_Oleson@kurion.com> Subject: Who *is* Colin Moulding really? Message-ID: <81CC73FC2FACD311A2D200508B8B88AA1C9058@KURION_EXCH> Dear Chalkers, Here's a story that perhaps will surprise Richard Pedretti-Allen most of all. I just got back from a cross-country car trip from Texas to New York (and back!) with my sister and her kids, plus my mom. Altogether we had three adults and five children (three of whom are still in diapers). I took a few CDs with me to relieve the monotony of traveling over 3,000 miles in a cramped car. The selection included an XTC rarity featuring Colin Moulding as narrator for this *promotional use only" disc. As I understand it, the promotional company that released this treasure, Progressive Quarterback, sends discs like this to radio stations to get them to play the music that they promote. Because I know how you people are, here is the track listing for the CD: 1. XTC, "I'd Like That" 2. Furslide, "Love Song" 3. Glenn Scott, "Heaven" 4. Vic Chesnutt, "Until the Led" 5. Joe Henry, "Skin and Teeth" 6. Dar Williams, "Play the Greed" 7. Michelle Lewis, "Homesick" 8. Tal Bachman, "She's So High" 9. Ani DiFranco, "Angry Anymore" 10. Love Dogs, "Lock You Up" 11. Kelly Willis, "Take Me Down" 12. Eagle-Eye Cherry, "Falling in Love" Colin speaks a few words at the beginning of the CD and after each third track. He also says a few words at the end of the CD. Here's what Colin says to introduce the music: "This is FMQB's Progressions 41, new music for progressive adult radio. I'm Colin Moulding from English group XTC. I'm going to be playing you some music from various artists, not least of all XTC themselves. This is a track from our latest album "Apple Venus." It's called "I'd Like That," which incidentally was recorded in my hallway at home. Not bad, eh?" So, imagine, I'm in this car for a two-week eternity and because my sister really likes the song "She's So High," we listen to this CD over and over again. With each repeat spin of the disc, more and more people in the car are singing along. As we neared our destination, every person in the car knows nearly every word uttered on this small round platter. So when Colin introduces the album for the umpteenth time, the kids start saying "I'm Colin Moulding from the band XTC" in their best Texan/British accents. These kids are from Houston and they tend to pronounce words with an extra syllable or two, like ho-tay-yell, for hotel, and so on. So you can just imagine how they sounded imitating Colin. Very cute! So they repeat this every time the disc repeats. "I'm Colin Moulding from the band XTC. I'm Colin Moulding!" When we take a break for lunch the kids are still saying "I'm Colin Moulding. I'm Colin Moulding," except for the two year old, who says "I'm Coddin Moldin, I'm Coddin Moldin," because he's still using a pacifier. The kids, being somewhat competitive in nature, soon changed the tone of this simple statement to accentuate the first word. " *I'm* Colin Moulding." To which the others would respond, "No, you're not! *I'm* Colin Moulding!" Naturally, by the next day, their game had switched to "I'm *not* Colin Moulding, YOU are!" "No, I'm not!" "Yes you are!" Ah kids! Now I'm in a car where nearly everyone is a Texan Colin Moulding and the eldest kid just keeps repeating: "Colin Moulding, Colin Moulding, Colin Moulding, Colin Moulding, Colin Moulding, Colin Moulding..." just to see how far she can push it. She asks to see the CD and looks at the familiar picture of Colin and Andy in front of a blue wall with a faded and torn American flag in the background. "Which one is Colin?," she asks. "The one with the great hair," I reply. "So, the other one is Andy?," she asks. "Yes," I answer with a nod. "Is he the potato?" "Yes, honey," I reply. "He's the potato..." I'm sure that some of you Chalkers are thinking that I've made this whole story up, but I assure you it is entirely true. The reason I said in the beginning that Richard Pedretti-Allen would be surprised by it, is that I had just finished telling him it was too hot to visit him in his new house in the Dallas area (an easy half-day's drive from Austin), when I made up my mind to drive for two weeks to New York and back to Texas! It was a long, long trip, and thankfully Colin Moulding and his Potato Friend came along for entertainment. We shall never forget you! (And now I know what to get that two year old for Christmas...) Jill Oleson Austin, Texas
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:39:07 -0500 From: chris vreeland <vreecave@realtime.com> Subject: Eel Mail Out of Date Post Message-ID: <3999C68A.57A30F6A@realtime.com> Some of this is kind-of on topic. The durn job keeps me from being able to post in a timely fashion, so if I post at all, it's usually out of date. Deal, okay? MISHEARD LYRICS: I spent years and years trying to make sense at all out of that Pink Floyd song about small furry animals- until I found out that a Pict is a person who speaks Pictish, which sounds just like english, only it's totally unintelligible (unless you're a Pict-duh). At the end of a very emotional outburst of gibberish, the Pict finally utters something I think I can make out- "...And the wind, Craig." Who's Craig? In the spirit of the mythical Craig, I offer a contest: A free "surprise" CD-R of some rare something to the first person to correctly identify all the songs from which the following 11 mis-heard lyrics originate: (eel mail me off list) 1.The owl is a boot, has the devil put a sack on me 2.Jupiter and Saturn, overrun your lantern, and to tie you. 3.As if I'd never noticed the way she brushed her hair beneath the fork-lift 4.Hey whoopie cat 5.When I whispered "inner ear" I lost another friend 6.Some people cry, and some people die from a weekend away from love 7.One Daddy woman, never bargained for you 8.Clean them rocks 9.Don't you know, we'll impale you up on time's pike 10.I've got the big stick if you'll excite its head 11.If I can call you Kitty, Then Kitty when you call me, You can call "Meow." Band Names: The following is a complete list of bands I at least rehearsed with: (In chronological order, from 7th grade) Like you care. Phydeaux Flashing Electric Pumpkin H-Bomb Avatar The Jets Acme Rock Music Friction City Buster Harper and the Law The Zone Groovy Planet Plaster of Houston The Beat Meters The Whores Atomic Energy Commission Hurlo Thrumbo She-It Kathy and the Kilowatts Fever Kid Stuff The Fax I was actually "responsible" for about 2/3 of those names. Sue me. Names I never got around to using: Felonious Monk Tibetan Monkey The Phlegmatics Agnes of Wood Rosin Dust Bunnies White Grape Elephants Harmonica Virgins Other Some of those may have been used by other bands, although I'm unaware of any such instances. Oh, and while browsing the used bins, I recently came across the two words most likely to strike terror into the hearts of music fans.... JUICE NEWTON! If you've made it this far, Welcome To The XTC Content! Who knows the story behind the "instrumental" version of Didn't Hurt a Bit that surfaced a while back on a collection of Andy's demos? Did Andy embellish on Colin's work, or was that all Colin's idea? Is it an actual COLLABORATION between Andy and Colin? I must know!!! Chris "Playing the John Relph surprise-post-name game" Vreeland
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:03:53 -0500 From: Parrish_Wilkinson@Dell.com Subject: Lounging in Austin Message-ID: <EBF7E22D95B2D211A39500A0C9D1C3A8061F7220@ausxmrr802.aus.amer.dell.com> Thank God I live in Austin. There's a great new band playing around now that you must check out, The Recliners! The Recliners are as hip as whatever, they mix great pop songs with the hottest Latin-Sinatra-Lounge-Samba-Swing-Cheese to come up with a sound so original and cool. Super musicians having a lot of fun with their music! Their new CD "Raw Fish" is an instant classic. You are digging this great tune and then it hits you, this is __________ (fill in blank-Prince, Sex Pistols, etc..) ...-XTC tie in, the drummer met the former trio in Austin during their O&L Radio Tour and he asked Colin about trying out as drummer, to which Colin quipped "Fancy your chances, do you?" Check them out at http://www.therecliners.com you can get the CD there or at CDStreet.com (also a great spot for indie music) Later, Parrish Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still. Chinese Proverb "I hate quotations." Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1849
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:36:36 -0400 From: Richard Hamilton <shepham@frontiernet.net> Subject: old threads that will not die Message-ID: <B5BEF7E4.6CE7%shepham@frontiernet.net> Chalkhillers Unite! THE OLD THREAD THAT WILL NOT DIE Okay, here's my besty best popular music album list (at this moment) in no particular orde (was I in space??? Was I only supposed to pick 5??? Who cares!) A Wizard/A True Star: Todd Rundgren Funhouse: The Stooges Black Sea: XTC Last Rites: Skinny Puppy (!) Check Your Head: Beastie Boys Red: King Crimson London Calling: The Clash The Wall: Pink Floyd (I was young and foolish...) You may be able to discern from this smattering that A) I'm a big fan of musicians who are willing to TAKE RISKS and not just please the record company (any Todd fan knows what torture he put Bearsville through when he followed up the top 40 pop laden "Something/Anything" with the acid infested chaos of "A wizard...") B)I'm into what others on the list have called "prog" rock (hey, I like concept albums, and you can't beat the wall for concept, even if it was pretty void of higher purpose) C)I like edgy stuff (can't get any more edgy than the heroine soaked Puppy or the near-insane Iggy and the Stooges) D) I like rap (I'm into postmodern critical theory and from New York, AFAIK the B-boys still do old-school rhymes better than anyone) and E) I'm into snotty nosed upstart english bands like the Clash and XTC (couldn't think of anything else to say here...) PURE XTC CONTENT It's interesting that the majority of this list likes English Settlement the best (I still can't get into it, it's my least favorite, what's wrong with me?). For my own tastes, I'm in love with XTC's more mature (later) albums, starting with Skylarking up through AV2, with the exception of Black Sea, which I think ranks as their best. I think I can summarize my feelings on this in the following manner: those earlier XTC albums had a lot of Oh-oh-oh and Oy-oy-oy and hay-oh, hay-oh, hay-oh, and ooo-ooo-ooo and hay-UH, hay-UH, hay-UH (get my drift?). You'll notice that the vocals in the later albums are MUCH more sedate and (IMHO) appealing. Don't get me wrong, I love those earlier albums too (and I own most of the XTC catalog) but I prefer the "grown up" XTC sound as opposed to its "pubescent" sound. What do OTHERS think? Rich
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