Chalkhills Digest Volume 6, Issue 256
Date: Tuesday, 29 August 2000
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 6, Number 256
Tuesday, 29 August 2000
Topics:
altitude
Napster and all that
R.(eally)E.(ntertaining)M.(inimally)
Re: Stupidly Remastered
I heard it in my X
Re: Queen/Mott/Daughter of Mr Partridge
Re: taking chex
Censorship? We don' need no steenkin' censorship....
I prefer Rogon Josh myself
Blue Ribbon Winning Concert
miscellaneous
My Sentimental Inclination. . . .
concert memories
Stupidly Single
re: Maypole
re-prize
re: Carrie Newcomer
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 16:53:01 -0600 From: "Joseph Easter" <easter2000@earthlink.net> Subject: altitude Message-ID: <001501c00fb0$63cfd700$48720a3f@default> Are you people high or something? The saddest song is Peter Gabriel's Here Comes the Flood. Crackheads. Joseph Easter
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:08:15 -0400 From: "Brian" <mattone@bhip.infi.net> Subject: Napster and all that Message-ID: <007501c01038$a0e2b940$610affd1@Brian> Tschalkgerz! Since there's still a bit of mention 'round here about Napster and copyright and all that from time to time, I thought I'd provide a link for your reading pleasure: http://www.theatlantic.com/cgi-bin/o/issues/2000/09/mann.htm -Brian Matthews From sunny Florida, where XTC is getting some airplay...
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:24:01 EDT From: WESnLES@aol.com Subject: R.(eally)E.(ntertaining)M.(inimally) Message-ID: <30.9758b0d.26d9f1e1@aol.com> Quick REM note... Growing up here in Gastonia, NC, (the land of the free, the home of the illiterate) I had the opportunity to see GA's REM on many occasions. The early shows, pre and slightly post Murmur, were actually quite splendid gigs. They had such an earthy vibe to 'em, and many of the shows went on for hours and often culminated with versions of standards like Moon River...they could actually harmonize quite well. All the gigs were in small venues so the band was that much more accessible. The last great REM show I saw was in support of Reckoning, at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, GA. Love that venue. Later... The last gig I saw was in support of Monster, Charlotte, NC. I got free tickets and decided to check it out. They played a piss-poor set and didn't return for an encore. I doubt they were on stage an hour. They're still a damn good band, but they've very much lost touch with the foundation of their celebrity. Stipe's ego is virtually unmatched these days...well, there's always Sting. wesLONG @ Optimism's Flames http://members.tripod.com/~The_Last_Balloon/
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 22:47:21 -0400 From: Sylvan <psiogen@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: Stupidly Remastered Message-ID: <39A88138.2652075@mindspring.com> Organization: psiogen@mindspring.com Ralph: > OK - the promo postcards I have for Wasp Star state: > > "XTC + WASP STAR > (Apple Venus Volume 2) > The Eclectric New Album Featuring > I'm The Man Who Murdered Love > Stupidly Happy" > > WHY oh WHY does it say this if SH is not going to be a single? Maybe they were only planning to release SH if ITMWML (everyone loves acronyms!) was wildly successful. Because they're blind... so, so blind... > AND Virgin should have ALL XTC ALBUMS REMASTERED LIKE THEY DID FOSSIL FUEL! And while they're at it they should remove/relocate some of those B-side-tack-ons, (like Somnambulist or the homo safari tracks on Mummer) put Mermaid Smiled back where it belongs, etc. > DO YOU HEAR ME OH DEVILS WHO DESTROYED WRAPPED IN GREY SINGLE? > > (I guess 'devils' ain't so diplomatic) I prefer 'evil bastards'. And now for my redundant opinion on the whole immature -> mature XTC thing: There is no line! Every single album has been slightly more mature than the one before it. So there. Sylvan
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:10:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Ryan Anthony <hamsterranch@yahoo.com> Subject: I heard it in my X Message-ID: <20000828031008.9473.qmail@web120.yahoomail.com> Am I the only Chalkhillian who drives a vehicle the model name of which begins with the letters X and T? Yes, I paid some dues. I put nearly 100,000 miles on a 1989 Escort I bought in 1995 with 48,000 miles already on it. And yes, the Devil made me do it. Thanks, Devil! What took you so long? Ryan "the Hamster from the Ministry" Anthony An independent Internet content provider
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:37:38 -0400 From: "Roger Fuller" <fullerfamily@sprintmail.com> Subject: Re: Queen/Mott/Daughter of Mr Partridge Message-ID: <034701c010a0$02f50e00$b47cd63f@hp-customer> >From: "Todd Bernhardt" <todd.bernhardt@enterworks.com> >Subject: God Save the Holly Limerick T-shirt (not nec. in that order) >to which I reply: > >There once was a writer named Flicky >Who found conflicts of interest quite tricky >Whilst writing 'bout Holly >She fantasized, "Golly, >I'd fancy her dad for a quickie!" Well, it's amazing the stuff that is out there for us all to see on the Internet. More wondrous :^) is how some of us react to them. I agree, Todd, the young lady is, well, probably best to be left alone by XTC fans, but, anybody can say anything they want,..... >Rory Wilsher said: >> Or how about "SHUT YOUR >> WRETCHED PIE TRAP YOU RIDICULOUS PRICK!!!" (Can we get >> t-shirts with this on? Please please please!) Exhibit A of living with free speech! "I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend your right to say it with my very life!" --VOLTAIRE... >>When can we expect these, Mr. Corless? Wait till he sees what I'm printing up.... :^) > >Then he stood up for live Queen. As someone who saw them twice, I've got >to back him up, with the caveat that the studio band and the live band >were two different creatures. If you expected the studio band to show up >at a live show, you'd be disappointed. If you showed up unburdened with >such expecations, they were a ton of fun. Perhaps I should have explained my feelings more fully. Queen's only recorded output up til then was the eponymous debut album, with the minor hit "Keep Yourself Alive", which, like the entire album, was REALLY good. I was barely into my teens and did not understand Mr M's lyrical bases, nor did I care (who cared about lyrics in 1974?...), so I didn't get the intended double entendre of the group's name and lyrics. I enjoyed, however, the recorded music and found the album's production flawless. I had no idea in 1974 what to expect from them other than what they had sold me, an LP. But with all the overdubs (remember, they prided themselves at that time on "no synths"!) it was impossible to reproduce live, and they should have taken that into account when they made it, and been more forthcoming with their audiences. (They were only four guys!) Had they recorded themselves exactly as they really were, they would have sounded on record and on radio merely like a better than average band of the mid-'70s and might have fallen by the wayside by 1977 or so. They knew their market- teenagers into pomp rock- and went after it like circus dogs after Alpo. I must admit I showed up for their concert with Mott the Hoople (all of us who remember this influential band, speak up!), in 1974 with a lot of expectations, but the sound and the playing turned out like mud. Live, they reminded me at that time musically of Leslie West and Mountain, although Freddie's voice did cut through the mix- bear in mind, they were the act that played before Mott the Hoople so I imagine their sound check had been cursory at best...- but he got very hoarse tow'ds the end. At least he endeared himself to the audience by flinging his tambourine out to them at the end- such was the expectation of rock audiences in the mid-'70's... It seemed at the time as I remember it that the basic idea of a successful rock band was to go around acting like spoiled royalty and expect the audience to lap up anything thrown/given/sold them. Souvenirs like T-shirts, drumsticks, broken guitar bits and tambourines became more important than the sound of what was played onstage. I didn't care about the former (still don't), I was and am interested in the latter. These guys are MUSICians, let's not forget. (Yes, I am a pre-MTV person.... :^) ) Does this mean that Queen was "spoiled royalty"? Geez, I hope not, but the audience, like many I remember, seemed well-trained by the increasingly self-indulgent acts such as ( fill in the names of most of the headliners back then here....), who, as they got bigger, got more and more remote from their audiences and their own beginnings. (No wonder they came up with punk....) I felt at the time that Queen, with their bad stage sound and affectations were going down that same road, and it was a disappointment. My friends who came along with me seemed to really enjoy it though. I still put on the first album now and then, but their later stuff just isn't my thing, sorry to say. (Didn't they end up going into synthesisers, as well, like so many others?) Mott the Hoople, on the other hand, I feel, musically I knew what they were pretty much going to sound like, as evinced by their live version of Little Richard's "Keep 'A Knockin" from their previous album "Wildlife". Slam-bang, basic rock-n-roll, but unfortunately now Mick Ralphs was no longer with them, so, it wasn't as well played musically (wrong guitarist for the band- Luther Grosvenor from Spooky Tooth), but the basic format was still there. (Fewer overdubs on record than Queen, anyway.) The band looked unhappy, and the music sounded it, but I had a great time anyway, because they sounded closer to my expectations than Queen did, and I didn't feel as if somebody was handing me a bill of goods and then couldn't deliver. How does all this fit in with the XTC of today? Hey- here's how- they don't bother to try and come up with some bowdlerisation of Wasp Star or AV1 to bring it on the road, so they can cash in and have the privilege of shouting over the din of their now- greatly changed (read: now stadium- or even club-friendly) masterpieces: "C'mon, Dundee- let's rock!" They just want to sit in their back gardens and make aural sculptures, and they freely admit it, and I find their honesty -and their music- refreshing. Truth in packaging is just as important as the product. (snip) Anyway, here's >what Andy had to say about Her Holliness when last we spoke: > >>I'm thinking about the tattooed line across the middle of the stomach, >with a "Nobody below this line" written there -- you could attach a list of >names there, as well: "None of these people below this line."< > >So, not a chance, Pally. As a father, I understand EXACTLY how Andy feels!....... perhaps you could pass him along one of those various "applications to date my daughter" fill-in questionnaires that circulate about from time to time? :^) I hope he'd at least get a chuckle from one. Roger Fuller "I prefer champagne to ditch-water, but I've no reason to suppose the cosmos does." --OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:27:31 -0400 From: "Roger Fuller" <fullerfamily@sprintmail.com> Subject: Re: taking chex Message-ID: <034901c010a0$05c54500$b47cd63f@hp-customer> >From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> > >Some subjects are difficult to be articulate on no matter what >your stand on them. Or: one is damned if one says something, or damned if one remains silent. > Thanks for the defense, though. My pleasure. >Hey, I'll talk about anything, I don't >offend easily, but I don't like to offend if I can help it. It happens- no matter what one writes or says, somebody will be invariably offended by it. One must develop a leather hide in the realm of public discourse. Fortunately, one's rights do not end where others' sensibilities might begin. Write on, all! Roger Fuller Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever. -- LORD THOMAS MACAULAY
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:14:53 -0400 From: "Roger Fuller" <fullerfamily@sprintmail.com> Subject: Censorship? We don' need no steenkin' censorship.... Message-ID: <034801c010a0$0487e300$b47cd63f@hp-customer> >I would never advocate censorship. What I am advocating is restraint. Restraint; last time I heard that being used was by Tipper Gore and Susan Baker to Frank Zappa about his lyrics a few years ago. "We don't want censorship, but merely restraint..." was the primary message of the PMRC, as I recall. Wonder how come we don't hear about the PMRC anymore? >What makes me uncomfortable is extremism. And who decides what is extremism? You? I? Let the chips fall where they may. One hundred years ago, the idea of minorities achieving full equality with the white world was seen by most whites the world over as an extremist view. If we follow your logic, just where would you have stood on that issue back then? >Chris Coolidge said: > >>>>When it comes to gun control, you have two realistic choices, disarm >everybody or allow everybody concealed weapons.<<< Hmmmm..... >I said: > >>>While some of his observations are worthy of a response, this one clearly >isn't.<< > >Roger asked: > >>Why not? < > >Even though I said I wouldn't, I will. > >Gun Control in the USA is a complex issue. There are many intelligent >people who can debate passionately and logically on both sides. Reducing it >to an "either-or" argument is a gross over-simplification. Anyone who >approaches this complex issue with an open-mind and a certain degree of >intelligence can see *many* "realistic choices," not just two. Oh, I get it- if we go along with your views, we are intelligent. If we aren't sure and want to look around, we are not? I don't think denigrating someone's mental capacity, should one not fall in lock-step on this issue, is an effective way to convince me. Maybe he's all wet- maybe he's not, but let us decide for ourselves. But you don't sound all that far off from Mr Coolidge in his statement. You two have more in common on this issue than you might think! Both of you seem to be saying that there is room for choice. Whew! I thought I was going to read some emotionally fraught, invective-laden diatribe on this issue, full of lots of heat, but little light, that originally sent me reeling offa Chalkhills about a year or so ago. More facts, less emotions from all sides on such issues, please. Roger Fuller "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences." --C. S. LEWIS
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:39:25 +1200 From: "Simon Curtiss" <s_curtiss@clear.net.nz> Subject: I prefer Rogon Josh myself Message-ID: <005001c010ad$1b7653a0$2d64a8c0@emigre> John Cooper Clarke rhymes - what a good thread!! My personal fave is from the NME C81 Cassette. The kitchen had been ransacked ski trails in the hall the chicken had been dansak'd and thrown against the wall from the Day My Pad Went Mad by the Massed Carnaby Street John Cooper Clarkes for you denizens of the USA and other non curry-eating places Chicken Dansak is a curry dish. Not my favourite either as it involves the use of pineapple - a fine fruit but one that should be kept a long way away from curry (and pizza for that matter), which also goes for sultanas, raisins, currants and any other form of dried fruit - blechh. Another concert reminiscence The concert I have no idea who played: Band x?x?x?x?x?x?x - Scraptoft Campus, Leicester Polytechnic 1980. I have never been so off my face, whatever we had been smoking was pretty powerful stuff (my friend - may she remain nameless - never made it to the concert itself as she was "trapped in her room by the music on the stereo"). Watching the band whilst standing on chair at the back of the hall it did occur to me that a) the stage was very low (which was why I was on a chair) and b) the band were not putting on much of a stage show, but c) the music was just fine thanks - the word Reggae lurks at the back of my head. When exiting the hall (or rather being walked out by friends as the police had just arrived and I was acting in an 'abnormal' manner) I asked why the stage was so low to which the reply was, "It's not , but you spent the entire concert watching the mixing desk" Aaaaaaah - bother - well I still enjoyed myself! XTC news? I was told on the 25th by an employee of Cooking Vinyl that and I quote: I'm afraid there are currently no plans to release another single off 'Wasp Star' Bummer - and frankly watrafux wrong with everyone - it's a hit - if they let it!! cheers Simon
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:27:47 -0400 From: Jeff Eason <eason@mountaintimes.com> Subject: Blue Ribbon Winning Concert Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000828102747.00845870@mountaintimes.com> Hey All, It seems as if it is a basic truth of life that concerts at fairs tend to be the least entertaining show on the midway. My one exception would have to be seeing Ray Charles at Dorton Arena at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh in 1988 (I believe). Dorton Arena is this monstrous concrete dome of a building that must have looked very futuristic in, say, 1962! Most of the time it is sort of a holding tank for professional wrestlers who are either on their way up to the big time or on their way down from said big time. During the week-and-a-half long State Fair every October, Dorton Arena hosts one free concert a night. Most of the time the show consists of some of the worst country music you've ever heard by groups with names like "Uncle Dad". Every year the good-old-boy organizers of the State Fair throw a bone to the sizable African American population in Raleigh by scheduling one "non-redneck" musical act. Most of the time it is a cheesy beach music band that really appeals to the Myrtle Beach crowd more than the R & B crowd. Anyway, my girlfriend and I just happened to make the trip to Raleigh on the night that Ray Charles played at Dorton. It was a one-hour tour de force through the man's greatest hits--complete with horn section and backup singers. What a show! We left completely drained with hardly enough energy to see the calf with two heads. It was probably the best free show (the show was included with entrance to the fairgrounds) that I've ever seen. Does anyone else have any fair shows or free shows worth noting? Cheers. Jeff "In the cage at the Omni for the Belt" Eason
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:53:45 -0400 From: "Michael D. Myers" <mmyers@telcordia.com> Subject: miscellaneous Message-ID: <85256949.0051E008.00@notes949.cc.telcordia.com> Chalksters and Chalkettes; The Mole said: >>To really get a grip on the concept, you need to realize that in 1998 the only city in the World that was close to 20 MILLION residents was the New York Metro region. LA was second with 15 Million.>> And Ned replied >Sorry for nitpicking Jon, but I just got back from Mexico City. It is now closing in on 30 million people. I've heard that Sau Paulo, Brazil is around the same number. I'm sure they both had NYC and LA beat in '98.> I can vouch for Sao Paulo; I've been there about 4 times in the last 2 years. A huge, gritty city that is the center of South American commerce (no matter what the folks in Buenos Aires say). You know, a lot of countries don't have the time or money to do a proper census, but the generally-accepted population estimates of 30 million can't be far off. I was also in Moscow, and the dirt-poor Russian economy has forced huge numbers of people to come into the city seeking work. Apartments made for a family of 3-5 now have 12-15 people living in them. It is generally accepted that 25-40 million people live in the city right now. Chris Coolidge said: >Phil Keaggy(he's recorded for Christian labels throughout his career, with the exception of his oneoff album with the Christian rock supergroup Chagall Guevera< That's not quite accurate; Mr. Missing Fingers (Keaggy doesn't have a full complement of digits)recorded four non-Christian-music albums with a rock band called Glass Harp in the early 70's. They were OK; I have one of their albums. Lastly: shock of all shocks. I was in Denver last week at a Marriott, and there was music playing in the lounge where we ate dinner. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" came on TWICE while we ate. The barmaid was singing along and smiling; the music seemed to come from some canned source rather than a jukebox (none in sight). Mike
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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:44:14 -0400
From: "Walker, Keith (Imprimis)" <keith.walker-eds@eds.com>
Subject: My Sentimental Inclination. . . .
Message-ID: <7A57F750AF65D411949C00508BDFD81801094413@USPLM202>
One more entry in the bad lyrics thread -sorry, no rhyme:
Mike sez:
"I've been hitting the town, and it didn't hit back."
-Paul McCartney - My Brave Face
I think the song is aptly titled. He'd need to have a brave
face to go out in public after writing that.
Keith sez:
I dunno. . . . Maybe you should ask Elvis Costello, cuz he's the one who
*did* write it. His demo version of the song, by the by, is, I'm afraid to
say, much superior to Mr. McC's, though I like both versions.
Keith "I should be only the fifth person to point this out" Walker
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:26:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt@yahoo.com> Subject: concert memories Message-ID: <20000828172621.15770.qmail@web2106.mail.yahoo.com> Jon Rosenberger posted a lot on Michigan concert memories. As a former Michiganian, I have lots of memories of the same, so thought I'd add to his comments: RE: U2: Joshua Tree Tour, The Pontiac Silverdome, I was there too! Sitting behind you. Quite a ways behind you, actually. I was pissed that people weren't paying any attention to the opening act, Lone Justice (they were a good band). I went with the underage nephew of a friend I was with, so after the show we coulden't grab a bite at TGI Friday's in Troy as we had planned. Wound up in some diner instead. Found out later that U2 were in TGI Friday's being all friendly and buying beer for everyone. By the way, the Pontiac Silverdome is absolutely the WORST place I have ever seen a concert. Saw a few shows at the Nectarine Ballroom and a bunch at the Second Chance, which is what the Nectarine was called before it became a dance club. Lost hearing (permanently) at a Ramones show at the Chance, 1981, saw Bow Wow Wow there as well. At the Nectarine, saw They Might Be Giants and Divine (yes, that Divine). St. Andrews is a good palce to see shows, Sonic Youth in 1989 being my most memorable there. I knew the drummer's sister (she lived in Ann Arbor) so we got to hang out in the dressing room, and had pizza & beer with them in nearby Greektown. Worst Weather and what am the @$@$(@$($ was I thinking?: Mine was Sting, also at Pine Knob. The show was decent, actually (was his first solo tour w/ Branford Marsalis & Omar Hakim), but there were severe thunderstorms and tornado warning sirens going off, and we were sitting on the LAWN! no cover at all. We were soaked to the skin. Then, the weather cleared, and just as Sting hit the stage, a single ray of sun got through (I'm not kidding. Must have inflated Sting's ego even more!) Pine Knob pretty much sucks as well, I much prefer Meadowbrook for outdoor shows. Saw the Pixies at some place on East Grand Blvd. in Detroit that isn't open anymore. Saw Alex Chilton and Snakefinger (and many, many local bands) at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor. Saw too many things to list at the Michigan Theatre including Iggy Pop, The Residents (twice!), Suzanne Vega, Plilip Glass (several times), readings by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Adams, etc. Michigan Theatre is one of my favorite places to see shows (and films), I miss it here in Chicago. Other things: the Ann Arbor Folk Festival at Hill Auditioium, Great shows at the Ark (saw Marianne Faithfull there-wonderful show, and the 3 Mustaphas 3 on the night the Gulf War broke out), lesbian folk music night at the half-ass (Halfway Inn in East Quad), etc. Anyways, Jon, thanks for the memories! Tyler "I'm an Ann Arborite in my heart" Hewitt
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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:41:34 -0400
From: Gary McBride <garym@usa.com>
Subject: Stupidly Single
Message-ID: <p04330101b5d043e84815@[209.118.255.115]>
>From: "Ralph Simpson DeMarco" <sawpit@hotmail.com>
>
>WHY oh WHY does it say this if SH is not going to be a single?
Looks like it is... check out the eBay auction for a SH promo single
sent to radio (including call-out hook) at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=419601126
I've attached this wag's scan of the item in question. No sighting of
a proper store-buyable version, but this would indicate it could soon
exist.
Also, very nice XTC content at Launch.com website, if you search for
XTC. Or try
http://www.launch.com/music/artistpage/1,4391,1029669,00.html
or even the Dukes:
http://www.launch.com/music/artistpage/1,4391,1007899,00.html
There's supposed to be XTC content on the new Launch CD #43, but all
I could find was the following rave review:
XTC
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) (TVT)
Rating: 6 out of 7
By Ken Micallef
After the all-acoustic, orchestral washes of its last outing,
XTC's Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) is a gobsmacking return to
electric form for one of England's finest ever pop exports. Recalling
such classic albums as Black Sea and English Settlement, Wasp Star
bounds from one slamming single to the next, with Andy Partridge's
wry lyrics and captivating guitar licks leading the way. From the
rambunctious George Harrison-like majesty of "Stupidly Happy" through
the rocking country send-up "I'm The Man Who Murdered Love" to the
plaintive salute "My Brown Guitar" and the liquid mercury grace of
"Church Of Women," XTC proves that its brand of pop remains as
mentally invigorating as it is melodically memorable. As Britpop from
Oasis to the Verve gets stranded on the shores of boredom and
dissipation--not to mention plummeting records sales--XTC comes up
with this perfect pop gem. Hail Britannia!
****
cheers,
G
http://home.pacbell.net/ajandcp/jl005.jpg
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:10:45 -0500 From: "Jan C. Harris" <wow@bluemarble.net> Subject: re: Maypole Message-ID: <012501c01114$18b977c0$a72f573f@janstrigem> Pancho writes: <<<<Anyway, my misheard lyric is still Napalm instead of Maypole.>>> Me too! Gods, I thought I was a real sicko - or that Andy was. He sounds so *cheerful* about it too. One of the reasons Wheel and Maypole hasn't quite grabbed me is that unclear enunciation.... JanCarol wow@bluemarble.net www.bluemarble.net/~wow
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:06:39 -0700 From: "Hiatt, Randy" <Randy.Hiatt@fsbti.com> Subject: re-prize Message-ID: <F34536084B78D311AF53009027B0D7EAE3DAD3@fsbex01.fsbti.com> I just wanted to chime in with a reminder for all those desperate to get their xtc related fix. I just re-bought (lost a 50 pack of CD's) Martin Newell's Greatest Living Englishman. CD Only had a 30% off sale. It's Andy hidden in them thar hills too (he produced/engineered/played... all over it). It's been so long I had to re-acclimate myself to some of the melody lines.... now everything is just fine. I love it. Anyone know if/when this CD will be re-available with all the extra cuts? That is what I thought I re-bought, will have to investigate. Randy (re-bounding) Hiatt
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:08:53 -0500 From: "Jan C. Harris" <wow@bluemarble.net> Subject: re: Carrie Newcomer Message-ID: <016501c01123$789a9ca0$a72f573f@janstrigem> Dan W. proclaims in embarassment: <<<<Her mix tapes were lousy (even tapes she made from MY OWN CDs were lousy) and the one concert we went to at her behest was ... Carrie Newcomer. Now, if there are fans of this earnest, stultifyingly competent strummer/songstress in this forum, I mean you no harm. For those of you unfamiliar, imagine Shawn Colvin with a plainer voice, less memorable songs, and an inability to muster anything resembling intensity or passion in concert. It was a trying evening, redeemed only by the fact that I actually remember very little of it. Maybe in another ten years, it will seem like a horrible dream ...>>>> LOL! Where did you see her? She lives in my hometown! I've lived here for 15 years, and never seen her live. I keep *meaning* to, since she's such a local icon. You know, the local "flavor." I have one of her CD's "The Bird or the Wing" that I think I listened to twice, and I'd sell it off, but I don't think anyone would buy it. Her background is Quaker - plainsong. So take folksinging, and make it, well, *plainer* and you've got Carrie. She's definitely what I would call a *local* talent - so imagine my surprise to see her mentioned here! JanCarol wow@bluemarble.net www.bluemarble.net/~wow
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