Chalkhills Digest Volume 7, Issue 10
Date: Thursday, 22 February 2001
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 7, Number 10
Thursday, 22 February 2001
Topics:
Canadians
Countdown to XTC
Mystery XTC track revealed
Homegrown
Re: Listening Partners
Organs
Straight to Cut Out
A Collectors Plea for Help!
prome, not cut-out
A wolf in sheep's clothing.. or is that a sheep in...
the ill-fated peregrination of fagen
Midwest XTC
RE: Annandale - That'll be the day
RE: Lost chords and other trvia
Hello there
Coming To America...
a Dallas thanks
Just who is that? & Just what is he saying
The CM song that most sounds like an AP song.
xtc as sickness?
Nonsuch a disappointment
Psssst!!! David Lake
Bent
Biting the Hand
12 Steps to Success
What decade are we in again?
Under the influence of XTC
no warbles that are fuzzy... :-(
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 22:19:58 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Grenier <the_greniers@yahoo.com> Subject: Canadians Message-ID: <20010215061958.8407.qmail@web5101.mail.yahoo.com> >Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 10:42:55 -0500 >From: "Lisette Proulx" <lisette@quatuor.cc> >Subject: Is this addiction going to last ? > >Are we, my husband and I, the only french canadians who like this music. ? >(S'il y a sur ce chatgroup d'autres quebecois, n'hesitez pas a me >contacter ) I missed being born in Quebec by 18 months, does that count? :-) My parents moved to the States in 1966, I was born in '68. J'ai beaucoup de parentee au Canada (Sept-Iles, Quebec, Montreal, Sherbrooke, la Beauce, Ontario, Alberta, Vancouver). regards, Steve Grenier
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:03:27 -0000 From: "David Pitt" <david.pitt@talk21.com> Subject: Countdown to XTC Message-ID: <000401c09736$92bc0e40$0100a8c0@pwd.hp.com> > 'what will it take for Donald to go back to > Annandale?' "California tumbles into the sea - that'll be the day I go back to Annandale." My Old School - Steely Dan Good luck with the competition, David
------------------------------ Date: 15 Feb 2001 18:27:45 +0800 From: duttonj@mpx.com.au Subject: Mystery XTC track revealed Message-ID: <200102151022.f1FAMm724166@mail001.syd.optusnet.com.au> > From: "*SUPER SPANGER*" <superspanger@hotmail.com> > > There was an ad for "Double shots of rock"- an album with "17 great > artists and 34 great tracks"... I nearly had a stroke... XTC was one of > those "great artists". One song was 'Senses working overtime', I don't know > what the other was. I saw this ad too. The other track is "Generals and Majors". So now you know. Jon
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 11:11:24 +0000 (GMT) From: "Darryl W. Bullock" <drol_uk@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Homegrown Message-ID: <20010215111124.1450.qmail@web1401.mail.yahoo.com> Dan Phipps, I'm ashamed of you! ;) For someone usually so up on all things XTC you should have known that Homegrown is not exatly new, but the proposed name for the Wasp Star demos (already available on a divine little boot in the UK, I'll see if I can obtain a copy for you, my friend!). Incidentally, according to Cooking Vinyl in the UK, neither Homegrown or Fuzzy Warbles are happening at all!...although we all know that that means absolutely squat! Darryl. ===== Darryl W. Bullock.Check out the This Is Pop XTC web site at:http://members.tripod.co.uk/thisispop/
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:25:53 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Re: Listening Partners Message-ID: <l03130302b6b0367242a8@[206.231.24.55]> >How come, besides my husband, I never find other listening partners. When I >start playing it to friends, they talk, joke, do not listen and think that I >am just a old Beatles melancolic... > >Are we, my husband and I, the only french canadians who like this music. ? >(S'il y a sur ce chatgroup d'autres quebecois, n'hesitez pas a me >contacter ) > >vanishing girl >Lisette You can ask the ones who were listening to CHOM-FM in Montreal in '79; "Making Plans For Nigel" was getting a lot of airplay and Colin Moulding was even interviewed on the air when they were in town for a show. I wrote them off at the time as just another one of those sort of OK post-punk pop bands, they weren't punk enough for me at the time. I got hooked when I heard Black Sea a couple of years later, by which point I was in college Stateside. Christopher R. Coolidge "The bad news is, there is no key to the universe. The good news is, it has been left unlocked." -Swami Beyondananda
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:47:57 +0000 From: "Philip Lawes" <pjl@plextek.co.uk> Subject: Organs Message-ID: <sa8bd021.035@mailgate.plextek.co.uk> Iain Murray wrote: >I was in Swindon about 18 months ago, and missed out on a trip to the John >Holmes Organ Centre. To be honest, I'm not even sure if it's still there, >but if it is, I'd love a photo. No need to go there - just click on http://www.holmesmusic.co.uk/. Select the 'Keyboards' link to see those organs. Interestingly there used (about 10 years ago now) to be a shop in Mill Road here in Cambridge called the 'Cambridge Organ Exchange', which did good business upgrading the punters old Yamaha keyboards and the like. The bloke who ran it was (I'm not making this up, honestly) a transsexual who became a woman just before she sold the business on. I think it's now a Chinese supermarket. Phil
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 06:07:29 -0800 (PST) From: Jon Rosenberger <wile1coyote@yahoo.com> Subject: Straight to Cut Out Message-ID: <20010215140729.25627.qmail@web106.yahoomail.com> RPA queried in chalk. >>>>I noticed that there are copies of Wasp Star on half.com (no endorsement... first time I ever wandered onto the site) that list the condition of the CD as "...hole in barcode..." Has Wasp Star hit the "cut-out" bin already?!<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< These are TVT promos Richard. They pop the hole in the barcode before they ship them out. Mole
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:23:14 -0800 (PST) From: Jon Rosenberger <wile1coyote@yahoo.com> Subject: A Collectors Plea for Help! Message-ID: <20010215182314.5542.qmail@web120.yahoomail.com> Greetings Chalkizens, I beg your attention for a moment, As many of you know, and perhaps some of you don't, I am an XTC collector. I desire all things XTC whether they be Records, Cassettes, CDs, MiniDiscs, 8-Tracks, Posters, Buttons, Badges or old used T-Shirts. I am thrilled to be able to line my walls, shelves, and turntable with anything even remotely related to our boys o'Swindon. Over the years I have traded XTC items with many of you and have certainly traded thoughts and dreams with the rest of you here on Chalkhills. Through the efforts of many of you here who have shopped and scoured garage sales and dirty stinky cutout record bins in every corner of the globe and on 6 of the 7 continents I am proud to say that WE have amassed a heck of a nice collection of XTC Media and Memorablia. I particularly want to thank a young lady in Swindon and another gentleman in that fine hamlet and a neighbor of theirs in the Swindon suburb of London, two music frenzied Gents' Down Under, One crazy Brit currently abiding in Kiwi and a certain Sushi consuming individual in Japan and last but certainly not least a wonderful guy who currently hangs his Stars and Stripes in Germany, for filling in parts of my collection that would never have been filled without help from you guys. I doff my chapeau to all of you and to all the others around the world and here in the US that have made collecting XTC such a joy, not just for the thrill of opening the mail everyday but for the rich personal experiences that interacting with all of you have brought me. I have learned a million things about the world outside of my own that I never dreamed I would have when I started this crazy quest back 15 years ago or so. And I promise one day I will get around to buying you all that pint in your local pub that I am sure I have promised. :) But enough of my blabbering. I need HELP filling a few more holes in my collection and I am hoping that the rest of you here in the XTC world can fill the voids that hour upon hour spent in worldwide record store websites has not. Quite simply, I need your XTC cassettes. I own nearly every CD and LP for every album released in every country of the globe. Why you ask? That is a good question for which I know no good answer. It is just something I do. Something that I feel should be done. This band is so important to me that I have a primal need to acquire everything. And everything includes the lowly cassette. The Cassette is perhaps the hardest of all XTC media to locate, let's face it cassettes are not great quality audio and as such are not for the most part resold in stores or garage sales or auctioned off on Ebay. They are pitched! Tossed out with the fish papers and the lemon peels. This makes them darn hard to locate for us collectors. I have got quite a few, some of which are pretty rare but I can't find the really common ones. So I am asking for your help, I currently am looking to locate 48 XTC Cassettes from around the globe, some of which I am sure someone on this list has like the Canadian releases of Skylarking or Black Sea, I am hoping that some of you Chalkizens have a box of old XTC cassettes laying around that you never play anymore because you have upgraded to CDs or just don't play much etc.. If you do, please contact me @ Wile1coyote@yahoo.com and ask for my list. I have a very detailed list of the items that I am still looking for and perhaps you could check your old box and see if you have any hiding in there. If you do I am willing to trade you for your cassette, something from my extensive trade list or a CDR copy from a LONG list of XTC lie shows, bootlegs, demos, interviews etc... OR if you aren't interested in that stuff as I am sure some of you aren't, I will purchase for you a new commercially available CD of your choice and have it shipped to your home. If you want the new Brittany Spears CD or new Ben Folds Five, Sugarplastic or whatever, I'd be happy to trade one to you for your old used decrepit cassette. REALLY! And if you don't have any cassettes but would like to discuss something else that you feel would be worthy of a trade, I welcome your emails. I look forward to hearing from some of you, and I thank the rest of you for letting me interupt your reading with my little commercial. All of you have an XTCellent day. Cheers Jon Rosenberger AKA themolefromtheministry Detroit, Michigan USA
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:46:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt@yahoo.com>
Subject: prome, not cut-out
Message-ID: <20010215184644.20820.qmail@web2104.mail.yahoo.com>
RE:
I noticed that there are copies of Wasp Star on
half.com (no endorsement... first time I ever
wandered onto the site) that list the condition of
the CD as "...hole in barcode..."
Has Wasp Star hit the "cut-out" bin already?!
Whew, it is tough to maintain momentum in this
disposable world!
______________
I think what Half.com has are promo copies. Promos are
either punched through the barcode, cut in the side of
the case, or stamped/stickered 'for promotional use
only'. The cut or barcode punched promos are basically
marked the same way as cut-outs, so there's really no
way to tell the difference.
Funny thing, some people think promos are somehow
collectable. I used to work in a record store, there
were literally thousands of promos floating around the
store, sometimes multiple copies of the same disc.
Other people hate promos, think that their value is
diminished, etc. Some used cd stores refuse to buy
them. Obvioualy Half.com is not one of them.
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:34:35 -0600 (CST) From: Brown <i.sundog@verizon.net> Subject: A wolf in sheep's clothing.. or is that a sheep in... Message-ID: <200102160034.SAA113394521@smtppop3pub.verizon.net> Hey there, Hillians! Hats off to Michael M. for posing the juicy question: What Colin Moulding song sounds most like an Andy Partridge song?-- At this moment, I'll go with Deliver Us From The Elements. Musically, Deliver Us From The Elements has a pagan, almost spooky atmosphere, complete with what sounds like 'The All-Druid Choir' backing Colin.. all goose bumpy...very Andy flavored. Then you have the planting and growing, the forces of nature, Providence, etc.. also very Partridgian themes. (Partridgian?.. wha?) Though I couldn't quite picture Andy appealing to God for any divine intervention.. that's a Mouldingism if ever I heard one: Oh Lord deliver us from the elements We at your mercy and your reverence Oh Lord deliver us from the elements We've no defence we are impotent Logical follow-up Q: Which AP song sounds most like... Debora Brown
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:11:59 -0800 (PST) From: dan duncan <artthief1@excite.com> Subject: the ill-fated peregrination of fagen Message-ID: <9947711.982289519878.JavaMail.imail@bessie.excite.com> to pancho: "california tumbles in to the sea, that'll be the day i go back to annandale..." personally, it would take more than that to get me to go back to the east coast. obligatory xtc content: i like(d) the song "church of women" but i got sick of it so fast that now i always skip over it. my bird sings sweetly, dan
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:34:17 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Coolidge" <cauldron@together.net> Subject: Midwest XTC Message-ID: <l03130301b6b24ec222e6@[206.231.24.233]> >>Hey all...Presently I live in the midwest (Indianapolis, specifically) >>and I was just wondering if there are any XTC people around here. It's >>very lonely being a fan of XTC, or really any other 'off the beaten path' >>groups or music here in Indiana, so it would be nice to get in touch with >>some like minded folks..... anyone out here? Email me at saxd00d@aol.com >>if you're anywhere near Indianapolis, or the midwest in general. By the >>way, the Oh's are zeros.....Kenny Kipp Incidentally, Kenny, my wife's cousin Kristen lives in Indianapolis and was on this list at one point, I don't know if she still is. She's single too!(married to her hobbies, though) I suspect one of those Indiana plates was my wife's Aunt Jackie(not Kristen's mom, another aunt; my mother-in-law has three brothers and one sister) who divides her time between Indiana, Long Island, and Florida. She's retired, she can afford the time. How she affords it financially is anyone's guess, maybe her husband gets some hefty kickbacks from being on the Easthampton board of selectmen. Christopher R. Coolidge "The bad news is, there is no key to the universe. The good news is, it has been left unlocked." -Swami Beyondananda
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:06:16 -0000 From: "Smith, David" <David.Smith@tfeurope.com> Subject: RE: Annandale - That'll be the day Message-ID: <4BBE67B71C1DD411A23600508B65F71E01168BF2@tfsecmsg04.tfseur.co.uk> Hi Pancho "California, tumbles into the sea That'll be the day I go back to Annandale" . . . are the opening lines from the last verse of "My Old School" by Steely Dan. The "Donald" in question is, of course, Donald Fagen, who sings those immortal lines - and wrote them. What do *I* win? And what's the betting Debs' beat me to the post in replying to this? :-) Smudge "Guadalajara won't do" Boy EMail: david.smith@tfeurope.com
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:30:41 -0000 From: "Smith, David" <David.Smith@tfeurope.com> Subject: RE: Lost chords and other trvia Message-ID: <4BBE67B71C1DD411A23600508B65F71E01168BF3@tfsecmsg04.tfseur.co.uk> Hi, it's me, back again . . . sorry . . . Steve Schiavo said: > I figure Andy's got THE lost chord somewhere around > his place. Probably keeps it in a box. I bet that's pissed off the Moody Blues no end! Cathryn Myers bemoaned the lack of seeing her faves play live, saying: > The other three aren't even in the same country. > Lets see: one has performance anxiety. Another may > be a witch who is afraid to fly over water ???? > , and Prefab Sprout has apparently given up on making it big in the States. Cathryn, Prefab Sprout have apparently given up on making it big *full stop*!! I will now ruin your day (joke, hope I don't) by saying that the Sprouts did a small UK tour last year. I was fortunate enough to see them at the Shepherd's Bush Empire. After getting over the shock of Paddy McAloon's (almost) knee-length "jesus beard", I enjoyed the second best gig of 2001. They were without Wendy Smith )maternity and all that) but somehow his single vocal added to many of the songs - wonderful. Don't give up hope. Smudge "A nice glass of soil" Boy EMail: david.smith@tfeurope.com
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:53:15 -0000 From: Dewi Thompson <dewi@dewi1.demon.co.uk> Subject: Hello there Message-ID: <01C09830.A4C4FFC0@dewi1.demon.co.uk> Hello everyone, I have just subscribed and I thought I'd say hello. I'm currently listening to Apple Venus vol 1. In fact, I've spent most of the last couple of months listening to my XTC CDs over and over again. Originally I only had the Dukes CD and the singles collection. But after the Mojo article when AV1 came out, I invested in Skylarking. And although I wasn't astounded initally, I came to love it. I kept going back to the Mojo article and rereading it and finally got AV1 and 2. However in the last couple of months it's gone insane. I've got Mummer, TBE, O&L and Nonsuch in the space of a matter of weeks. When I got into Frank Zappa a few years ago, I would go weeks on end without listening to anything else. That's how it is with XTC at the moment. After I've listened to O&L or something practically everything else in my collection seems like substandard tosh. I have been amazed by the absolutely staggering quality of this music. The reason I've joined the list is that I wanted to hear from people who felt like I do, although I realise that most of you have listening to XTC for a lot longer than I have. Sorry for the rant, but everyone else I mention the band to respond with "XTC, aren't they dead or something". cheers Dewi
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:45:20 -0000 From: Dom Lawson <dom.lawson@emap.com> Subject: Coming To America... Message-ID: <F1C32CD48B89D411AD2B00D0B78EC389ABE1EE@mappinmail01.emap.com> ...although since you've elected a complete c**t, I'm not entirely sure I want to risk it. Still, thanks for that anyway. Bastards. Anyway, hope you're all happy, healthy, shiny and full of it as usual. I'm enjoying my new career more than I can say...so I won't bother trying. Needless to say, the world of rock salutes you all. I'm coming to LA next week to interview Fear Factory - not terribly similar to XTC, but dammit, you might like 'em - so if there's any local residents who fancy a swift cold beverage or twenty, then mail me and let me know where you're "at", as I believe you people say... No sign of an XTC feature in Kerrang! yet, and if I'm honest there's f**k all chance of it happening, but I've worn my Chalkhills shirt to work a couple of times and managed to avoid being lynched or tortured, so there's hope for me yet. Finally, I've been keeping fairly up to date with your rantings and, as ever, you're all quite wrong. Right, I'm off to snort some staples... Salut! Dom.
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 22:44:38 -0800 From: Randy Hiatt <rhiatt@gte.net> Subject: a Dallas thanks Message-ID: <3A8E1DD7.CC3BAEF7@gte.net> I'd like to thank all those who responded to my call for things to do in Dallas. Deep Elum was my choice as everyone mentioned it, but as it turned out I ran out of time (no car of my own and those I was with were too old to enjoy that idea, or so they thought). I did however one night get to see fellow poster Joe Funk (he was in town on business as well and stayed an extra day so we could meet). Joe and I did some long distance music creation and I never expected to ever meet him in person. Thanks Joe for the fun dinner and night, the CD's of rarities (and an early listen to his xTc tribute covers, which are perfect if I may add). He also put up with my selections of tunes I made him listen too (he was into it all). We cranked them in the car and then a parking lot as neither of us had any other place to listen to them. Old proggers never die but their car batteries might. I may go back someday and fully expect to get lost around that airport again and again... Randy ************** wanna hear my tunes? http://www.mp3.com/RandyHiatt
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:04:57 -0800 From: "Thomas and Karen Long" <tlong1@telus.net> Subject: Just who is that? & Just what is he saying Message-ID: <000a01c09875$457d2980$ed8be8d8@bc.hsia.telus.net> Chalksters, Having listened & relistened to XTC Live In Concert - as well as doing many other things in the course of my life - I have to say quite adamantly that the voice singing Making Plans For Nigel could not in fact belong to Colin Moulding. I know what Colin's voice sounds like. And if you hear any of the other Colin songs off of this collection, they do indeed sound like Colin. Not so MPFN. If anything, it sounds like Richard Thompson. Also, I'm sure someone else somewhere must of mentioned that it sounds like Andy's singing the following in River of Orchids: Take a packet of seeds Take yourself a toupee whatever & ever, amen, thomas (aka Sparky)
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 23:16:11 EST From: CrissysDad@aol.com Subject: The CM song that most sounds like an AP song. Message-ID: <cb.e413c55.27c0a68b@aol.com> Chalkhillpersons, Maybe someone has mentioned this already, but... I was shocked looking at the Dukes "Chips..." that 'Vanishing Girl' Is a Red Curtain (CM) song! My reasoning goes: 1) It's up-tempo, CM's songs tend to be slower. b.] It's more a 'guitar' than a 'bass' song. III.} Comic Book theme. All of the other 'comic book' songs are AP songs (Brainiac's Daughter, Sgt. Rock, That's Really Super, Supergirl) Dave "The Disappointed" Davis
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:43:28 -0800 From: Virginia Rosenberg <vmr423@earthlink.net> Subject: xtc as sickness? Message-ID: <B6B6008F.EF%vmr423@earthlink.net> hello- i've been reading since december, but this is my first posting. would like to also reassure lisette that one's initial mode of coping with the wonder of xtc (i.e. fanatic obsession) soon deepens and evolves into a more serene state of appreciation. however, while to a large extent this is true for me, i must also confess that every so often i still go through stages where i don't just want to listen to xtc, i absolutely need to. it's a cyclical thing, but unlike, say, the season cycle, these needy fits are rather unpredictable-anyone else out there who can relate? my vote for colin-sounding-andyish song is "day in, day out". of course, i've never been entirely sure it really is a colin song-no doubt i'll hear about it if it's not... on another note, can anyone out there give me an idea of how rare an item the bootleg, "the rhythm" is? (i'm assuming it's a bootleg-the sound quality is wretched.) another voice in the wilderness, virginia
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:30:51 +0000 From: Dave.Wilson@bhint.com Subject: Nonsuch a disappointment Message-ID: <802569F8.004B23BC.00@noteshub1.bhint.com> This is bound to alienate over half the readership. I was born and raised on ES, O&L, BS, Beeswax. As much as I love these with a passion - curiously I did not bother to research further into the back catalogue as I did with other artists. AV and WS awoke me from my slumber. Read the Chalkhills archives and discerned that 'Skylarking' was rated highly. Picked it up and was - yes - bowled over by its seamless beauty. I have friends who have been into XTC for a while. They have played bursts of D&W and DofS and now these are definitely on my wants list. I read quite a few of the interviews with Andy on the Chalkhills website (is he a splendid interviewee or what!!) and he seemed to rate tracks off Nonsuch highly. It was with some expectation that I listened properly to the album this weekend. Have to say 'The Disappointed' was an apt title. He doesn't write trash - but these songs don't have any oomph to me. Or real emotional weight. The artist is so often not the best judge of their own material. If this was where his head was at in the early nineties, maybe a career-break was the best thing that could have happened. Judging by the evidence of the last two efforts, a break from the corporate treadmill was healthy. My mate also reckons TBE is an uninspiring collection of songs too. What do you say Chalksters? 'Honest' Dave
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:21:12 -0000 From: "Belinda" <b.blanchard@btinternet.com> Subject: Psssst!!! David Lake Message-ID: <00d801c09aa0$bd45ffa0$9c787bd5@btopenworld.com> Hi to the Chicago XTC fans I just met David Lake from Chicago, as he came over to London and I took him for a ride, sorry, for a walk. (Tee hee!) What a lovely sweetie he is! It is such a delightful thing to meet XTC fan friends from across the waters in USA (and also, in my case, the other side of the world when my partner David and I visited New Zealand and met with Simon Curtiss and others). Sadly I couldn't take David Lake on the back of my motorbike for a ride round London because his head was too big for my spare helmet. I think his head may have grown too big as a result of showing me all the photos of he and Andy Partridge together at the Borders meet with all you other Chicago people! So we walked on a beautiful SUNNY Sunday afternoon around the City of London and did an architectural tour. Like Andy has said about himself, David Lake does a good disappearing act with a pint of beer. So please, if anymore of you plan to visit, make sure you have small heads if you want me to show you London on the best and most fun form of transport in the world! Happy dais, BELINDA
------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 06:04:10 -0800 (PST) From: nross <PhoenixYellowRose@rocketmail.com> Subject: Bent Message-ID: <20010220140410.28042.qmail@web2906.mail.yahoo.com> You know... I really like that Matchbox 20 song. I heard it three times on the way to work today, and its stuck in my head now, woohee! Wow, the pres kill again stuff is still going! I still dislike the song, but I can see the opposite point of view. Dropping my hubby off the other day, we talked briefly about politics and he basically stated that our government, while faulty, is a lot less corrupt than others. I agree with this, but I couldn't help expressing the opposite view ... That we don't really know all that is going on behind the scenes, we are just fed info through the media. So... What it comes down to is, fine, I may have gone overboard, but I still don't like the song. Its icky. Probably been asked before, but: What is your least favorite XTC song, and why? Indianapolis XTC fan? Hi there! I am now a Cincinnati XTC fan! Only a few hours and one speeding ticket away! -Nicole ===== Nicole's internet music station: http://radio.sonicnet.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=phoenixyellowrose
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 15:33:36 -0000 From: "Jason Phelan" <phelander@hotmail.com> Subject: Biting the Hand Message-ID: <F36c2gdcmLDEIW5JV0100004677@hotmail.com> Now "Sense of Humor" Records presents...all the XTC hits for your perusal..... Liiiiiiiiife is pathetic in the Chalkhouse I'd rather read "The Onion" than this mickey-mouse (bullshit) -------------------------------------- Here comes shitty Chalk-hills again nothing new but reviews again Read one more TROUT and I'm round the bend Here comes shitty Chalk-hills again -------------------------------------- Church of Chalkhills is losing it's patrons-ons-ons Church of Chalkhills is trying my patience-ence-ence -------------------------------------- Hey, Hey, This turds and whey This fodder for the nerdies and the prog-rockers who all are BO-RING so damn BO-RING -------------------------------------- Chaklkhills churning up my stomach watch it fester with all the stagnant replies -------------------------------------- I'm floating in this cess-pool it by choice I know, so punish me I'm speeding through this Chalk-lite it's a hollow shell of what used to be And I'm getting tired If I were Mr. Relph I'd retire all this mailing list ka-ka clogging the lines mailing list ka-ka bringing me nothing but eternal unending bla-bla-ing Even I could've got better talk from the "Bizkit" list...... --------------------------------------- Order now for only 99.95 on 8-track, ree-to-reel, and 47 wax cylinders But wait, if you call within the next 60 seconds, you'll get this bonus cut...and it's a deep one..... Now Chalk-hills in printed format Ripping them up is easy for me now! also, we'll super size your order. Flame-ON, I'm gone......... THE SKYLAR KING
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 20:54:28 -0500 From: "Kate Burda" <burdakat@pilot.msu.edu> Subject: 12 Steps to Success Message-ID: <015b01c09c72$64e7ede0$52850823@user.msu.edu> Loved the 12-step XTC program posting. How very true, too! Looks like AA's got some competition now. :-) Kate
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:21:45 +1100 From: "Iain Murray" <halfmanhalflager@hotmail.com> Subject: What decade are we in again? Message-ID: <F66PzQT456UnHAaaz7E0000cfa9@hotmail.com> Best Album Grammy: Steely Dan, "Two Against Nature". Scratch my original question - what *planet* are we on? There is a God (Donald be thy name). Iain "I stand by all the misstatements that I've made." - Dan Quayle
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:26:08 -0600 (CST)
From: Brown <i.sundog@verizon.net>
Subject: Under the influence of XTC
Message-ID: <200102220526.XAA108219649@smtppop3pub.verizon.net>
I came across this while cruising around VH1's website. I'm not real big on
Paula Cole or VH1 for that matter, but I thought it was pretty nifty *in
spite* of that.. Those gear Swindonians strike again!
excerpt:
".....In the meantime, providence stepped in to provide Paula with the means
to share her talent with a wider audience. Peter Gabriel had heard a few of
her songs and invited Paula to be a featured backup singer on his 1993-1994
Secret World tour. After wrapping that up, she solidified her deal with
Warner Brothers and moved to New York, where she went to work on her second
release, This Fire, and began studying Buddhism through the teachings of a
Vietnamese monk named Thich Nhat Hahn. The release of This Fire in 1996
brought immense amounts of praise, radio airplay, fans and awards. With the
singles "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" and "I Don't Want To Wait," which
became the theme song to the hugely popular teen drama Dawson's Creek, Paula
and This Fire were everywhere you wanted to be during the last few years of
the century.
This Fire was nominated for seven Grammy Awards in 1998, including one
for Producer Of The Year, the first time in Grammy history that a woman was
recognized in that category. She took home the gold gramophone for Best New
Artist. Ironically "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" was met with some
criticism when certain listeners felt that Paula was not taking her feminism
seriously enough. In fact, as she has often explained in interviews, her aim
was to take a pointed look into gender stereotypes.
***"I was listening to XTC at the time," Paula has explained, "I really
appreciated the cleverness and sarcasm in their songwriting. It just made me
want to try my hand at sarcasm but using a woman's perspective." Despite the
naysayers, Paula's musical perspective remained in great demand. She
performed for the U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf, was a main stage
performer during 1997's Lilith Fair lovefest (check out www.paulacole.com
for Lilith diary entries, etc.) and toured extensively through Europe and
the States."***
To cleverness, sarcasm.. and hands!
Debora Brown
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:47:52 -0500
From: "Danny Phipps" <phipps@schoollink.net>
Subject: no warbles that are fuzzy... :-(
Message-ID: <web-6349615@schoollink.net>
if this is "old news," then please forgive any repetition on
my part. i haven't had much time to catch up on my
chalkhills reading lately --
damn!! i knew it was only a matter of time.....
i was just informed from another xtc friend that "fuzzy
warbles" is now history. they are NOT planning to release
it. that means, no 6-cd boxed set of all the home demos
including "jules verne's sketchbook" and "the bull with the
golden guts." or even the "windowbox" EP. (whimper)
why didn't i see this coming? my anticipation of it
evidently blinded me!
man, this sucks the big one! :-(
/dan
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"All of the answers you seek can be
found in the dreams that you dream..."
-- Dan Fogelberg
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