From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V3 #105 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Sunday, May 3 1998 Volume 03 : Number 105 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Re: [ASchulberg ] [AVALON] Roxy Music - The Greatest ["Ray Carrington" ] Re: [AVALON] Mr. Pleasant's question [Middy Blue ] Re: [AVALON] Middy, Heather and Me.... [Dawndalian ] Re: [AVALON] Middy, Heather and Me.... [alegna ] [AVALON] Smoe.org fundraiser needs more $, and I have *autographed by Jewel* door prizes! :-) [Mike Connell] [AVALON] fave bry album pic [tfagan ] Re: [AVALON] Roxy Music - The Greatest [shin ] Re: [AVALON] Roxy Music - The Greatest [vu5i-nw@asahi-net.or.jp] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 07:49:17 EDT From: ASchulberg Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: << Rolf Harris on guest antipodean instruments.>> Is that the guy from "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"? Geez, he's still around? Arnie ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 12:54:32 PDT From: "Ray Carrington" Subject: [AVALON] Roxy Music - The Greatest Another "The Greatest" album has been released in Japan (only). After the Ferry comp it's time for Roxy Music. This one has no rare tracks or 12" remixes though. The artwork is like the Ferry album (red instead of blue). The case has printed "The Greatest Liited Edition" in gold on the front. 34-page Booklet in japanese with lyrics (eng & jap), no photos. Tracks: The Greatest VJCP-51049 1. Virginia Plain 2. Pyjamarama 3. For Your Pleasure 4. Do The Strand 5. Street Life 6. All I Want Is You 7. Love Is The Drug 8. Both Ends Burning 9. Trash 10. Dance Away 11. Angel Eyes 12. Over You 13. Oh Yeah 14. Same Old Scene 15. Jealous Guy 16. More Than This 17. Avalon 18. Take A Chance With Me Ray. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 17:18:42 EDT From: Middy Blue Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: It's 1998 where I am too, and I'd lovr to get my paws on this..does it even exist? Does anybody know? I don't see how something with Bryan, Bernard Butler and Edwyn Collins can miss. Feel free MiddyBlue@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 17:27:22 EDT From: Middy Blue Subject: Re: [AVALON] Mr. Pleasant's question Heather, you are so right. So much popular is soo catchy that you can't help humming it the first time you hear it on the radio. Roxy is like aromatherapy. You have to breathe and and relax and let it take control of you, then all of a sudden it's like hey, I'm starting to love this! (I'm only half joking..) I saw Bryan three times back in '94. Two of those times I took someone who was not a Roxy fan, but open enough to go with me, and both times they were like "Wo, who is this? Why isn't this played on the radio? Why haven't I heard this?! Why haven't you played this for me?! Yeah, it was two women, but that's besides the point. He was phenomenal live, and he made two new fans. And yes, it is definitely a turn on when a man likes Roxy. Says a lot about them. That's all I'm saying about that! Be well Middy Middyblue@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 19:08:03 EDT From: Dawndalian Subject: Re: [AVALON] Middy, Heather and Me.... Yes, Girls, Bryan Ferry is sooo amazing.... and the attraction for me is not purely physical.... His voice, his lyric, and the soul he shows us in his music is like magick to me. Although I am not new to Roxy Music or Bryan Ferry, this list IS a new thing for me, as is the Internet... and I am sad to say (no, I am sick near death over it!) that I missed Bryan Ferry during his musical tour in '94... you had mentioned you saw him? I am embarassed to say, I did not know of it, but at the time, I was enraptured by another Man.... my first child had occupied all my attention and time, and I stopped reading the SF Chronicle entertainment section and focused on Children's stuff.... so I missed out, having traded in my HipCool San Francisco party/career girl to be a married suburban mom..... Ahh, I have not seen Bryan Ferry since 1988 in Berserkley... Here's hoping for another opportunity.... I am near willing to go Anywhere for him... And MiddyBlue, It was a man, a remarkable man who turned ME on to Roxy...many years ago in HellA and I have not been the same since.... and I have noticed that people who are Into Roxy are usually Way Cool and have incredibly broad tastes in art and music and the like... Okay enough rambling.... You girls just kinda got me going on Bryan. I just got back from the frame store, spending Big Bucks to have an LP of Boys and Girls framed... with Bryan in B/W on it.... Awesome, let me tell you.... Gotta shove, Dawne dawndalian@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 18:16:54 -0700 From: alegna Subject: Re: [AVALON] Middy, Heather and Me.... Hi -- I am new to the group and wanted to say "heylo". I've been a Roxy fan since the early 80's with the release of "Avalon". Seen Bryan in concert only once in San Diego in the late '80's and it was enrapturous. That was a great show. Anyway, so ladies this comment from Dawne made me think of a question to ask... "What's your favorite picture of Bryan from an album?". Of course, anyone can answer... I just figured the ladies in the group would be more likely too!! =) Mine would be from "Taxi"... the inside pic of him on the (swan?) fountain looking off to the side. The dedication to his mother makes it sad and wistful. Ciao, Angela alegna@cybcon.com Dawndalian wrote: > Okay enough rambling.... You girls just kinda got me going on Bryan. I just > got back from the frame store, spending Big Bucks to have an LP of Boys and > Girls framed... with Bryan in B/W on it.... Awesome, let me tell you.... > > Gotta shove, > Dawne > dawndalian@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 18:34:15 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: [AVALON] Smoe.org fundraiser needs more $, and I have *autographed by Jewel* door prizes! :-) Hey folks :-) Did I say autographed by Jewel door prizes? Yeah.....I did, I'll get to that later. In the mean time, consider yourself cyper-tied to your chair and being forced to read this speil :-) Well, it's been nearly four weeks since I bugged ya about donating to the fund raiser to replace the existing hardware that houses smoe.org with new stuff. For those of you who are new to this particular list and likely don't know me, or didn't read my previous email on this fund raiser, the gist of my first post follows below this second pitch of mine :-) I'll give ya a full report on what we've collected so far. While the amount may sound impressive at first thought, it's really not. Especially when I throw all the figures at you. So far, we've raised nearly half of my/our immediate goal of $3,000 (although I'd be ecstatic at $4,000). We've gotten $1,470.68 However, that total has been contributed by only 67 people, and over half ($865) of it has been contributed by 11 people who gave 40, 50, 100 or 125 dollars. That means the other 56 people have totaled $605, which isn't bad at all for 56 people :-) It's the 67 total donors that is below our expectations, especially when you consider that there are over 9,600 subscriptions to the 44 (yes! 44!) mailing lists hosted at smoe.org, which represents about 7500 separate email addresses/people. I think we can do better than 67 out of 7,500+. I know we can :-) So please, send what you can, whether it be 5, 10 or more....I want to reach that goal of at least $3,000 and would LOVE to see us get $4,000. Remember, Jeff Wasilko, the generous dude that provides these lists free of charge, bought the now 7 year old equipment with his own moola, not to mention he pays the $150+ monthly operating costs (a dedicated ISDN line). The least we can do is pay a major chunk of the cost of the new Sun Sparc station(s) he plans on replacing the present smoe with, before it dies and this all ends for a while. **************************************************************************** ***** DOOR PRIZES DOOR PRIZES DOOR PRIZES DOOR PRIZES **************************************************************************** ***** While it's not many, I did manage to acquire 7 autographed Jewel items, plus a couple of dozen trinkets for door prizes. They will all be *randomly* awarded to people who donate to this cause, no matter what list you belong to. The seven autographed items are (each individualy awarded): a) Two twenty-page, full of pictures, full color Jewel lyric books autographed in gold ink on the front cover. These are the same books that were being sold at last summers' Lilith Fair and Jewel's 1998 Fall Tour. b) Two sets of five 5x7 semi-glossy color photo packs, with the first picture autographed in gold ink. c) Two of Jewel's ten times platinum CD Pieces Of You, with the insert autographed in gold ink. d) This is the top prize, especially to the collectors out there! A brand spanking new autographed in gold ink, RARE promotional CD, commonly known as "Phyllis Barnaby Finally Gets A Bra". It's a 4 track "You Were Meant For Me" promo CD that is pretty much impossible to find now a days. In fact, I myself consider it harder to find than her other promo CD "Save The Linoleum". The 4 tracks are an unreleased version of You Were Meant For Me (known as the Juan Patino version), and three other unreleased tracks Cold Song, Rocker Girl and Emily (although all three have subsequently been released on the vinyl version of Pieces Of You) Again, all seven (plus the trinkets.....Jewel guitar key chains and Jewel guitar pins), will be randomly given away to people who have already donated or donate in the future :-) See below on where/how to donate to help get a new smoe.org and keep these lists running & problem free for a long time to come :-) Thanx, Mike Connell (still ringing that bell) THE GIST OF MY FIRST POST (what the he** is a gist anyway? ;-): Posted in early April: Some of you may know me, most don't I'm sure. My name is Mike Connell and I manage the Jewel and Patty Griffin mailing lists at smoe.org. I'm writing you today is to ask for your help in a fund raiser to help keep smoe.org up and running for many more years to come. A gentle bloke by the name of Jeff Wasilko owns smoe.org and has always paid the monthly operating costs (NOT a small penny) and of course had paid for the expensive equipment it presently runs on. He has always offered this service for free since day one....no user fees....no list owner fees...totally free :-) Many rising artists and their fans have benefited from this service, as smoe.org hosts lists for such artists as Happy Rhodes, Paula Cole, Jewel, Patty Griffin, Tori Amos, Thomas Dolby, Poe, Susan Werner, Leah Andreone, Luscious Jackson, Ben Folds Five, the Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin and many, many more. Some of these once unknown artists, and more to come I'm sure, had their internet presence begin right here at smoe.org :-) For a complete list of which artists have mailing lists hosted at smoe.org, you can go to http://www.smoe.org/lists Jeff is looking into replacing the hardware smoe.org operates on with more modern equipment, as the present units are a pair of seven year old SUN Sparc stations. This is necessary to get newer and better equipment in place before the present system falls down and goes boom permanently, leaving the lists at smoe.org temporarily without a home :-) This would be bad....very bad. This replacement is going to cost a pretty penny. On other list servers this would be no problem, as money would be used from the user fees. However since such fees don't exist here at smoe.org, we are asking for your help in the form of donations. We are not asking for major dollars here, just whatever you can give, whether it be $2, $5, $10, more ....whatever. You can send a check, a money order, or if a buck or two or three if you wish to send cash. If you can't afford anything, don't sweat it, this is NOT mandatory to stay on your list. We are just asking for you to help out if you can. Money orders are a piece of cake. (At least in the USA) They don't have a large fee at all, generally less than a buck, sometimes as low as 35 cents....although money orders from banks usually carry a larger fee (go figure ;-) Your best bet for a money order (in the USA) would be from the US Post Office....all money orders there have an 85 cent fee no matter what the dollar amount of the money order is. *** All checks or money orders should be made out to Jeff Wasilko :-) PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THEM OUT TO ME (Mike Connell) :-) ********************** HOW TO DONATE: ********************** Simple :-) Just send what you want (no Monopoly money please) to me at Mike Connell PO Box 1206 Binghamton NY 13902-1206 and I'll tally up all the figures etc and send it all on to Jeff :-) Remember, please make out all checks or money orders to Jeff Wasilko !!! :-) Please don't make them out to me :-) In your envelope, please include a note that contains your full name, the list(s) you belong to, and your email address you use here at smoe.org (I need to contact you if you win a door prize, and this acknowleges that I received your donation, as I contact you when I get your donation) Please help in this mission to give smoe.org a new home :-) If you have any questions, please feel free to write me and ask. I thank you all in advance :-) Mike "Once a bell ringer, always a bell ringer" Connell :-) * The Patty Griffin/Mad-Mission@smoe List Homepage is at: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup/pattyg/pattyg.htm * * The Jewel EveryDay Angels List Homepage & Guide is at: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup * * aka DuckOfPrey@aol.com WhyADuck55 on AOL Instant Messenger ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 May 98 23:09:45 PDT From: tfagan Subject: [AVALON] fave bry album pic love that pelican pic too! my sister came home one day & said she'd found a promo poster at a record store (free) for me -- it was the pelican picture!! swoon. - --Theresa ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 02:26:51 -0400 (EDT) From: shin Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy Music - The Greatest Thanks for the info. Is RM/BF that popular in Japan? There must be 5 or 6 "Best Of" by now. This is little too much even by Japanese standard. Thank goodness for the weak yen. On Sat, 2 May 1998, Ray Carrington wrote: > Another "The Greatest" album has been released in Japan (only). > After the Ferry comp it's time for Roxy Music. This one has no > rare tracks or 12" remixes though. The artwork is like the Ferry > album (red instead of blue). The case has printed "The Greatest > Liited Edition" in gold on the front. 34-page Booklet in japanese > with lyrics (eng & jap), no photos. > > Tracks: The Greatest VJCP-51049 > 1. Virginia Plain > 2. Pyjamarama > 3. For Your Pleasure > 4. Do The Strand > 5. Street Life > 6. All I Want Is You > 7. Love Is The Drug > 8. Both Ends Burning > 9. Trash > 10. Dance Away > 11. Angel Eyes > 12. Over You > 13. Oh Yeah > 14. Same Old Scene > 15. Jealous Guy > 16. More Than This > 17. Avalon > 18. Take A Chance With Me > > Ray. > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 16:19:29 +0900 From: vu5i-nw@asahi-net.or.jp Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy Music - The Greatest shin wrote: > > Thanks for the info. Is RM/BF that popular in Japan? There must be 5 or > 6 "Best Of" by now. This is little too much even by Japanese standard. > Thank goodness for the weak yen The new 2 best of RM&BF are the part of "the Greatest" series, released from Toshiba EMI. Other titles of the series contains Culture Club, Jesus Jones, or Pet Shop Boys. So I think that 2 best do not necessary means popularity. Isao Niwa ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V3 #105 **************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to avalon-digest-owner@smoe.org