From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V4 #43 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, February 3 1999 Volume 04 : Number 043 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] Manzanera site [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] New Town [Colleen Matan ] [AVALON] For completists: Catch The 80's [Gerrit Hillebrand ] [AVALON] Roxy Music Wedding/Work Combo ["Weinberger, Kelly A." ] Re: [AVALON] Cover Girl Sightings [Rex Estorffe ] Re: [AVALON] Quizz time [Frank and Liz Smith ] Re: [AVALON] Quizz time [Heather Marie Propes ] Re: [AVALON] things ["tfagan" ] Re: [AVALON] famous people sightings ["tfagan" ] [AVALON] NEW TOWN [Rex Estorffe ] [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V4 #42 [HipChip ] RE: [AVALON] famous people sightings ["Donna Caskey" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Manzanera site On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Robert Fedder wrote: > RC is easily the best Andy Mackay album IMHO. Chris, I find this Wetton thing > interesting. Perhaps we should start a sweepstake...the line up of the next > Roxy Music. I'll start with the following speculation: I predict the reunion will not happen. Also, uh, can folks trim the quoted material in their posts down to what is necessary? I can't imagine what it's like for people on the digest to scroll through all the extraneous stuff. Colleen - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:46:19 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Town > On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Bahi Para wrote: > > > Heather's proposal for a new Avalonia - New Town - deserves a few words on > > the term as it's understood in the UK. In the 50s (and probably the 60s) > > many officially designated new towns were built throughout Britain. They [snip] On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Heather Marie Propes wrote: > That's interesting. I wonder if that has anything to do with the name of > his video - or did he even name it himself? Probably not. Leave it to me > to point out the unlikely. Well I don't know how unlikely it is as it certainly had everything to do with the name of the song, no? And if you read the lyrics (or reread them if you hadn't known the connotations to "new town")...well then. But I don't think there are several layers of meaning to be peeled back in the name of the video. Colleen - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 00:10:40 +0000 From: Gerrit Hillebrand Subject: [AVALON] For completists: Catch The 80's Hi, There is a compilation set from Hong Kong now, called "Catch of The 80's", with major hits of the eighties that include Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Simple Minds, Japan, Sylvian|Sakamoto and Bryan Ferry!! On the audio cd there is the track Slave To Love and on the included bonus video(!) cd there is the clip of the track. This bonus cd has 5 clips: The Human League's "Don't You Want Me", Spandau Ballet's "To Cut a Long Story Short", Kajagoogoo's "Too Shy", Bryan Ferry's "Slave To Love" and Japan's "Gentlemen Take Polaroids"! Catch The 80's , EMI Hong Kong 724349898424. For a scan of the cd-set please visit http://home.wxs.nl/~gj.hillebrand/ferry.html Gerrit. ____________________Peace Through Culture____________________ visit: Trophies - The David Sylvian Rarities Archive http://www.trophies.org _____________________________________________________________ - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 18:19:24 -0500 From: jspellman@banet.net Subject: Re: [AVALON] We found a farmer! Heather, Wasn't it you who said a week or so back, something like I'm really busy trying to find a job don't bother me? :-) Heather Marie Propes wrote: > On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Han Snijders en Willy van der Geest wrote: > > > BTW Heather you forgot our (Goddamn) grave digger Jimmy, Erik who want to > > start a recordshop! Bahi the computer detective, is there a law against to > > much posting? Watch your steps Heather! > > And what to do with our beloved internetsalesman Jay Sierierski? > > Dust off your agricultural degree, Kimberly, because you're it! > > And there'll be a place for all of these people in our town, which I've > decided will be called New Town. We'll need a record store, a cemetary, > and someone to keep a close watch on all of our Internet activity. > > Oh and Martin Stockman, you can be the gossip columnist for Roxette, our > English language online Newspaper. I can see the first headline, > > "Ex-convict Jimmy Vapor arresting for stealing chickens" > > Ciao! > > Heather > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:04:22 -0600 (CST) From: Heather Marie Propes Subject: [AVALON] Roxy Music Wedding I'm getting married in July and was wondering what Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry songs might be nice for a wedding (In Every Dream Home A Heartache is definitely out). But so far I've got: If There Is Something Angel Eyes Pyjamarama Dance Away Manifesto Let's Stick Together Jealous Guy Do The Strand A Really Good Time The Thrill of it All Love is the Drug Slave to Love Can you think of anything I've fogotten? Ciao, http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/asbuch/index.htm#hometop Heather Marie Propes asbuch@midway.uchicago.edu - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 19:26:22 EST From: FeliciaRen@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Two German Movies While browsing through the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), I came across two German movies, Nachtfahrer and Looping, where Roxy and Bryan are included in the music credits. Can anyone share any more info on this? I've been a member of the list for a while, have really enjoyed the recent posts, especially the surveys and everyones' occupations. My two cents: I'm a Help Desk Analyst at a large NYC law firm. Felicia - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 17:00:19 -0800 From: "Brian L. Folks" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy Music Wedding Heather Marie Propes wrote: > I'm getting married in July and was wondering what Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry > songs might be nice for a wedding (In Every Dream Home A Heartache is > definitely out). At my wedding a FEW years ago I told the DJ to make it easy on himself - I told him to just play the Avalon CD beginning to end during the cocktail hour before the reception. He did and it was perfect music for the atmosphere! We had the wedding and reception on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. - -- Brian L. Folks - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:10:05 -0500 From: "Weinberger, Kelly A." Subject: [AVALON] Roxy Music Wedding/Work Combo I forced my band to learn More Than This for my wedding a couple years ago. Back on the "day job" thread, I'm a marketing manager for a k-12 educational publisher in Chicago. For now. At the end of March my husband and I are quitting our jobs and will be backpacking around the world for a year. One of the many things I'll miss is all the great stuff on this list! Kelly Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy Music Wedding Thanks Brian, that might just be perfect. And your posting reminded me, I have absolutely NOTHING from Avalon on my list. I love that album and so does my fiance. So I think I'll just add the whole album. p.s. my wedding is going to be at Cal State Long Beach. That's my home town. Small world! Ciao, http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/asbuch/index.htm#hometop Heather Marie Propes asbuch@midway.uchicago.edu - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 17:33:01 -0800 From: dawndalion Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy Music Wedding Brian, Your music idea was great. Wish I thought of it, but that was not where my head was at, at the time... Heather, how but some stuff from Mamouna....some of it might be nice for background music. Have fun planning!!! Dawne - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 21:04:34 -0800 From: Rex Estorffe Subject: Re: [AVALON] Cover Girl Sightings Martin Stockman wrote: > > Heather Drain wrote... > >By the way, does anyone know what happened to some of the cover models > >after their Roxy spotlight, besides Amanda Lear( whom I think had some > >musical success of her own) and Lucy Ferry. > > Well Heather I can help you on a couple of accounts. Back in July 1982 I was > sharing an appartment with a music journalist called Tim. The previous > winter he'd been out of work and had taken on a Christmas Mail Delivery job > as a temporary measure to keep the wolves from the door. His co-worker at > the Post Office turned out to be Chris Jagger, brother of Avalon effigy > Mick, and husband to .....none other than Kari-Ann Mueller (the delightful > pin-up from the first Roxy album.) Now you're probably wondering "what's the > brother of one of Britain's wealthiest men doing trudging the icy streets of > Camden Town delivering Christmas cards ?" And I do not know the answer > except to say that there has been some record of sibling rivalry in the > press. This tale also contains an irony in the context of a later Roxy cover > girl's defection to a Jagger. But back to my story. The following summer > Tim and I decide to hold a Saturday night party with a "Naval" theme, and I > was thrilled that Tim has invited Kari-Ann along with Chris. The night > before the party we were hanging around the flat working on our outfits - > for the record I was styling myself on the 12" single sleeve of The > Associates' "Waiting For The Loveboat" - and there's a ring on the door. I > am ironing my tunic standing in my pink sea-island cotton boxer shorts as > Kari-Anne and Chris enter the room. They had come the wrong night. I stood > there aghast. My adolescent dream-girl was now in my dreamhome, and all I > could offer her was some unchilled cheap white wine and some pickled onions. > She was wearing something fairly new romantic with a sash - not unlike our > dear Kicki's website - and I still shudder at the recollection of her > disdainful fairwell, saying they were unavailable the following night. At > least the following did turn up to the party : Dave Stewart, Clem Burke > (Blondie drummer) and a couple of guys from Madness. > > A year later I had moved into a flat in Hampstead above the Maclean twins, > Sue and Jenny, the girls who play the harp at the beginning of the Angel > Eyes video. I think they are credited as appearing amongst the mannequins on > the Manifesto shoot. They were a pair of wild-childs. I once knocked on > their flat at dawn to get them to quit their party. "Its f***ing 5 o'clock > girls !" "Is that morning or evening ?" Jenny genuinely wanted to know. Sue > went out with Bryan for a few months and I recall a lovely sepia-tinged > photo of them having a drink in a smoky country pub somwhere in Northumbria. > Ferry was wearing a flat cap and looked like a crusty old sheep-farmer. > > Aah. Tous ces moments perdus dan l'enchantement. > > Martinus > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon Yeh! then you fell out of bed - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 18:20:33 +0000 From: Frank and Liz Smith Subject: Re: [AVALON] Quizz time Change of subject: What the heck do the lyrics mean in "Three and Nine"? That's what I'd like to know!! - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:40:46 -0600 (CST) From: Heather Marie Propes Subject: Re: [AVALON] Quizz time I think I read in the notes to The Thrill of It All, that it has something to do with a way of expressing pre-digital monetary increments, and that the song is a sort of nostalgic vision back to a time when prices were expressed like that. ciao! http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/asbuch/index.htm#hometop Heather Marie Propes asbuch@midway.uchicago.edu On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Frank and Liz Smith wrote: > Change of subject: What the heck do the lyrics mean in "Three and > Nine"? That's what I'd like to know!! > > > > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:44:25 EST From: Helchat@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Wedding Tunes Heather wrote: "Can you think of anything I've fogotten?" How about My Only Love? I think its a good one! Helene - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 22:11:09 -0500 From: jspellman@banet.net Subject: Re: [AVALON] Cover Girl Sightings > Martin Stockman wrote: > > > >.....for the record I was styling myself on the 12" single sleeve of The > > Associates' "Waiting For The Loveboat" - and there's a ring on the door...... Martin, are The Associates a band that had an album called "Sulk"? And what does it mean "styling myself" on the sleeve? Great story! Jim - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 22:15:22 -0500 From: "tfagan" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Manzanera site did you see where they fixed that "maroon" problem?? maybe "someone" is watching?? - --TriTri - -----Original Message----- >>impressed with the Manzanera sites choice of background colors. I could >>hardly read it. Augh!! > >Yes, I had to save the text and read it via another software. > > - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 22:46:00 -0500 From: "tfagan" Subject: Re: [AVALON] things i sent this on 12/18: I just got my DVD of Roxy Music on MusikLaden and it was like reliving my past! Do the Strand, Editions of You, In Every Dream Home a Heartache & ReMake ReModel (all concert classics) are all from the same appearance (73). There's a later FYP appearance (Eno still with them -- in his MOST glam outfit) (Bry's wearing the black glitter outfit) of Virginia Plain. Finally there's a 74/early 75 appearance (Bry in the nonPC Nazi outfit) of All I Want Is You. This is what Bryan looked like when I saw him for the first time in my hometown in March of 1975 (I was getting ready to graduate from college!). Since I play the DVD on my computer (no lines), the picture and sound quality are excellent. I have never seen these performances and it's nice to know they won't disintegrate on videotape in a couple of years! (Don't you just hate that when that happens??!!) there's a 30 minute VHS version available for about $16US and I would recommend it to any RM fan. Fed up with fandango?? - --TriTri for those that care: the T-Rex section contains: Jeepster, Life's a Gas, Ride a White Swan, Jewel and Twentieth Century Boy - -----Original Message----- From: gareth mc ginley >And another thing, has that "Best of Musikladen" video been released in >the U.K. yet? I know that the American video cassettes are different to >the British one's but does DVD come in the same format? Finally can >anyone provide the full track listing for this video/DVD? > - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 22:36:02 -0500 From: "tfagan" Subject: Re: [AVALON] famous people sightings at a Clash/Bo Diddley/Alex Bevan concert at Cleveland's Agora (THOSE were the days), I asked Bo, "excuse me is this seat taken? I needed the chair. it was taken. - --TriTri PS is there any interest in putting together a chronological list of Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry concerts? I have seen other musical artists' sites where there is such a list with dates, cities & venues. - -----Original Message----- From: Heather Marie Propes >George Carlin - my dad interviewed him >Ray Manzerak - ditto >Joe Turner - ditto >Bo Diddley - ditto - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 22:38:31 -0800 From: Rex Estorffe Subject: [AVALON] NEW TOWN To me NEW TOWN i see relates to central europe after the s--- was bombed out of them' particulary the start of the NEW TOWN video background when the camera man seems to approached by a working girl 'erotic: new towns in the UK were spawned by 'ted heath' no not the band leader and then by conservative harold wilson, miles of houses all looking the same subsidised by the taxpaying worker, the non working were then allowed to purchase at a reduced price from their welfare benefits, and then enjoyed inflation, not being bitchy, Bryans dad probably came close to this and look /listen to what Bryan did thank god for capitalism and the american way rexy - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 22:04:01 +0000 From: HipChip Subject: [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V4 #42 >I haven't met anyone from the Roxy Music circle, primarily because they >all live in England, I believe. But here are the famous people I have met. HipChip again. Not one to namedrop, but Patrick Swayze use to baby-sit my brothers and I. We called him Buddy back then. His sister was our usual baby sitter, but when she was otherwise engaged, he would sit in for her.. - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 23:21:55 -0500 From: "Donna Caskey" Subject: RE: [AVALON] famous people sightings Oh, man, those WERE the days! I miss the Cleveland Agora. Used to go to the Agora in Painesville a lot to watch Fayreweather. They did a great job of doing Genesis, Jethro Tull and Alex Harvey tunes. I know it might not be the proper place to ask, but any Alex Harvey fans out there (especially your Brits)? - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of tfagan Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 10:36 PM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] famous people sightings at a Clash/Bo Diddley/Alex Bevan concert at Cleveland's Agora (THOSE were the days), I asked Bo, "excuse me is this seat taken? I needed the chair. it was taken. - --TriTri PS is there any interest in putting together a chronological list of Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry concerts? I have seen other musical artists' sites where there is such a list with dates, cities & venues. - -----Original Message----- From: Heather Marie Propes >George Carlin - my dad interviewed him >Ray Manzerak - ditto >Joe Turner - ditto >Bo Diddley - ditto - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:35:05 -0800 From: dawndalion Subject: Re: [AVALON] famous people sightings How 'bout a little background on that term, 'Agora?' It's Greek, ah-go-RAH, for 'Marketplace.' I couldn't resist... Dawne the Greek - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 23:55:10 EST From: LizzieJim@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] What do you do? I remember reading that Barbara Allen married quite well to some old millionaire named Kwiatkowski and that Lucy actually stood up to the wedding. Janeen - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V4 #43 *************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest