From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V4 #344 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, November 3 1999 Volume 04 : Number 344 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Bio/ Fanzine ["Mark Seattle" <2roxy@home.com>] Re: [AVALON] George Michael takes a cue from Bryan Ferry [Noam Bronstein ] Re: [AVALON] George Michael takes a cue from Bryan Ferry [Miles Goosens <] Re: [AVALON] On The Road ["Martin Stockman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Bio/ Fanzine Part two of Bryan's bio is up already, and they've got an Avalon link to Kicki's site down on the list at http://www.manzanera.com/links2.htm Way to go Kicki !! (or as Bryan would sing, "You're in with the in crowd") :-) Mark in Seattle > >Manzanera's website is updated and the first part of Bryan's Bio is there. ... > >Regards > >Han > > But we is there no reference to this list on that site?? > /Kicki G - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 23:22:12 -0500 From: Noam Bronstein Subject: Re: [AVALON] George Michael takes a cue from Bryan Ferry Thank you for that history lesson Miles. The next time I need clarification on terms like "punk", "new wave" and "alternative" I'll be sure to consult the MTV Consiousness Guide, Concise Edition, before posting. - -Noam Miles Goosens wrote: > At 10:13 PM 10/30/1999 -0500, Noam Bronstein wrote: > >The Queen'. Maybe not a song of the century, but I think (from a North > >American perspective) "Roxanne" was probably the leading song of the second > >"British Invasion"... anyone have a differing memory of this period? > > If you lived in a city big enough to have an adventurous radio station, or > near a college campus, that may have been true, but I can assure you that > the Police did not seriously penetrate the consciousness of most Americans > until "Don't Stand So Close To Me" and "De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da > Da." Futhermore, every cheerleader and majorette didn't own a Police > album until SYNCHRONICITY and "Every Breath You Take." "Roxanne" and even > the huge international hit "Message in a Bottle" weren't even a blip on the > radar in most of the US in the early '80s. > > With the explosion of "alternative" into actual chart hits following > Nirvana's success, we've seen a decade of "'80s Lunches" and "Classic > Alternative" shows as media outlets try to invent an alternative past, but > don't let these ahistorical exercises hoodwink you -- I would have been > much happier as a teen if songs by Talking Heads, the Ramones, Elvis > Costello, the Buzzcocks, and XTC had actually been on the radio instead of > only existing in my record collection. > > later, > > Miles > > ====================================================== > Miles Goosens > > UNlimited edition R. Stevie Moore CDs now available! > http://www.rsteviemoore.com > > My personal website > http://www.mindspring.com/~outdoorminer/miles > > "If a million people say a stupid thing, it is still > a stupid thing." > -- Anatole France > ====================================================== > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 22:49:33 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: [AVALON] George Michael takes a cue from Bryan Ferry At 11:22 PM 11/02/1999 -0500, Noam Bronstein wrote: >Thank you for that history lesson Miles. The next time I need clarification on >terms like "punk", "new wave" and "alternative" I'll be sure to consult the MTV >Consiousness Guide, Concise Edition, before posting. Hey, you asked if anyone else had a differing memory of the period, and I offered one. I didn't think that I was being snotty, hateful, or personally insulting in the way that I did it. In fact, I was looking forward to a reply from you that might have elaborated on your views (where you lived when "Roxanne" became "the leading song of the second 'British Invasion,'" why you selected it over other candidates, just what bands and songs might have been important to that "Invasion" as you saw it, etc.). Too bad you decided to flame me instead. Concise enough for you? later, Miles ====================================================== Miles Goosens UNlimited edition R. Stevie Moore CDs now available! http://www.rsteviemoore.com My personal website http://www.mindspring.com/~outdoorminer/miles "If a million people say a stupid thing, it is still a stupid thing." -- Anatole France ====================================================== - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 08:48:44 +0100 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] On The Road Jock's coming south ! Lock up your vinyl. - ---------- >From: JObinv01@aol.com >To: avalon@smoe.org >Subject: Re: [AVALON] On The Road >Date: Tue, Nov 2, 1999, 1:29 pm > > Count me in on that spare ticket > > J.O'B. > > > > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V4 #344 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest