From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V4 #439 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Monday, January 3 2000 Volume 04 : Number 439 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V4 #438 ["eman96" ] Re: [AVALON] Reflections on Hootenanny ["Martin Stockman" ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [Kicki Gustafsson ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [Gal410@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Reflections on Hootenanny [KB Porter ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [jspellma ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [ASchulberg@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon Jim [KB Porter ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [Heather James ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [jspellma ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon ["Martin Stockman" ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon ["Martin Stockman" ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon ["eRacerX" ] Re: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [KRNCHSE@aol.com] [AVALON] Aliases ? ["Johnny Reece" ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [jspellma ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [AMeyersLD@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon ["eRacerX" ] Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [jspellma ] Re: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon [Colleen Matan ] Fw: [AVALON] Bryan, Phil and Neil? ["Steve Humphries" ] [AVALON] Tara Palmer-Tomkinson -- Yah! [Neil Ashar ] [AVALON] Tara Palmer-Tomkinson -- Yah! [Neil Ashar ] [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V4 #438 [Gerrit Hillebrand ] [AVALON] Re: Charts and the Hootenanny ["Richard Swift" Subject: [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V4 #438 Bryan Ferret??? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha!!! April 1st, already!? Seems like only yesterday it was January One. odd. e - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 12:14:53 +0100 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Reflections on Hootenanny Happy New Year All On 30 December last millennium we had a TV show in UK called Hootenanny. Pete Dewey reviewed it a couple of days ago but as I taped it I've now had a couple of days to think about it. Jools Holland, a chirpy cockney presenter who used to tinkle the ivories for Squeeze and is clearly a champion of our Cool Ruler, invited some of his favourite bands and artists on to this fin de siecle knees-up. Van Morrison, Ron Wood, Chrissie Hynde, Jamiroquai, Travis, Skunk Anansie and ..Lonnie Donnegan joined Bryan and Jools' Big Band for the show. All styles served here indeed. It was great television. (Fellow Avalonions might empathise with that tightening of the sphincter I felt as I nervously awaited Bryan's performance amidst such stellar company.) Van and Chrissie are, with some justification, perennial media darlings ; whilst JK has the sensuality and arrogance of a young Jagger, not to mention the most honey-coated larynx since Smokey Robinson. Honest Ron Wood has apparently had Stateside success with the excellent Ooh-La-La and duly croaked it out with his son and daughter backing him. Later the salaried Stone joined JK for a funktastic Miss You. Meanwhile not-so-sheer, not-so-chic, teenage wimp-rockers of the week, Travis delivered three MOR numbers. They sound to me like Bread produced by Thom Yorke but they are VERY big over here at the moment. Chrissie knocked out a curious 30s makeover of Don't Get Me Wrong with Jools' orchestra, which worked rather better when she did I Go To Sleep a little later. Van was Van. His wonderful Celtic Soul fused with a bit of Boogie. Skin, of Skunk Anansie, started out like a post-Apocalypse Whitney but her vocal performance grew to quite staggering proportions. What became clear throughout the evening was that our man, who we're led to believe has barely sold a record for nearly 15 years, was actually top of the bill. Now we've discussed ad nauseum how differently Bryan is perceived in Europe compared with the USA. Yet what has become clear to me in recent weeks is his transition, in the eyes of the English media at least, from under-achieving betrayer of the avante-garde to the distinguished, ageing-but-still-cool "gawd bless 'im" Noel Coward of Pop. The inkie panning of ATGB, like the Milennium Bug, never really happened. Indeed most tour reviews were highly complimentary - a sharp contrast to how the Mamouna tour was received. I'm sure, however, that Stateside Avalonia would have been amazed to see Bryan fronting the credits-rolling ensemble rendition of an old Leadbelly number with Van, Woodie, Chrissie, JK et al jamming behind or beside the Maestro. Now cynics may say that Bryan only agreed to do the gig if he could (a) open the show - he did, with a strangely subdued Lets Stick Together, (b) play a song from ATGB - he did, Where or When sung wonderfully somewhere in the middle and (c) headline with an old favourite - Love Is The Drug, bluesey, pleasantly understated , Chrissie and Skin bopping beside him. Perhaps. And perhaps Jools' respect for the Maestro won the day. Either way the pendulum appears to be swinging back from criminal under-exposure to some kind of grudging approval from our friends in the crystal bucket. pip pip Martini - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 07:20:14 -0600 (CST) From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty) Subject: [AVALON] Re . Hootenanny Martin that was a very good analasis, of the TV show, Years ago here in the U.S.A. we had TV Hootenenny shows, each week with various artists. Loved them, gave one an oportunity to see lots of artist one normally wouldn't see. M.K.................... - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:22:46 -0500 From: "eRacerX" Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon From: Kicki : > I've also divided the memberslist into regions, but there's also the old, > full list for those of you who prefer that! I have always heard that RM/BF never really 'made it' in America like the successes garnered in the UK and Europe, I guess that's why there are more North American list members. just an observation, - H. - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 15:35:15 +0800 From: Kicki Gustafsson Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon >From: Kicki : >> I've also divided the memberslist into regions, but there's also the old, >> full list for those of you who prefer that! > >I have always heard that RM/BF never really 'made it' in America like the >successes garnered in the UK and Europe, > I guess that's why there are more North American list members. > >just an observation, > - H. > Don't forget that the members on my page DO NOT represent the whole list! Last time I checked, some 195 persons subscribed to the list. There are only 50+ who have chosen to profile themselves. Kicki G - --------------------------- Kicki Gustafsson http://www.torget.se/users/k/KickiG kicki.gustafsson@op.se - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:38:10 EST From: Gal410@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon In a message dated 1/3/00 9:17:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, eracerx@mindspring.com writes: << I have always heard that RM/BF never really 'made it' in America like the successes garnered in the UK and Europe, I guess that's why there are more North American list members. just an observation, - H. >> Well, if he has made it here in the "states", why don't they give him more coverage in the media, how sad for us.... I'm sure he depends more on Europe for his record/cd sales? Happy New Year everyone! Heidi - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 10:17:52 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] Reflections on Hootenanny Martin, Good of you to write about Hootenanny for we who missed it. Chrissie Hynde and Van Morrison are among my favored musicians. However, it is nice to hear that Mr. Ferry commands a higher degree of celebrity in the UK than he has in several years. Hopefully this gives him encouragement - how much we love his work, and dread the morn he ceases to produce such lovely art. More over, why Brian Ferry has not capture a larger American following, as opposed to that in the UK market, surely must be a function of awareness and availability; "out of sight, out of mind". Yet, for some of us, that old adage does not ring true: unable to forget, I am intrinsically spell-bound with Mr. Ferry's creations. Vive Ferry! Best wishes, KBP - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 10:22:32 -0500 From: jspellma Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon Seeing as the average subscriber on this list has 3 to 4 aliases, you may be closer than you think. Jim Kicki Gustafsson wrote: > >From: Kicki : > >> I've also divided the memberslist into regions, but there's also the old, > >> full list for those of you who prefer that! > > > >I have always heard that RM/BF never really 'made it' in America like the > >successes garnered in the UK and Europe, > > I guess that's why there are more North American list members. > > > >just an observation, > > - H. > > > Don't forget that the members on my page DO NOT represent the whole list! > Last time I checked, some 195 persons subscribed to the list. There are > only 50+ who have chosen to profile themselves. > Kicki G > > --------------------------- > Kicki Gustafsson > http://www.torget.se/users/k/KickiG > kicki.gustafsson@op.se > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 10:27:51 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon In a message dated 01/03/2000 10:24:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, jspellman@banet.net writes: << Seeing as the average subscriber on this list has 3 to 4 aliases, you may be closer than you think. >> We do? That's news to me. Arnie - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 10:31:47 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon On Mon, 3 Jan 2000 ASchulberg@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 01/03/2000 10:24:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, > jspellman@banet.net writes: > > << Seeing as the average subscriber on this list > has 3 to 4 aliases, you may be closer than you think. > >> > > We do? That's news to me. It's time for me to 'fess up. Yes, I am Spellman. Colleen - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 10:37:27 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon Jim Jim wrote: "Seeing as the average subscriber on this list has 3 to 4 aliases, you may be closer than you think." Please expound on the statement portion about the average list subscriber having three or four aliases. I am relatively new to the list and am curious. Thank you, and best wishes. KBP - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 10:40:05 -0500 From: Heather James Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon Oh, that part about having 4 screen names is just an AOLwives tale ... (but some of us aren't AOLes) -= )-(eather =- >------------------< hjames@thewebgal.com Heather's Website: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/ My Roxy Music site: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ >-----------------------------------------------------< ASchulberg@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 01/03/2000 10:24:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, > jspellman@banet.net writes: > > << Seeing as the average subscriber on this list > has 3 to 4 aliases, you may be closer than you think. > >> > > We do? That's news to me. > > Arnie > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 11:06:26 -0500 From: jspellma Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon Just stick around for a while and you will see. You got your Flangbrackets and your MonkeyBoys etc... Then you got people with Hotmail and Yahoo accounts in addition to having a work or home account with their real name. I think some people create a second identity to voice their true feelings and still remain anonymous, and also create a new character so they can have someone to agree with. Regards, Colleen KB Porter wrote: > Jim wrote: "Seeing as the average subscriber on this list > has 3 to 4 aliases, you may be closer than you think." > > Please expound on the statement portion about the average list > subscriber having three or four aliases. I am relatively new to the > list and am curious. Thank you, and best wishes. KBP > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 16:21:21 +0100 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon >From: jspellma > Just stick around for a while and you will see. > You got your Flangbrackets and your MonkeyBoys etc... > Then you got people with Hotmail and Yahoo accounts > in addition to having a work or home account with > their real name. > I think some people create a second identity to voice > their true feelings and still remain anonymous, and also > create a new character so they can have someone to > agree with. Over a hundred real people with real addresses have signed up for A Perfumed Sigh. And some distinguished Avalonions have yet to place their order ... - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 11:45:41 -0500 From: Heather James Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon Does this mean that some Distinguished Avalonians are dopplegangers? Could this account for the slow album sales? ... Or does it merely mean that Distinguished Avalonians don't buy videotapes? Perspiring mimes wanna nose ... >Martin Stockman wrote: > > > Over a hundred real people with real addresses have signed up for A Perfumed > Sigh. And some distinguished Avalonions have yet to place their order ... > > ---------------------- > -= )-(eather =- >------------------< hjames@thewebgal.com Heather's Website: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/ My Roxy Music site: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ >-----------------------------------------------------< - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 16:59:24 +0100 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon - ---------- >From: Heather James > Does this mean that some Distinguished Avalonians are dopplegangers? > Could this account for the slow album sales? > ... Or does it merely mean that Distinguished Avalonians don't buy > videotapes? > > Perspiring mimes wanna nose ... > >>Martin Stockman wrote: >> >> >> Over a hundred real people with real addresses have signed up for A Perfumed >> Sigh. And some distinguished Avalonions have yet to place their order ... Just saying that there's more than fifty of us. - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 18:12:08 +0800 From: Kicki Gustafsson Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon >On Mon, 3 Jan 2000 ASchulberg@aol.com wrote: > >> In a message dated 01/03/2000 10:24:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, >> jspellman@banet.net writes: >> >> << Seeing as the average subscriber on this list >> has 3 to 4 aliases, you may be closer than you think. >> >> >> >> We do? That's news to me. > > >It's time for me to 'fess up. Yes, I am Spellman. > >Colleen > Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! Kicki G - --------------------------- Kicki Gustafsson http://www.torget.se/users/k/KickiG kicki.gustafsson@op.se - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 12:27:15 -0500 From: "eRacerX" Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon I thought _I_ was Spellman! - jÏm ®¤§ÊÑÇüttêr ...um .....Martino...no, er...um...Mary Korfanty, yeah, that's me, Mary Korfanty - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Matan" > It's time for me to 'fess up. Yes, I am Spellman. > > Colleen - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 12:38:47 EST From: KRNCHSE@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon I think the list numbers thing,is all relative to the size of populations?I for one am an English man in the USA,and am sure there are others on the list.When I came here I was loathed to discover that A Flock of Seaguls were apparently better known than BF/RM....!*?!!! I also believe that if you were to look at the age of subscribers many were teens in the 70"s,and the imagery of Bowie/punk were very strong in the States( as one Bowie fan said "He is the commander ,and we are just his space cadets........!),and as BF has always been leap years ahead as far as sophistication and style are concerned ,I am no longer surprised at the apparent lesser success here? America has given us Jazz,Blues,Soul ,etc-which I think every major British musician has immitated/been influenced by.However the last crooner who came out of America with an ounce of style is sadly six foot under,dreaming of moon sized Pizza pies.! When BF does return to these shores, he would be well advised to get himself booked on the Charlie Rose Show. Just a thought ? Happy New Year to all.Music is about passion,conflict,emotion. We dont need Pen Names,or anyone to actually agree-because when you look around and listen,you know there is nothing better. Thanks for the Hootenanny report Martin,Do we have to wait for APS2 to see it? Dave Martin - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 17:50:27 -0000 From: "Johnny Reece" Subject: [AVALON] Aliases ? Personally speaking, I've never needed an alias on the Avalon List to be able to agree with myself, as I've always agreed with my own comments anyway. But hey - isn't this what the new Millennium is all about - cloning ? First it was 'Dolly' - next it's Ferry Fans. No bad thing, I guess. On a more serious note - nice 'review' of the Jools appearance, Mr. Martinot. I too scoured through various reams of videotape to catch the appearances. He was indeed a 'top billing'. One small criticism though - I could do with going for a while without LST and LITD being pulled out everytime there's a TV Camera in sight. Still, the publicity is needed. Looking forward (with growing impatience !) to 'Perfumed Sigh'. And Han - is your own E-Mail working ? - no reply from you, re a message I sent about a week before Xmas... Anyone see the appearances from Greenwich ? I caught ATGB - and can you believe it - the BBC, of all people, spelt his name wrong on the caption. Gits. Mind you, that's me being pedantic. I'm known for it. Just ask Martinot. Who's going to Antwerp ? Yours, hangover dissipating, Reecey... - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 13:13:34 -0500 From: jspellma Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon I thought you were Speed Racer's older brother. eRacerX wrote: > I thought _I_ was Spellman! > > - jÏm ®¤§ÊÑÇüttêr ...um .....Martino...no, er...um...Mary Korfanty, yeah, > that's me, Mary Korfanty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Colleen Matan" > > It's time for me to 'fess up. Yes, I am Spellman. > > > > Colleen > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 13:17:25 EST From: AMeyersLD@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon In a message dated 1/3/2000 8:16:57 AM Central Standard Time, eracerx@mindspring.com writes: << I have always heard that RM/BF never really 'made it' in America like the successes garnered in the UK and Europe, I guess that's why there are more North American list members. >> No, its that EVERY American fan is on the list. Andrew In Evanston - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 13:29:39 -0500 From: "eRacerX" Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon So, The mask isn't working then. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "jspellma" To: Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon > I thought you were Speed Racer's older brother. > > eRacerX wrote: > > > I thought _I_ was Spellman! > > > > - jÏm ®¤§ÊÑÇüttêr ...um .....Martino...no, er...um...Mary Korfanty, yeah, > > that's me, Mary Korfanty > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Colleen Matan" > > > It's time for me to 'fess up. Yes, I am Spellman. > > > > > > Colleen > > > > -------------------- > > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > > unsubscribe avalon > > > > > > > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 14:35:04 -0500 From: jspellma Subject: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon Yes the Flock were mighty popular here though I never saw why. As for Bowie, I thought the 1st 4 Roxy albums were superior to his early work, yet in the late 70's I give Bowie the nod, partly due to the help of Brian Eno. The 80's belonged to Ferry IMO. The last Roxy record and his two solo albums are still favorites of mine, while Bowie did nothing for me. Bowie has come out with lots of material in the 90's and Ferry hasn't come out with much, but songs like, Painted Smile and I'm in the Mood inspire me more than anything Bowie has done in that decade. Jim KRNCHSE@aol.com wrote: > I think the list numbers thing,is all relative to the size of populations?I > for one am an English man in the USA,and am sure there are others on the > list.When I came here I was loathed to discover that A Flock of Seaguls were > apparently better known than BF/RM....!*?!!! I also believe that if you were > to look at the age of subscribers many were teens in the 70"s,and the imagery > of Bowie/punk were very strong in the States( as one Bowie fan said "He is > the commander ,and we are just his space cadets........!),and as BF has > always been leap years ahead as far as sophistication and style are concerned > ,I am no longer surprised at the apparent lesser success here? America has > given us Jazz,Blues,Soul ,etc-which I think every major British musician has > immitated/been influenced by.However the last crooner who came out of > America with an ounce of style is sadly six foot under,dreaming of moon sized > Pizza pies.! When BF does return to these shores, he would be well advised to > get himself booked on the Charlie Rose Show. > Just a thought ? Happy New Year to all.Music is about > passion,conflict,emotion. > We dont need Pen Names,or anyone to actually agree-because when you look > around and listen,you know there is nothing better. > Thanks for the Hootenanny report Martin,Do we have to wait for APS2 to see > it? > Dave Martin > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 14:41:59 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon On Mon, 3 Jan 2000 KRNCHSE@aol.com wrote: > Pizza pies.! When BF does return to these shores, he would be well advised to > get himself booked on the Charlie Rose Show. "[W]ell advised" to be on Charlie Rose? At that point he might as well start booking himself on various public access stations across the US ("Party on, Bryan"). If he is to be relegated to public broadcasting, at least we could hope for Sessions at West 54th. Colleen - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:00:24 +0800 From: Kicki Gustafsson Subject: [AVALON] News news news I've added a whole bunch of new profiles at the Avalon-site http://home.op.se/opse3503 : Grant Goggans, Eric Lindsey, Mary Rose Chibnall, Kevin Routley, Eileen Benes and Wyndi Skillrud. *phew* All Americans, except Kevin who is from the UK. All in all, 57 members (including MonquiBoy) are now profiled on the site. When is Ferry joining?! Kicki G - exhausted webmistress - --------------------------- Kicki Gustafsson http://www.torget.se/users/k/KickiG kicki.gustafsson@op.se - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:09:52 -0000 From: "Steve Humphries" Subject: Fw: [AVALON] Bryan, Phil and Neil? I too caught Phil's performance on air guitar. Just as he seemed to be setting himself up for some real action, as ATGB ended, we cut back to the studio. For those who left the TV on and glanced at it every now and then (when they weren't letting off fireworks, drinking champagne, waiting for the Y2K bug to bite), at about 2.30am the BBC showed about half of 'Jealous Guy'. They treated us to Phil's guitar solo (which he played quite beautifully) before cutting the song and filtering into something else. Did anyone catch any more action? Was anyone actually there? - -----Original Message----- From: axelbartoli@cheerful.com To: avalon@smoe.org Date: 02 January 2000 18:39 Subject: Re: [AVALON] Bryan, Phil and Neil? - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 15:11:51 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] News news news In a message dated 01/03/2000 3:09:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, kicki.gustafsson@op.se writes: << Grant Goggans, Eric Lindsey, Mary Rose Chibnall, Kevin Routley, Eileen Benes and Wyndi Skillrud. *phew* All Americans, except Kevin who is from the UK. All in all, 57 members (including MonquiBoy) are now profiled on the site. When is Ferry joining?! >> Or, the even more elusive Bahi??? Arnie - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 15:13:29 EST From: LizzieJim@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] PRIVATE: News news news Kicki how can I join? Janeen - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 22:48:08 CET From: "Pauline F" Subject: [AVALON] Tara Palmer-Tomkinson Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's weekly society column in The Sunday Times Style Magazine, 26 Dec 99: (...) Luckily, I was wide awake by the time Nicky Haslam took me to see Bryan Ferry performing at the Festival Hall the next day. (...) This time I was able to enjoy the concert without worrying about my tummy rumbling and drowning out Avalon. Ferry's voice is so sexy that I suddenly admitted to Nicky that one of my all-time fantasies is to streak across a football pitch. He looked quite nervous, as if he thought I was about to shed my clothes and make a run for the stage. Luckily, someone got in there first (although they kept their frock on), and we watched poor old Bryan being womanhandled on stage until the bouncers prised the overenthusiastic fan from his neck.(...) Pauline ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 14:02:17 -0800 (PST) From: Neil Ashar Subject: [AVALON] Tara Palmer-Tomkinson -- Yah! Bravo, Tara. Her presence in the British Isles almost makes up for the existence of Margaret Thatcher. - --- Pauline F wrote: > Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's weekly society column in The Sunday Times > Style > Magazine, 26 Dec 99: > > (...) Luckily, I was wide awake by the time Nicky Haslam took me to > see > Bryan Ferry performing at the Festival Hall the next day. (...) This > time I > was able to enjoy the concert without worrying about my tummy > rumbling and > drowning out Avalon. Ferry's voice is so sexy that I suddenly > admitted to > Nicky that one of my all-time fantasies is to streak across a > football > pitch. He looked quite nervous, as if he thought I was about to shed > my > clothes and make a run for the stage. Luckily, someone got in there > first > (although they kept their frock on), and we watched poor old Bryan > being > womanhandled on stage until the bouncers prised the overenthusiastic > fan > from his neck.(...) > > Pauline > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 14:02:42 -0800 (PST) From: Neil Ashar Subject: [AVALON] Tara Palmer-Tomkinson -- Yah! Bravo, Tara. Her presence in the British Isles almost makes up for the existence of Margaret Thatcher. - --- Pauline F wrote: > Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's weekly society column in The Sunday Times > Style > Magazine, 26 Dec 99: > > (...) Luckily, I was wide awake by the time Nicky Haslam took me to > see > Bryan Ferry performing at the Festival Hall the next day. (...) This > time I > was able to enjoy the concert without worrying about my tummy > rumbling and > drowning out Avalon. Ferry's voice is so sexy that I suddenly > admitted to > Nicky that one of my all-time fantasies is to streak across a > football > pitch. He looked quite nervous, as if he thought I was about to shed > my > clothes and make a run for the stage. Luckily, someone got in there > first > (although they kept their frock on), and we watched poor old Bryan > being > womanhandled on stage until the bouncers prised the overenthusiastic > fan > from his neck.(...) > > Pauline > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > -------------------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 23:38:01 +0100 From: Gerrit Hillebrand Subject: [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V4 #438 Hi there, A very happy new year! to you all! I really enjoyed the Jools Holland Millennium Hootenanny on BBC TV and his appearance on the Greenwich concert last week and I thought it is about time to upload some of his performances. Remember, you need RealPlayer G2 or V7 (or better) from http://www.real.com This week I have: "Love Is The Drug", live at Jools Holland Hootenanny, w/ the Jools Holland Orchestra at: http://www.trophies.org/_vid/Litd.ram and "Midnight Special", live with Van Morrison, Travis, Ron Wood, Chrissie Hynde etc. at http://www.trophies.org/_vid/Ms.ram Next week I'll upload Let's Stick Together and Where Or When (both from Jools Holland) and As Time Goes By (live at Greewich, 12/31/1999). Hope you'll enjoy it. Gerrit. - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 17:37:48 EST From: KRNCHSE@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: Re: [AVALON] News at Avalon I would love to see him on sessions.!At least Charlie Rose alows his guests to get a word in ! (For UK readers Chalie Rose is a TV talk show host in the Bragg/Frost vein?) He did a good job with Sean Penn/Bruce Springsteen Ithought.I never considered this to be a relegation? Dave Martin - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 18:31:10 EST From: JObinv01@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Greenwich Gig Here is a reply I got from Expression Records through Phil Manzanera's wonderful website. I asked what was performed and who were the musicians:- It was the Ferry touring line-up plus Phil and Neil Hubbard. See other notes about broadcast details. Songs we know about where Jealous Guy (with some rather painful whistling along by the crowd), ATGB, Let Stick Together plus one other. From a quick chat with Phil it doesn't sound to have been the best organised of events with both his and the bass players amps being without power when they went on stage. Those who saw the brief snippet on New Years Eve may have noticed Phil crouching over his pedals towards the end. Yup, it was the old 'step on the lead and pull it out trick' for which Phil is justly renowned. This takes years of practice and by no means should be attempted by the inexperienced or by juveniles unless an adult is present. The Team at Expression Records (making hay while the boss is away) regards John O'Brien - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 23:42:05 +0000 From: Bahi Para Subject: [AVALON] Henry Rollins -- Yeah? About two years ago, I saw the Henry Rollins Band play on a field in the Belgian countryside during an excellent two-day music festival. It was an intense and eye-opening experience and made me to decide to go and buy all the Rollins records. A few days later, the effect had worn off, along with the effects of various other music festival-type things, and I'm still without Rollins albums. (Recommendations welcome.) Anyway, I saw the following in an interview with Mr. Rollins on the last page of the current Q magazine: Q: What was the last record you bought? HR: I bought a whole stack in Germany, including all the Roxy Music remasters. You gotta have them. And here's a clumsy and lazy Q review of four remastered Ferry albums. - ---- Boys & Girls **** Bête Noire *** Taxi ** Mamouna ** [Maximum: 5 stars] "Almost Ten Years of Lounge Lizardry Revisited" Perversely, since his parallel solo career to his forward-looking Roxy Music work had thrown up a handful of modest classics in the '70s, his post-band output under his own name appeared to have been frozen by the high-concept soul of 1980's Flesh & Blood. Still, this fact seemed to lend Ferry's solo work a timeless quality, as if the writer had been cryogenically frozen directly after Avalon, with 1985's Boys & Girls essentially a sister album to Roxy Music's sublime swan song. Two years later, Bête Noire (assisted by Madonna producer Patrick Leonard) appeared - the same but with added percussion - while '94's Mamouna toyed with elements of world music. Taxi, issued the year before, provides the weak link here, being his second of three covers albums, offering perfunctory retreads of various jazz and art rock standards. (Tom Doyle) - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 23:48:45 -0000 From: "Richard Swift" Subject: [AVALON] Re: Charts and the Hootenanny Regretably the album has now exited the top 75, unfortunate given the improvement in sales indicated by the rallying chart position in the last two or three weeks. Perhaps recent TV appearances will see it re-appear next week. Thank-you Martin for your review of this year's Hootenanny. I watched it at my sister's last Thursday and enjoyed all the performances so much that I taped the full programme when it was repeated on Saturday. I'm interested in watching it again to see, if possible, what Bryan gets up to between songs as he seemed greatly interested in Harry Enfield or someone sitting nearby fairly early on. His performances were excellent, especially Where or When. Jools Holland's Orchestra were tremendous but lacked the (by now) familairity that Bryan's current ensemble have with these songs. Nevertheless a brilliant programme and great to see Bryan headlining this. Regards, Richard - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 01:05:05 -0000 From: "Robert Whiteford" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: Charts and the Hootenanny I have to confess I'm a little disappointed that ATGB is out the charts after all the recent publicity although I still reckon some proper distribution and promotion would help no end. For instance if the album is no 57 why isn't it in the Our Price top 75 ? I know the number isn't important but it does help for the album to be on display. I told my wife that ATGB had sold more than Taxi and Mamouna put together and she said "So that's at least 3 copies then". Richard how was your trip with Mrs Swift to see the bold Cliff ? I was pissed but I DID think of you. But on to cheerier subjects. Martin's review of the Jools Holland show summed up most of what I thought so I won't bother repeating it. But it is worth saying that Mr Holland appears to have been a friend to Ferry in terms of exposure with ATGB. I was well pleased to see him very clearly topping the bill . He opened it , sang in the middle, and closed it. Then took the lead on the Midnight Special. Bryan has been accused of being a bit too precious in the past and it was great to see him join in the fun with a big smile on his dial. He should do more of it. It is a testament to Ferry's enduring appeal in the UK that he can headline a Millenium special of the best respected music show on British TV having a pretty atrocious commercial record over the last 15 years. And with Jamiroqui, Travis, Van Morrison around it was even more of a bonus that he was considered top dog. And then he does the Greenwich thing getting further top class exposure. (" I was shivering outside"!) Where do we go from here? Wish I knew. My head says we'll hear nothing from him until he's 58 or so when he'll finally get the Eno stuff out . By which time all this effort he's putting in now to raise his profile will be wasted. And next to no one will buy it. My heart says the British public have been reminded that Bryan Ferry is still making music, still very F**ing cool indeed, has done a mass of great songs like LST and LITD and Jealous Guy. Friends who know I'm a fan have said "He's been on the telly a lot recently". My heart says he still is a STAR. He has star quality. So come on Bryan. Break free of the chains of perfection, pick the radio friendly songs as singles BEFORE you're next LP comes out which you will of course do on schedule for late 2000. Get a record company that believes in you and you never know what might happen. Rather strangely Ferrys credibility seems to have emerged intact from the last 15 years and the new album has gained critical acclaim. As has the Tour - I've yet to see a bad review. I'm going with my heart on this one............ No news on Paris dates anybody? Happy New Year to everyone. Rob - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V4 #439 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest