From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V5 #71 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, February 23 2000 Volume 05 : Number 071 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] Roxy on University Challenge! ["Turner, Chris (cturner)" ] [AVALON] Rock stars [MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty)] [AVALON] Aladdin Sane (Ryko) ["Simon Galloway" ] Re: Re: [AVALON] Songs on Viva-(Warning! Long and Boring!) [Heather Buch ] RE: [AVALON] Ferry Unique - LONG POST ALERT ["Ujvary, Richard A." ] Re: [AVALON] ATGB concert radio broadcast ["James James" ] [AVALON] (OFF-TOPIC) Sooner or Later [RODEISLRED@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Love Strong Enough - Long Version ["Wolfgang Hofmann" ] [AVALON] The great London cabbie ["the siren" ] [AVALON] Suggs ["the siren" ] Re: [AVALON] Eastenders ["mark shanahan" ] [AVALON] mondegreen for fans of Japanese animation [Heather Buch ] Re: [AVALON] Bogus Man, a barking dog, and a mondegreen [AMeyersLD@aol.co] [AVALON] BF album news [Ida M Miller ] [AVALON] BF question to Avalon Encyclopedia [Frederic DECLERCQ Subject: RE: [AVALON] Roxy on University Challenge! Hello, RE: [AVALON] Roxy on University Challenge! Aaargh! It seems my destiny will remain unfulfilled. I auditioned to be on this series but my University (UWE, Bristol) were eliminated at this stage (150 teams for 24 places) I must admit I had imagined being asked exactly this question...I feel so cheated... Here are some other tenuous Roxy claims to fame: My Uni digs are about half a mile from Bristol's Memorial stadium, home of both Bristol Rugby Club and Bristol Rovers FC. Rovers' club song is...Good Night Irene! It'll be interesting to hear a Ferry cover sung by 9,000 Bristolian voices. I was also interested to hear Ivor's story of his visit to the Manzo's studios. At the moment I am living in Surrey, about half a mile from Chertsey, and was disappointed to hear that Phil has moved now, as I held out hopes of bumping into him in the newsagents ;-) I casually mentioned to one of my work colleagues that I was a Roxy fan. He told me that his girlfriend used to go to tea at "the guitarist's" big white house. "Manzanera?" I asked, "No, I think it was a funny name (!)... Oh yeah...Targett-Adams" An immediate interrogation followed... Regards Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: gareth mc ginley [SMTP:ginley71@hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 10:44 PM > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: [AVALON] Roxy on University Challenge! > > Yes it's true. The music round on University Challenge usually throws up > three classical pieces that are only ever answered by some guy that looks > like he's Ken Dodd's uglier brother. It's usually everyones queue to go > and > put on the kettle. Therefore you can imagine my shock when the opening > chords of Pyjamarama disrupt the usual reserved proceedings. OK, OK so > T-Rex and Suzi Quatro got played too which ruined things a bit, but anyway. > > Some relatively cool looking guy got it right and Paxman seemed suitably > impressed. > > Talking of Pyjamarama.....(sorry folks another terribly boring story but > one > that simply had to be told). Our piss-ups here in Belfast tend to be the > usual student affairs i.e. sitting around getting very drunk and playing > music of all sorts, right through from the 1950's to modern day. > Typically, > we all like to think that we're a terribly eclectic bunch musically. A few > > years ago when these events were a bit more frequent I used to stick in the > > odd Roxy/ Ferry tune. Lets Stick Together always got thumbs up of course. > > One night though I dared venture into somewhat more experimental territory > thinking that Pyjamarama might be the moment when they finally saw the > light (must have had way too much to drink). The horrifying unanimous > opinion of the Grand Jury was that it sounded like the Bee Gee's. Well > that > was it. There's insults and there's ****INSULTS****. I roared back that > if > I ever had to sit through another 10 minute bass solo from Lynyrd Skynyrd > that I'd simply go clean crazy. From that day on neither Roxy nor Lynyrd > Skynyrd have ever been allowed near the hi-fi on "Razzle Night" and I've > once and for all given up on my quest to convert the musically blind. > > Over and Out > > Gareth > > p.s. Kicki - I'll send my Avalon photo and profile as soon as I stop being > a > complete technophobe and get around to operating that scanner that's been > vegetating under my bed for four months. > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > -------------------- > To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail > majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:24:51 -0500 From: "eRacerX" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Songs on Viva WebGal: > Not all 70s albums "sounded like shit" - go back and take a listen to > Life In the Air Age, the Be-bop Deluxe Live album of 1976-77 Thanks for reminding me - I hope BeBop is available on CD! Time to upgrade. Speaking of "sounded like shit", I have always hoped for a remaster of 'Aladdin Sane' - were the Ryko Bowies remastered? practically asleep anyway, - H. - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 06:49:06 -0600 (CST) From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty) Subject: [AVALON] Rock stars A "star" means to excel--as in acting -present in or play a leading role. "rock"--popolar music based on jazz,folk music etc. Ferry is part of this & excels at what he does. MOPO. had he had the correct exposure here in the USA. Ran the gambit with Roxy , the tours (All the time) his staying power would've been a lot better. You have to make being on top your top priority. Personally I don't believe Ferry wanted that. Hes more of a mystic kind of guy. The idea of Frank Sinatra comes to mind.The crooner soft voice that just captures you with the way words spill out & mean something that you,ll never forget, That is the staying power to those who revere their artist.M.Marlana K................. - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:13:37 +0000 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: [AVALON] Aladdin Sane (Ryko) >>> "eRacerX" 02/22 12:24 pm >>> >Speaking of "sounded like shit", I have always hoped for a remaster of >'Aladdin Sane' - were the Ryko Bowies remastered? Yes the Ryko reissues were all remastered, and rather well I thought. But Aladdin Sane does have a very dense and layered sound, and the vocals on Watch That Man were always too quiet. Maybe you should try the new EMI/Virgin remasters/reissues. SimonG - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:05:44 -0500 From: Heather Buch Subject: Re: Re: [AVALON] Songs on Viva-(Warning! Long and Boring!) - --_uReach_com_26916734995123194426068xxx_ Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number - Free Free voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag - ---- On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Decophile (tmoq@pipeline.com) wrote: Wow, that is very interesting, Gene. What bands did he bootleg. Actually, that story could make a very colorful independent film. Heather > It`s interesting to note that the best quality pressing to come out of > America was done by a bootlegger that went by "Rubber Dubber." This guy > was > a genius and quite a colorful character. > Born the son of a Dallas mob boss, he skipped the family business, > enlisted > in the Navy and worked for Navel Intelligence. Upon his discharge, he > was > hired on as a roadie for one hit wonders "Paul and Paula." The Paul part > of > the act found God mid tour and dropped out and "Dubber" took his place > for > the rest of the tour with no one the wiser. By this time he was obsessed > with bootlegs and decided to get in on it himself. He bought a used > rubber > swim fin press and converted it to press LPs and found he was able to > produce flawless pressings. He then set out to record concerts himself. > (Thus the name Rubber Dubber) > The biggest problem facing concert tapers was smuggling the recorders > into > the concerts and that had to rely on arenas (like the LA Forum) with lax > security. Dubber over came this by attaching a tiny FM transmitter to a > powerful mic and broadcasted the show to a van in the parking lot fitted > with a small recording studio. He was able to have master discs made > through > a friend he made while on tour who worked for a well known "Sound Lab" > known > and respected for their high "Fidelity" mastering who also worked on his > tapes. The result was a pressing and sound quality superior to anything > on > the market. He would send copies of this bootlegs not only to major > music > magazines to review, but to the record labels of the bands he was > bootlegging as well. Talk about balls! Upon getting one of his bootlegs > in > the mail, some top brass at Atlantic Records were so impressed that they > tried to arrange a meeting with him to buy his tapes and learn his > pressing > secrets. (This meeting never happened, though). He also did interviews > for > Rolling Stone and several LA area radio stations. > He gave up bootlegging in the early '80`s but sadly, got into some > trouble > which resulted in a death. He`s now serving a life sentence in New > Mexico. > > Gene > > > > > > -------------------- > To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail > majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > > - --_uReach_com_26916734995123194426068xxx_-- - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:11:35 -0500 From: "Ujvary, Richard A." Subject: RE: [AVALON] Ferry Unique - LONG POST ALERT This brings up an interesting question here with Ferry. His work before these gaps was very good and brought him great critical success. Arguably, being out of the public eye and without a "hit" record seems to have diminished his "star" status and consequently, there might be some pressure for him to regain it. But I bet to some this has a negative connotation and it means he's lost his lustre. Unfortunately, this goes with the territory if he elects to keep playing the game. Performing is much different than writing where you can go underground for many years and still be a star with a few works.....look at JD Salinger. Ferry's pretty strong I think to hold up with all this. He's cool like "If you can't stand the heat get outta the kitchen" Truman. As someone said before he looks like he's pretty well adjusted being in a business which is usually asking "what have you done for me lately?". Rich - -----Original Message----- From: Robert Whiteford [mailto:robert@rwhiteford.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 7:09 PM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry Unique - LONG POST ALERT he's one of the hardest working pop stars around. Not much of the 5 year gaps have been because he wasn't trying. He seems always to have been conscious of the fact he was trading on his talent and maybe a little insecure because of that. - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:45:14 -0800 (PST) From: Neil Ashar Subject: Re: [AVALON] Songs on Viva/Re-mastered albums - --- ecwoods@mindspring.com wrote: > I saw a re-mastered _Viva!_ this weekend at Borders Books and Music. > Do you > think that would be any better? I've got it. It's worth it. Really. NA ===== "We are quite the greatest nation in the world. In my lifetime, all of the problems have come from mainland Europe, and all of the solutions have come from the English-speaking countries of the world." -- Margaret Thatcher __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:46:02 -0800 (PST) From: Noam Bronstein Subject: [AVALON] industry woes (was Songs on Viva) - --- Decophile wrote: > Some of the most horrendous tricks the record industry used in the > early eighties to get everyone to cross over to CDs was in the > re-processing of used vinyl. They set the melting temperature lower to > reduce the chance of a complete melt which riddled the pressing with > sharp shards of vinyl that would wear the stylist down as well as skip > it all over the album and when that wan`t enough, they stopped taking > the paper labels off the record before they were processed. Hmmm... I never experienced that personally, but yes it's fair to say the quality standards declined substantially over the years. Lower grades of vinyl were used in some cases. There were worse sins. Master tapes were more widely copied and less strictly controlled/preserved. Longer runs were made with each mother, to save money. The processes to make the lacquers themselves were also compromised. What I was getting at was that from the early 70's onward there were a lot of very questionable practices, and also a lot of horrendous overproduction on rock albums (multimiking in particular). All this is just the glaringly obvious stuff. If I had to grossly oversimplify, I believe the solid-state "revolution" had a lot to do with this; basically most (not all) records from the mid 70s on were "engineered" to sound acceptable on cheap, mass-produced Japanese transistor stereos, and I'd go further to say that better than 95% of CD's made between, say, '83 and '95 were calibrated to 'sound good' on boom boxes. As they say.. if I told you any more than that, I'd have to kill you. > The public was suckered in to CDs because the record industry > knew (or thought) they could control bootlegging and encode them with > anti-copying crap, none of which worked. Then they put out the call > that every recording ever made, from Edison`s wax cylinders to now > would have to be converted to CD. Say what you will about CD's (I don't care for them very much) but they are a lot easier for the average person to deal with. My five year old daughter can play a CD without hurting anything, but she'll have to be nine or ten before she can play my LP's, and she'll have to sign papers beforehand. Btw, a large part of the classical repertoire has NEVER been made available on CD. And since virtually no classical vinyl has been done in the last ten years, you pretty much need both formats if you love this music. - -Noam ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:15:28 EST From: AMeyersLD@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Songs on Viva In a message dated 2/21/2000 8:51:53 PM Central Standard Time, hjames@thewebgal.com writes: << Not all 70s albums "sounded like shit" - go back and take a listen to Life In the Air Age, the Be-bop Deluxe Live album of 1976-77 - and there are MANY other albums that back that up ... How about USA for King Crimson? >> Heather never ceases to amaze me! Both of these albums, firm favourites of mine, sold about two copies in the USA. I've always wondered who bought the other one...Now I know that it was Heather! Cool! Andrew in Evanston. - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:25:41 EST From: AMeyersLD@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy on University Challenge! In a message dated 2/22/2000 3:14:20 AM Central Standard Time, cturner@sequent.com writes: << At the moment I am living in Surrey, about half a mile from Chertsey, and was disappointed to hear that Phil has moved now, as I held out hopes of bumping into him in the newsagents ;-) >> Several years ago I lived in the most boring suburb of Milwaukee. I was shocked, SHOCKED to find that Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads was a neighbor, having inherited his folks house there. I first met him at the grocery store, where he came up and asked me about bread. Even Rock Stars buy rye bread at the local Safeway..... Andrew In Evanston - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:27:16 -0800 (PST) From: Noam Bronstein Subject: RE: [AVALON] Songs on Viva I deliberately said " horrible production values on most 70's releases ". Obviously not *all* 70's vinyl releases sounded like shit! btw, Blonde On Blonde came out in '66, it's a different era from Viva!, and there are actually plenty of decent sounding vinyl copies of BoB to be had. It just doesn't quite have the immediacy, the dynamite power of earlier Dylan vinyl like The Freewheelin', or Highway 61 or Bringing it All Back Home. Noam - --- Heather James wrote: > Not all 70s albums "sounded like shit" - go back and take a listen > to > Life In the Air Age, the Be-bop Deluxe Live album of 1976-77 - and > there are > MANY other albums that back that up ... How about USA for King > Crimson? My > honest opinion is that the folks responsible for Viva! just put out a > poor > recording figuring we'd buy whatever they released - I could get more > rude > and say they were too stoned to care - but ... who knows their reason > or > their frame of mind ... > > But - it was impossible to get a clean pressing of "Blonde on > Blonde", for > instance - so Viva's not the only offender ... > > > >   -= )-(eather =- > >------------------< > hjames@thewebgal.com > > TheWebGal Biz Site: http://www.thewebgal.com/ > Heather's Website: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/ > My Roxy Music Archive: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ > >------------------------------------------< > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf > Of > Noam Bronstein > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 3:12 PM > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Songs on Viva > > The likely reason is just the horrible production values on most 70's > releases. ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:33:52 PST From: "James James" Subject: Re: [AVALON] ATGB concert radio broadcast The concerts usually are broadcast in the last hour of the show. So have yourself logged on or tuned in a couple of minutes before 11:00 PM Toronto time (EST). For those unable to hear, Noam and myself will be taping it. As a matter of fact, I have space on a friend's FTP site to put mp3's of the show up for anyone to download. More on that later.... ;-) James I. >From: Noam Bronstein >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org >To: avalon@smoe.org >Subject: [AVALON] ATGB concert radio broadcast >Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 07:14:42 -0800 (PST) > >Of particular interest to Canadians and U.S. bordertowners. Get your >FM antennae ready for the ATBG concert broadcast next Saturday >Feb.26th. *Many thanks* to James James who brought this to our >attention. > >Here's what I've been able to find out browsing CBC's horribly >disjointed web site. The concert will be on the Saturday evening >"Radiosonic" program on CBC-FM, now commonly known as CBC Radio 2. >The main site for info is http://www.radiosonic.com/index.html > >The show runs from 7 pm to 12 am EST (Eastern Standard, that's GMT -5), >I've e-mailed them for clues on _when_ in that 5 hours the Ferry part >will be, and I'll let you know if they reply. Next week you can click >on the "This Week" frame and maybe they'll have more info. > >Click on the "Show Info" frame for a list of CBC FM stations (Americans >at least in Buffalo, Detroit, Seattle should have a good shot at >picking up these frequencies in rich stereophonic sound). > >Click on the "Audio" frame for info on Internet RealAudio simulcast. >Personally I wouldn't rely on this method for taping though. I'll be >taping from FM and if one of us succeeds in getting a decent quality >tape or CDR, this can be added to the Avalonia pool of goodies. > >p.s. I believe this is the Nov.9 Toronto concert. > >cheers, >Noam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >===== > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > > > > >-------------------- >To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail >majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 18:43:13 +0100 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: RE: [AVALON] Songs on Viva Viva! is one of my favorite albums, but I like the bootlegs too. I didn't get the inside joke, "......and if you`re lucky, you`ll be on our next album which is a live album being recorded here tonight." but laughed at the time. :-) What I've heard Viva! was supposed to have been a double album. Do you have any information about this? What songs apart from "When six was nine" were recorded? And if Phil Manzanera has all these live albums, why did they release the Denver concert? It was nohing special. Funny that people on this list like the King Crimson and the Be-Bip Deluxe live albums. I've always liked live albums (apart from the fact that Queen played God save the Queen through the speakers and re-recorded it). Daniel -- delurking so you can the read the quote :-) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "David Halberstam killed Diem. He made us assassinate him. That man ia a traitor--so they give him a Pulitzer Price. They give Pulitzer Price to traitors nowadays." President Lyndon B Johnson 1964 attacking then New York Times journalist David Halberstam Detta är ett privat och personligt brev, innehållet får inte utan särskilt medgivande publiceras eller på annat sätt spridas vidare. This is a private and personal letter, the content of which is not for publication or re-distribution without my written permission. - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:50:37 EST From: RODEISLRED@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] (OFF-TOPIC) Sooner or Later the mono vinyl version does and has even been bootlegged itself on CD because of it. - --Red In a message dated 2/22/00 5:30:33 PM, LoJoe@rocketmail.com writes: << btw, Blonde On Blonde came out in '66, it's a different era from Viva!, and there are actually plenty of decent sounding vinyl copies of BoB to be had. It just doesn't quite have the immediacy, the dynamite power of earlier Dylan vinyl like The Freewheelin', or Highway 61 or Bringing it All Back Home. Noam >> - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:32:41 +0100 From: "Wolfgang Hofmann" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Love Strong Enough - Long Version Hello! First of all I want to welcome everybody, cause it`s the first time I write after I have subscribed. Three days ago I saw BF the first time live at the concert in Graz, Austria. It was a wonderful and an excellent concert, the band around BF was so great, that I could hardly believe my ears. After the concert BF signed some CD´s and I even could take some photos from Bryan and me, I can hardly await to see these photos. I have the long version (7 min 15 sec) of IYLSE on the Maxi-CD "Dance with life", on this CD you also can hear "Help Me" and two Versions of "Dance with life", if anybody is interested in...... Best wishes to all Wolfgang - -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Robert Whiteford An: avalon@smoe.org Datum: Dienstag, 22. Februar 2000 01:11 Betreff: Re: [AVALON] Love Strong Enough - Long Version >I also have the excellent 12" version of IYLSE on vinyl but have never seen >it on CD. > >Agree with the comment on Windswept instrumantal - one of his best ever >pieces of music even without the beautiful lyrics. > >When B&G came out Ferry was saying that he didn't like his voice and that >some tracks sounded good as instrumentals.......although I love his lyrics >and voice you can see what he meant on that one. > >Rob > > > > >The cherry is the Side 2 instrumental version of >Windswept that may be better than the vocal version (which I love). >I never saw these versions appear on CD however, and my vinyl is rather >worn. >Anyone??? > >Jim > > > > > > > > > >-------------------- >To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail >majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon > - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:52:35 GMT From: "the siren" Subject: [AVALON] Eastenders Is there anyone in the Eastenders (UK continuous drama series) production crew with a penchant for BF? BF/RM always figures heavily in the Queen Vic soundtrack (they even played APS when it was released here as a single!). Tonight, both Let's Stick and DSTD were played. I just wonder... Robert ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:58:54 GMT From: "the siren" Subject: [AVALON] The great London cabbie Today Pretty Vacant came on the radio when I was in a London black cab. The cabbie turned up the volume. We started talking about what a great fresh sound etc... He then spontaneously offered: "they played Virginia Plain and Street Life the other day, sounded fresh as daisies...etc etc...I must buy For your pleasure again on CD..." Well this started a very long conversation, as you can imagine. Also, after RFH I got a lift back to the station and the cabbie volunteered that he had seen RM at Lincoln in '72. He was not bullshitting either. What taste. He went for Roxy too, and had all their stuff - coincidence or what? I ove black cabs. Robert PS 2 UK avalonians are owed hard cash from yours truly. I have not forgotten. Apologies for delay. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:02:13 GMT From: "the siren" Subject: [AVALON] Suggs Suggs was on Jools Holland's Radio 2 programme last night. Mentioned RM 2-3 times, always with affection. Of course 4bf confirmed his fanhood. Robert ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:22:56 PST From: "mark shanahan" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Eastenders the siren wrote: >Is there anyone in the Eastenders (UK continuous drama series) production >crew with a penchant for BF? BF/RM always figures heavily in the Queen Vic >soundtrack (they even played APS when it was released here as a single!). >Tonight, both Let's Stick and DSTD were played. I just wonder... as an over-the-ponder, i've never seen the show, but wasn't martin kemp from spandau ballet on it as a regular? no doubt they were influenced by roxy/bf ... peaces/ms ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 17:31:26 -0500 From: Heather Buch Subject: [AVALON] mondegreen for fans of Japanese animation - --_uReach_com_2691673499512586862274xxx_ Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At the end of "Grey Lagoons": "Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon, Sailor Moooooonn" (that's been running through my head ALL DAY!!!!!!) Heather ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number - Free Free voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag - --_uReach_com_2691673499512586862274xxx_-- - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:40:34 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Songs on Viva-(Warning! Long and Boring!) In a message dated 02/22/2000 10:08:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, hpropes@ureach.com writes: << worked for Navel Intelligence. >> Inspected belly buttons, I presume? Arnie - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:40:31 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Bogus Man, a barking dog, and a mondegreen In a message dated 02/21/2000 4:51:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, Gal410@aol.com writes: << I will be taking my kids to see it on Wednesday. Is it bearable to watch? I will look for Iggy! >> Better than I expected. Of course, after the nadir of the Pokemon movie, a root canal without novacaine is pleasure. Really, it was okay to mildly enjoy. Arnie - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:40:32 EST From: ASchulberg@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] '95 Show Info In a message dated 02/21/2000 5:31:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, tmoq@pipeline.com writes: << I have a great audience recording from a '95 show with Trower (15 tracks) but I`ve lost the info to it (track list, date, location). Does anyone have it? >> This is what I have for a tape labeled 1994/95 World Tour Introduction I Put a Spell on You Slave to Love Your Painted Smile Wasteland/Windswept New York City Mamouna Can't Let Go Carrickfergus Virginia Plain Jealous Guy In Every Dream Home A Heartache Editions of You Love Is the Drug Avalon Let's Stick Together Dan Ream provided. Info is: "Recorded live October 26, 1994 at the Aston Villa Leisure Center, Birmingham England on DAT. Total time: 77:38. The other one I have is the BBC concert with Trower but it's too short to be the one you want, Gene. Arnie - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:19:20 -0600 (CST) From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty) Subject: Fwd: [AVALON] Rock stars - --WebTV-Mail-29100-3576 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit - --WebTV-Mail-29100-3576 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-10.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.44) by storefull-132.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:55:57 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from chmls05.mediaone.net (ne.mediaone.net [24.128.1.70]) by mailsorter-101-10.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-e/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id EAA00475 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:55:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from smoe.org (jane.smoe.org [24.30.216.55]) by chmls05.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA05584; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:50:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) with SMTP id HAA20737; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:49:27 -0500 (EST) Received: by smoe.org (bulk_mailer v1.10); Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:49:21 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) id HAA20716 for avalon-outgoing; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:49:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailsorter-105-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (mailsorter-105-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net [209.240.198.119]) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/daemon-mode-jane) with ESMTP id HAA20712 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:49:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from storefull-131.iap.bryant.webtv.net (storefull-131.iap.bryant.webtv.net [209.240.198.114]) by mailsorter-105-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id 96CAB31C8 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:49:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from production@localhost) by storefull-131.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-e/mt.gso.26Feb98) id EAA12630; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:49:06 -0800 (PST) X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhRA4++jtuHzCuE8Y5miaAHCIfACcAIVAMDsnsmpH4NYky6wqAkklgMboYZD From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 06:49:06 -0600 (CST) To: Avalon@smoe.org Subject: [AVALON] Rock stars Message-ID: <917-38B285C2-13682@storefull-131.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Sender: owner-avalon@smoe.org Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Precedence: bulk A "star" means to excel--as in acting -present in or play a leading role. "rock"--popolar music based on jazz,folk music etc. Ferry is part of this & excels at what he does. MOPO. had he had the correct exposure here in the USA. Ran the gambit with Roxy , the tours (All the time) his staying power would've been a lot better. You have to make being on top your top priority. Personally I don't believe Ferry wanted that. Hes more of a mystic kind of guy. The idea of Frank Sinatra comes to mind.The crooner soft voice that just captures you with the way words spill out & mean something that you,ll never forget, That is the staying power to those who revere their artist.M.Marlana K................. - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon - --WebTV-Mail-29100-3576-- - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:49:26 -0500 From: "Decophile" Subject: Re: Re: [AVALON] Songs on Viva-(Warning! Long and Boring!) - -----Original Message----- From: Heather Buch To: Decophile Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 10:08 AM Subject: Re: Re: [AVALON] Songs on Viva-(Warning! Long and Boring!) > > >Wow, that is very interesting, Gene. What bands did he bootleg. >Actually, that story could make a very colorful independent >film. > >Heather He started with the big draws ( Dylan, Stones, Zeppelin, Who) but eventually branched out to others. His bootlegs are real easy to spot. A plain sleeve with the title ink-stamped across the front and "Yours Truly, Rubber Dubber" ink-stamped on the bottom right. Go to http://www.pipeline.com/~tmoq and click on dubber.jpg Gene - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:10:29 -0500 From: "Decophile" Subject: Re: [AVALON] '95 Show Info - -----Original Message----- From: ASchulberg@aol.com To: avalon@smoe.org Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] '95 Show Info (snip) Thanks, Arnie. >The other one I have is the BBC concert with Trower but it's too short to be >the one you want, Gene. > >Arnie Is this the Wolverhampton show? Anyway, I have both clean and recorded on CD-R if anyone is interested. Gene - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 00:14:28 EST From: AMeyersLD@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Bogus Man, a barking dog, and a mondegreen In a message dated 2/22/2000 7:43:40 PM Central Standard Time, Arnie wrote: << Better than I expected. Of course, after the nadir of the Pokemon movie, a root canal without novacaine is pleasure. >> I took nine Nine year olds to see that. The weird little short was actually entertaining in a "gee-I-wish-still-did-drugs" kinda way..... Andrew in Evanston - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:47:47 -0800 From: Ida M Miller Subject: [AVALON] BF album news I got the following today via a weekly music news e-mailing called "Inkblot": The Dutch newspaper Volksrant has reported that Bryan Ferry is working on a new album that includes collaborations with Brian Eno, Dave Stewart and Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood. Beryl Tomay’s Follow Me Around site (http://www.followmearound.com/) notes that Thom Yorke and Greenwood covered five songs of Ferry’s band Roxy Music for the “Velvet Goldmine” soundtrack in 1998 in a band called Venus in Furs along with Bernard Butler, Paul Kimble and Andy Mackay. - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:42:35 +0100 From: Frederic DECLERCQ Subject: [AVALON] BF question to Avalon Encyclopedia Hi all, Yesterday, I met someone in this new company that is interested in music. We spoke about BF and RM. This person noticed that I was knowing a lot of things (I didn't tell where I got them from nor that some people on this list are Encyclop.'s). One question was : Is he still living in Paris and in London? and I couldn't answer as I've never know where Bry is living. Who knows that? Is it somewhere in London? Thanks for giving me this answer (I told this person that I could find that back very quickly). I'm sure that most of you know the answer... CIao Fred - -------------------- To disentangle yourself from these bickering numbnuts, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V5 #71 *************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest