From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V5 #157 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, April 19 2000 Volume 05 : Number 157 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Sting Comments ["Will Frechette" ] Re: [AVALON] ** News **. ["mark shanahan" ] Re: [AVALON] ** News **. [Kicki Gustafsson ] [AVALON] RE ;: *News* ["Johnny Reece" ] Re: [AVALON] ** News **. [AESYSTON@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] RE ;: *News* [thom.wallace@net.ntl.com] [AVALON] End of the line [jas2347@xsite.net] RE: RE: [AVALON] Bryan tonight [Frederic DECLERCQ ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:20:33 -0500 From: "Will Frechette" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Sting Comments Come on Martino, tell us what you really think. Will - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Stockman" > ---------- > >From: "Rod LeCloux" > > > Anyways, I'm not a "huge" Sting fan but I keep feeling like I'm missing the > > "joke" when everyone slams Sting. > > Well Rod I'm probably to blame for the anti-Sting campaign. In my humble > opinion perhaps 75% of Avalonia detest the former Police frontman, although > I'll have to check the stats with Colleen. He strikes me as phoney. This is > what I originally posted .. > > "Sting is the antithesis of Ferry. Yes I know they share a common > geographical background and were both teachers but that's where their > similarity ends. > > 1. Sting is smug. Bryan is bedevilled by doubt. These past few weeks I > haven't been able to pick up a magazine without seeing pictures of Sting > sitting cross legged, wearing (I can barely bring myself to write it..) > pre-faded blue denim dungarees and a sense of metaphysicality as he stares > into the middle distance . Yes, the former Police front man invites you into > his charming Tuscan villa with his charming wife, yes the same wife he > screwed behind the back of his charming previous wife. > > 2. Sting courts publicity, see above, whilst Bryan is (undoubtedly) camera > shy. > > 3. Sting is a reconstructed hippy whilst Bryan is a disciple of the avant > garde. Remember Sting posing with that tribesman with the bad liposuction > job, a self-styled ambassador for the victims of the rain-forrest. Well I > also remember how an investigative team checked out his dustbin and found it > full of bottles - clearly not destined for recycling - and aerosols. > Strangely enough I could imagine Bry carting his empties down to the bottle > bank. Bryan is hip, a true modernist - did I read he was the second rated UK > buyer of contemporary art - but is at pains to keep his interest out of the > public eye. > > 4. Even Bryan's worst lyrics (NYC in my opinion,) don't come near the abyss > of "Da da da da" or "Roxanne." > > 5. Sting boasts about his "amazing tantric sex ability" whilst Bryan leaves > his preferences (and performances) all to the imagination. The two ex-lovers > of Byron who have confided in me speak in glowing terms of his dark, > midnight hour predilictions, "we're chained and bound." > > 6. Sting's voice sounds to me like an adolescent screech whilst Bryan's is > like, well, his tonsils have been marinated in sauterne, the larynx of > love. > > 7. Sting dresses like a student while Bryan remains the best coutured man in > Britain. The latter is, of course, my estimation but most fashion critics > form a concensus that Lucy is the best dressed lady in the country. > > 8. Lastly, I just can't stand Sting's music. It's so portentous, so earnest. > What a contrast with > the charming insouciance of the Maesto's ouevre. > > There. I've said it. Sorry Sting fans. I'll go back to my Scritti Politti > albums now." > > Not sure what paint fumes I was on that day. Apologies for the Repeat play. > > Pip pip, > > Martino - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Name the source: "I've got enough attitude to kill everyone in New Jersey." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:51:24 PDT From: "mark shanahan" Subject: Re: [AVALON] ** News **. >From: thom.wallace@net.ntl.com >Stalker story in press. >This is not true, Bryan does not have a stalker. thanks, tom. i wonder, then, what was bumming bryan out so, at the albert hall last tuesday evening ... btw - as well as manzanera.com, bryanferry.com has been updated. there's a 'gallery section', though the tour info isn't on there as of yet. peaces/ms ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Name the source: "I've got enough attitude to kill everyone in New Jersey." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:57:32 +0200 From: Kicki Gustafsson Subject: Re: [AVALON] ** News **. >>From: thom.wallace@net.ntl.com >>Stalker story in press. >>This is not true, Bryan does not have a stalker. > >thanks, tom. > How do we know that this is true? If Bryan _does_ have a stalker, do you honestly think that's something he wants to go public with, using his _fan club_??? If he has a stalker, I'm sure he's doing all he can to put a lid on the story. /Kicki G - ------------------------ Kicki Gustafsson, Östersunds-Posten 063-16 16 51 http://www.op.se http://www.torget.se/users/k/KickiG (privat hemsida) - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Name the source: "I've got enough attitude to kill everyone in New Jersey." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:07:17 +0100 From: "Johnny Reece" Subject: [AVALON] RE ;: *News* Tom, very interesting 'official line' from JL re 'stalker/non-stalker' considering how much the 'Stage door situations' had changed both at Portsmouth and RAH. Still, I hope it's true that the original stalker story is wrong, though I cannot imagine a sort of 'official statement' wanting to say anything else, can you ? Meanwhile, at this rate - there's going to be 2 conventions in London it seems, one called 'official', the other called 'Avalonian'. Everyone keep doing the lottery though, so we can afford to get everyone else in Avalonia flown in. And I'm not joking. Reecey... - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Name the source: "I've got enough attitude to kill everyone in New Jersey." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:08:25 EDT From: AESYSTON@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] ** News **. In a message dated 4/18/00 9:00:23 GMT Daylight Time, kicki.gustafsson@op.se writes: << >>From: thom.wallace@net.ntl.com >>Stalker story in press. >>This is not true, Bryan does not have a stalker. >> Perhaps they missed out the word "Deer"? In every dream holmes a heartache Steve - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Name the source: "I've got enough attitude to kill everyone in New Jersey." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 00:54:58 +0100 From: thom.wallace@net.ntl.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] RE ;: *News* Johnny Reece wrote: > very interesting 'official line' from JL re 'stalker/non-stalker' > considering how much the 'Stage door situations' had changed both at > Portsmouth and RAH. Still, I hope it's true that the original stalker story > is wrong, though I cannot imagine a sort of 'official statement' wanting to > say anything else, can you ? It could be that the increase in security was as a reaction to the story. There are always weirdo's out there who would read something like this in a news paper and inspiration to do something from it. As it is I was asked to post some information and I did. At least the guy is using the list to give out information even is it is indirectly. Cheers, Tom. - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Name the source: "I've got enough attitude to kill everyone in New Jersey." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 00:11:26 -0500 From: jas2347@xsite.net Subject: [AVALON] End of the line Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 03:35:40 -0700 From: Russell Schaffer Subject: [AVALON] my favorita The only thing Sting's a master of is product endorsements. >One question, what the frick frack is She Sells about, if anything? Does anyone else think End of the Line is one of their most accomplished compositions that ties up their first five albums? Love it. It's the song I put on when I feel blue about failed relationships. It its home. Not there most accomplished, but a killer nevertheless. I love Concrete Blonde's version of it as well. And- it does not cast a long shadow over the Seine. There you go >> Frederic DECLERCQ 04/18 7:45 am >>> Hi all, I recorded the show. It was great. Fred Say Fred what channel was that on? I had a friend in Amsterdam trying to see if he could tape it. He told me could pick up a few Belgium channels there. Will it be re-broadcast? >So credit where credit is due, there has been a lot worse music going around through the years which has never been slated.........what was the name of those four Jurassic overrated arseholes from Liverpool again? one is very gallantly going out with a one legged model at the moment Uh, I hope I speak for most of the Americans here, but why in the world are you referring to the Fab Four in such bitter terms? A lot of us grew up with them and by default/detour led us to Roxy Music. And we all know what a fan Bryan is. Like Hendrix, they could do no wrong in MY world. How good it is for Paul to be dating again even with a one legged model. I hope he is happy. He deserves some happiness after losing the love of his life. Cut him some slack. Jas VIVA Beatles/Hendrix/Roxy - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Name the source: "I've got enough attitude to kill everyone in New Jersey." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:55:10 +0200 From: Frederic DECLERCQ Subject: RE: RE: [AVALON] Bryan tonight It was the whole of the Brussels gig (same programme as Antwerp). I had a quick view and remember that they showed the usual ATGB songs, LST, JG, Avalon, Carrickfergus,... About the same songs as in RFH. I'm sure that the Euravalonions that where in Brussels know that by heart. I know it's a pity but I have so few time these days that I cannot find some to view the show! Ciiaaoo, FDC - -----Original Message----- From: Simon Galloway [SMTP:SIMONG@jazzfm.com] Sent: mardi 18 avril 2000 13:02 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: RE: [AVALON] Bryan tonight What songs did they show? Come on, you must tell! >>> Frederic DECLERCQ 04/18 7:45 am >>> Hi all, I recorded the show. It was great. CIIaaoo, Fred - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Name the source: "I've got enough attitude to kill everyone in New Jersey." - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Name the source: "I've got enough attitude to kill everyone in New Jersey." ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V5 #157 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest