From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V5 #366 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Thursday, October 12 2000 Volume 05 : Number 366 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] The 39 Steps [Alister Hamilton ] Re: [AVALON] New Additions at Roxyrama [KB Porter ] Re: [AVALON] The 39 Steps ["organism-001" ] Re: [AVALON] The 39 Steps ["Martijn Gussekloo" ] [AVALON] Bogus Man Part II [Stephen.Pepperrell@t-online.de (Stephen Peppe] [AVALON] Roxy's Swedish Love Night ["Chris Turner" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:47:40 +0100 (BST) From: Alister Hamilton Subject: Re: [AVALON] The 39 Steps .... and it's got some nice shots of one of my local landmarks - the Forth Rail bridge. Alister. - ----- Begin Included Message ----- >From owner-avalon@smoe.org Wed Oct 11 09:07:58 2000 Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 01:03:22 -0700 (PDT) From: nick williams Subject: [AVALON] The 39 Steps To: avalon@smoe.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-avalon@smoe.org Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Got hold of a copy of Hitchcocks "The 39 Steps" over the weekend having become curious after the recent discussion. A very nice film full of wit, romance, and suspense, if slightly naive and surreal by todays standards. Easy to see why Ferry liked this one. It's very similar to the early Bond movies. The central character, Richard Hannay, is the cigarette smoking, stetson and long tailed coat wearing smoothie who has girls clustering to him like moths around a flame. Hannay meets a mysterious women in a London theatre ("Your place or mine") and it transpires that she is attempting to foil a plot by foreign spies to uncover the secret of "The 39 Steps" ("What do you want from me"). The women is murdered in Hannays apartment during the night and he is immediately suspected ("Where do we go from here, I wish I knew"). Fleeing to Scotland in an attempt to clear his name ("Living on borrowed time, lets make a move") he evades continuous police chases only to innocently enter the home of the man behind "The 39 Steps". He survives an attempt on his life and also escapes from two spies (calling theselves the police) but is forced to do so while handcuffed to the women who led the spies to him ("Don't get me wrong this time"). She eventually discovers that Hannay is innocent and justice prevails with the real culprits being exposed. The film is a reminder of the power of b&w in a suspense thriller like this. A pity that it's rarely employed nowadays. Ferry would surely agree if the splendid b&w photography on the inner sleeves of Boys & Girls, Taxi and Mamouna as well as the dark shots from the New Town video are anything to go by. Anyway I can unhesitatingly recommend this movie to any Mamouna fans. It's a top movie for its time (1935) and it will give you a greater appreciation for the song. If you haven't already done so, go out and see it. Nick __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon - ----- End Included Message ----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 06:35:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] The 39 Steps On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, nick williams wrote: > Mamouna fans. It's a top movie for its time (1935) > and it will give you a greater appreciation for the > song. If you haven't already done so, go out and see I don't think that the subtle and nuanced work of Mr. Ferry can (or should) be reduced to mere plot recapitulation. Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:14:52 -0400 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Additions at Roxyrama Dear Chris: Congratulations on your website, Roxyrama. I pre use it for lyric content, often surprised at the number of times I have twisted BF's lyrics with slightly different words and, I'm sure, meaning, I find all those lyrics in one website very helpful. Some of the various questions you field from visitors must be intriguing. I was wondering, if you are so inclined, would you be interested in occasionally sharing some of the more obscure and unusual questions and observations with Avalon List? They quite possibly may provide us with new ways of looking at previously discussed Ferry/Roxy material - some of us might learn something new, even if it's borrowed. Any thoughts on that? Best wishes, KBP ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:26:14 +0100 From: "organism-001" Subject: Re: [AVALON] The 39 Steps I am tempted to go into Vic'n'Bob handbag-clutching mode here and squeal "Ooooooooooooooooh!" but I'm not sure if it would come off in cold e-print (or mean anything to our non-UK comrades) so I won't. I don't think Nick was attempting to be reductionist, but rather to add to our appreciation of the subtle and nuanced work in question. Add more nuances, if you like. Correct me if I'm wrong, Nick! > > On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, nick williams wrote: > > > Mamouna fans. It's a top movie for its time (1935) > > and it will give you a greater appreciation for the > > song. If you haven't already done so, go out and see > > I don't think that the subtle and nuanced work of Mr. Ferry can (or > should) be reduced to mere plot recapitulation. > > Colleen > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing > selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:39:00 +0200 From: "Martijn Gussekloo" Subject: Re: [AVALON] The 39 Steps I like the plot as it is. On the other hand, I seem to like anything. Is a nice flower. ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:03:02 +0200 From: Stephen.Pepperrell@t-online.de (Stephen Pepperrell) Subject: [AVALON] Bogus Man Part II Does anyone know why Blue Lagoons is also referred to as "Bogus Man Part II" - what's the meaning behind this ? any why was this not included on either The Thrill of it All nor the latest Roxy Music Compilation ? thanks for any info, Stephen ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:08:43 +0100 From: "Chris Turner" Subject: [AVALON] Roxy's Swedish Love Night Hi, I've put a further four articles up at www.roxyrama.com including the intriguingly titled Roxy's Swedish Love Night... Chris ___________________________________________________________________________ Come to Las Vegas and hear the indestructible tagline sing selections from "The Jazz Singer" ! To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V5 #366 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest