From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V5 #432 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, December 9 2000 Volume 05 : Number 432 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] New Information Service Newsletter ["Chris Turner" ] Re: [AVALON] festive cheer! [JObinv01@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Anyone for China? ["Andrew Shearer" ] Re: [AVALON] Re: 'Richard 3rd'. [Adrew Howard ] [AVALON] Feeling The Need.... ["Simon Galloway" ] Re: [AVALON] GONNA HAVE FUN... ["James James" ] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ["Victor Hastings" ] Re: [AVALON] Pin-ups vs. These foolish things, Cheesy vs. Camp ["Tim Kend] Re: [AVALON] re: does anyone know.....? ["Simon Galloway" ] [AVALON] Welcome Antoine ["Vicente Dobroruka" ] [AVALON] Positive cheese ["Simon Galloway" ] [AVALON] For Your Pleasure [Adrew Howard ] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ["David Firmin" ] [AVALON] Paul Thompson - Sucky was the wrong phrase ["David Firmin" ] [AVALON] Badfinger ["David Firmin" ] Re: [AVALON] Badfinger [ShyGuy8119@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] avalondictionary.com [JObinv01@aol.com] [AVALON] Re: Reecey's News [MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty)] [AVALON] ATAP, the fightback [stevesiren Subject: [AVALON] New Information Service Newsletter Here's the text from the latest Information Service Newsletter which arrived this morning Newsletter 17 I hope this note finds you well. I do not have the catalogue number yet for the live DVD/VHS but can confirm the release date as 29th of January 2001. "Live in Paris at Grand Rex - March 2000" The track listing is as follows: The way you look tonight Love Me Or Leave Me Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Chance Meeting Casanova Where Or When Bittersweet Out Of The Blue The Only Face Oh Yeah You Do Something To Me Just One Of Those Things Avalon Jealous Guy Let's Stick Together Love Is The Drug "Slave To Love" has now been released in Japan and the track listing has slightly changed. "Zamba" has been replaced with "Tokyo Joe" which was a Number 1 single in Japan a few years ago. There is also a one-track CD of "Crazy Love" (Radio Edit), which is being used for commercial purposes only. The only merchandise available just now is signed CD's and programmes. Contact me(Jim Lawn)for prices The new album is well under way and I should have some news shortly. No live dates have been scheduled yet for 2001. Chris ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:43:52 -0000 From: "Andy (Hotmail)" Subject: [AVALON] Napster Speaking of Napster....did anyone notice about three/four tracks from Horoscope have appeared there? So much for the Avalon conspiracy theory........ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 05:44:53 EST From: JObinv01@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] festive cheer! In a message dated 08/12/00 08:54:50 GMT Standard Time, terry.lane@rs-components.com writes: << Being an exiled Scot living in Corby I would love to meet up with you guys in Glasgow but work commitments prevent this from happening but if I lived a bit nearer I would jump at the chance to meet up for a night talking about the "chosen one" ,so come on you Scottish Avalonians what are you waiting for. Terry >> Although I still live in Scotland I am just as far from Glasgow as Manchester, Newcastle & Liverpool are. I live about 300 Yards from the Arctic circle and would like to join the fellow Scottish Avalonians for a wee dram, but a midweek date makes it almost impossible for me, but I'll try. My kids are the only 2 in the world that Santa heads North to visit. J.O'B. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 11:38:55 -0000 From: "Andrew Shearer" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Anyone for China? Article from British Airways Inflight Magazine by Paul Gorman... '"St Petersburg's New Wave" St Petersburg's Philharmonic Hall has never been seen anything like it. During it's 250 -year history as the pre-revolutionary music venue of choice for generations of Tsars, the heavily chandeliered interior has witnessd the like of Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. But this is something altogether different. Crowds of trendily attired twentysomethings (Jocelyn, John??!!) are dancing in the aisles as Bryan Ferry leads his band through a thoroughly rocking encore of Love Is The Drug. In the first four rows, the lines of previously stone-faced dignatries and politicos are clapping along and cheering wildly. This is the first non-classical concert ever played at the Philharmonic, but even the wariness of local officialdom at the size of the band's laodspeakers during the evening's soundcheck has dissapated amid secenes of general abandon. "The response was fantastic", enthuses the normally taciturn Ferry after the show. "The band and I like to play in unusual places, and the idea of playing here was great because St Petersberg is so stunning. We were amazed by the reaction we got." Ferry's decision to conclude his recent world tour with a date apiece in St. Petersberg and Moscow marks a sea change in the attitude of Western performers to the former Soviet Union. Until now, the only appearences for pop and rock starved Russia has been intermittent one off gigs by the likes of Elton John and Billy Joel, whose visit inspired his 1988 song, Leningrad. But there is a growing appetite to be more adventurous, less middle of the road music from Russia's discerning fans, and new venues are opening up all the time to cater for it. Popular venues on the international tour circuit include the Ice Palace and Yubileny Sports Palace: and since the Lensoviet Palace of culture opened it's doors as a concert venue in May, it has played host to Joe Cocker, Alice Cooper and US college rockers Bllodhound Gang. In recent years, the biggest draws to perform live in the city - the Pet Shop Boys, Velvet Underground founder John Cale, and contemporary music composer Michael Nyman - have been brought over by promoter Anthea Norman-Taylor, Ferry's manager and the person who persuaded him to round off his summer tour of country houses in the UK with the trip to Russia. The wife of his Roxy Music colleague Brian Eno, Norman-Taylor fell in love with the country when visiting a musician in pre-Glasnost years. "St Petersberg is an utterly magical place," she says. While there are few venues siutable for rock concerts in St Petersberg such as the giant SSK Stadium, there are many unusual places where artists of a certain stature can play. "Within the palaces, there are lots of ornate theatres, "she says. "They each hold around 1,000 people, which is more than enough for one-off gigs." Norman-Taylor has now made it her life ambition to put Russia back on Europe's cultural map. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she worked with some of St Petersburgs underground bands, including Zvuki Mu, whose album was produced by Eno. Then, in 1997, the pair bought their family here and spent several months living in the city. While Eno filed a regular newspaper column describing the richness and variety of the local artistic community, Norman-Taylor set about drawing up plans for a recording studion and centre for musicians. Construction is due to start soon. Prior to his gigs, Ferry had only visited Russia once before, as a tourist, when his preconceptions were totally confounded. "I had this image of greyness and dullness, but what I found was this attractive place filled with great architecture, "he says. "I'm also impressed by how cultured everyone seems to be, and that art, petry, music whatever, all these things are are very much part of daily life." He also believes that elements of his music appeal to Russian sensibilities. "Some of my songs have a heartfelt, melancholy quality and maybe they respond to that,"he says. "My thing has always been the blues in all its forms, and I think the appeal is universal. But they also like to dance and enjoy themselves in Russia, and although they may have been a bit intimidated at first by the sound system, they certainly got into it." Although Ferry is taking a rest from live shows after a year promoting ATGB album, he will be returning to Russia. "I'm already looking forawrd to repeating the experience and would like to play other cities like Kiev. Maybe we'll go to other places where Western bands don't usually play. I've never been to China, you know..."' There's also a couple of photos, one by Belinda Enthoven and the other by that arch enemy Antony Price. I'll try and scan them and send them to Kikki but let me unpack first! Regards, Andrew _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 07:05:20 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: [AVALON] avalondictionary.com From dictionary.com: Camp: 1. An affectation or appreciation of manners and tastes commonly thought to be artificial, vulgar, or banal. 2. Banality, vulgarity, or artificiality when deliberately affected or when appreciated for its humor: Camp is popularity plus vulgarity plus innocence (Indra Jahalani). Cheesy: a. Tasteless and showy, often in a vulgar manner. b. Having an appreciation for what is tasteless and showy. 3. Informal. Of poor quality; shoddy. cheese, n. Slang 3. An important person. From Jimmy Vapor: David Bowie=Marlene Dietrich Bryan Ferry=Edith Piaf I have more thoughts but not more time at the moment. Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 04:29:34 -0800 (PST) From: Adrew Howard Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: 'Richard 3rd'. > The song he recorded for 'Richard 3rd' ended up on As Time Goes By. I think > it was Sweet And Lovely but was never used for 'Richard 3rd' > I thought it was "Can't Get Started With You". This song only appeared during the early part of the As Time Goes By tour. Feel The Need was only released in 1985 so it was almost certainly never on the set list for the Bete Noire, Mamouna or As Time Goes By tours. Regards Drew _______________________________________________________ Tired of slow Internet? Get @Home Broadband Internet http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 12:50:56 +0000 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: [AVALON] Feeling The Need.... >>> Adrew Howard 12/08 12:29 pm >>> >I thought it was "Can't Get Started With You". This song only appeared >during the early part of the As Time Goes By tour. I was under the impression it was "I'm In The Mood For Love" as this has a different feel to the rest of ATGB. >Feel The Need was only released in 1985 But was recorded in 1977/78 as part of The Bride Stripped Bare sessions according to the sleeve notes on the Windswept ep (mixed 1981). SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 13:24:12 From: "James James" Subject: Re: [AVALON] GONNA HAVE FUN... Reecey, is this for British Avalonians only? Please don't tease us North Americans... (returns to lurking...) James >From: "Reecey" >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org >To: >Subject: [AVALON] GONNA HAVE FUN... >Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 18:29:21 -0000 > >Ladies and Gentlemen of Avalonia... >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >Tired of the Tango ? Fed up with Fandango ? >Where do we go from here ? >Some place near the desert Strand ? >At the spot where the beat's really hot ? > >Next week, we'll be making a very important announcement to the List. >It's heaven sent... >It's highbrow. Holy. >Hi as Fi can go... > >It's been a long time coming, but well worth waiting for. >So many details are being finalised as we speak, but a night >of unparallelled high stepping chorus lines is promised. > >For Your Pleasure. > >More details next week. > >More than this. >- - - - - - - - - > >Yours, preparing to walk out in style, > >Reecey... > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The subliminable footer says: >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon > _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:33:33 -0500 From: "Victor Hastings" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Stockman" To: Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:49 AM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson > I think sucky is probably a key word, although I couldn't find it in the > OED. Is it a derivation of an expression one hears in American cinema, "You > suck !" american cinema? i thought i heard it in the london underground in 1976, along with something about a wanker, which i understand to be a kind of automobile engine.... ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:24:42 -0500 From: "Tim Kendrick" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Pin-ups vs. These foolish things, Cheesy vs. Camp - -->I take mild exception to the use of the word "cheesy" in connection with >TFT. > I think you're right to make the distinction between 'camp' and 'cheesy'. I couldn't lay out a copper-bottomed definition of 'cheesy', but I take it to be material that was done 'straight' in its day, and which much of its audience took at face value, but which time has embellished (in some people's eyes) with a certain kistch allure. Thus, reruns of THE BRADY BUNCH or DOCTOR WHO, or Liberace records. ' Camp' implies a certain self-knowledge on the part of its producers, a certain intended irony. Thus, BATMAN or Andy Warhol or Roxy Music. Tim ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 13:47:58 +0000 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: [AVALON] re: does anyone know.....? >>> 12/07 8:30 pm >>> >While i'm here does anyone know when the rumored BF box set is due to hit >the shelves? ROTFL! That's a good one!!!! SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:28:54 -0000 From: "Chris Turner" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Pin-ups vs. These foolish things, Cheesy vs. Camp 'Cheese' doesn't seem to have the same interpretation for the young. I share a house with four teenage students (who think I'm fossilised at 37) They seem to see cheesy as a fun thing. The clubs in Bristol (a happening town, dude) have weekly 'cheese' nights where dodgy outfits and tacky danceable 70's music (take ABBA and Boney M as touchstones) are de rigueur. It's not seen as derogatory at all though... TFT does have some camp moments, It's My Party the most obvious, but homage or not, there's also a certain calculation about covering the four biggest acts of the Sixties: Elvis, The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Stones, plus Smokey and Stevie Wonder. Only 'River Of Salt' ('I'm probably the only person in Britain with a copy of that - Ferry in '74), Erma Franklin's 'Piece of My Heart' and possibly Barry Mann's 'I Love How You Love Me' could be seen to be obscure. DJ "Phats" Chris - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Guy Lawley Sent: 08 December 2000 07:57 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: RE: [AVALON] Pin-ups vs. These foolish things, Cheesy vs. Camp "Cheesy" seems to be a word Americans are comfortable with, and has been percolating into European English too for at least ten years. It's not *because* it's a Yankism that I don't like the word though; it just helps explain why I'm not sure I know what it means (being London England born meself, guv). "Cheesy" seems to have exclusively negative connotations, so even when someone says (as they recently did) that parts of TFT are "deliberately cheesy" it says, to me, "deliberately bad". An English equivalent might be "naff", perhaps (?). ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 09:45:11 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] Cheesy vs. Cheesy "cheesey"? Marilyn Monroe was cheesecake. Our membership is multi-national, culturally diverse. Instead of using a "word" to describe an opinion placed forth in conversation, it would be more appropriate for the user to thoroughly explain, define what that "adjective" means when making their statement. Misunderstands are less likely to occur between east and west, north and south if everyone remained cognizant of our list members' diversity and endeavored to understand and respect members who have shared their frame of reference in a reasonably coherent manner. Your boot is not my boot, and they certainly aren't the same as Tsar Ivan IV Vasilyevich's boot, which is yet different from the boot an employer gives an employee! ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:10:00 -0200 From: "Vicente Dobroruka" Subject: [AVALON] Welcome Antoine Hello everybody, Nice to come back to the list after many months away, just stuying and working... anyway it paid off. Nice to see everyone is still there in Avalon. Welcome Antoine! Well I am 31 and that surely disqualifies me as a teenager, but I agree with you - I am mad about Avalon and prefer TFT to Pin Ups too. If I may express myself frnakly, I prefer Bryan to Bowie. Just a matter of taste, I like Bowie too and his eighties records. So don't feel alone... Welcome! Be well, Vicente ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 15:28:24 +0000 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: [AVALON] Positive cheese >>> "Chris Turner" 12/08 2:28 pm >>> >'Cheese' doesn't seem to have the same interpretation for the young. I share >a house with four teenage students (who think I'm fossilised at 37) They >seem to see cheesy as a fun thing. The clubs in Bristol (a happening town, >dude) have weekly 'cheese' nights where dodgy outfits and tacky danceable >70's music (take ABBA and Boney M as touchstones) are de rigueur. It's not >seen as derogatory at all though... Exactly! Speaking as a youngster myself cheesey=fun! It can still have the old meaning, but not quite "naff" or "crap". I do wonder about that version of Sympathy For The Devil. Still, nothing can compare to You Are My Susnshine and other ATAP mis-firings! SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 07:56:08 -0800 (PST) From: Adrew Howard Subject: [AVALON] For Your Pleasure Hi folks. I have a question about the title track on For Your Pleasure. A few weeks ago people appeared to be drawing (hopefully tongue in cheek) references to menstruation in the song. First of all please tell me that you are joking. Second, my interpretation is that the message in the song is to go out and be all that the "dark horse" inside permits you to be. Take the bull by the horns. Roxy went to "such extremes" and turned into "the stars at night shining so bright", writing songs for our pleasure. Life is worth living. You'll be dead long enough "old man". Is this accurate or is it being too unidimensional? Doesn't the song also display how good Ferry was on piano (really spooky) and what about Thompson's fantastic drum roll (the heart beats of life in the fast lane). I love the touch when Ferry says "Tara" just once, and then withdraws, letting the band continue for the duration. Ta-ra Drew _______________________________________________________ Tired of slow Internet? Get @Home Broadband Internet http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 08:41:53 -0800 From: "David Firmin" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson Take a listen to "Your Application's Failed" a real gem and the only Roxy tune Paul Thompson wrote. And, yes that is Paul's voice. - -- Roxy Music Link Central http://home.ix.netcom.com/~dfirmin/amlinks.html David ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 08:14:35 -0800 From: "David Firmin" Subject: [AVALON] Paul Thompson - Sucky was the wrong phrase What I meant to say is that without Paul the material was objectionable or inadequate. A good word would also be mediocre. Sucky (suck) David ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 18:13:30 -0000 From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: RE: [AVALON] Anyone for China? Welcome home Mr Shearer, how was the land down under? Interesting article there, and reported pretty much as we heard it in Moscow. All the band enjoyed playing St Petersburg immensely, and the feedback was obviously there. Moscow was a completely different kettle of fish, and as I previously reported Ferry was quizzing Sacha the Russian promoter about possible venues in Kiev after the Moscow show, so his imagination had obviously been captured. The comment about China made me think wistfully, which venues would we feel suited the different members of Roxy best or where would we like to see them perform in the perfect world? I would have thought Andy would have been better suited to a small recital in some government building in Beijing circa Resolving Contradictions. Paul would have to be seen at the Mayfair Newcastle, Phil at the Cafe Paris, Habana Cuba and Herr Ferry in some very decadent little known Berlin bunker bar. We can but dream. Catch up with you later Andrew, there's a big date coming up you'll be very interested in. Reecey will be keeping us all informed. Jocelyn - -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Shearer [mailto:shearerandrew@hotmail.com] Sent: 08 December 2000 11:39 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Anyone for China? Article from British Airways Inflight Magazine by Paul Gorman... '"St Petersburg's New Wave" St Petersburg's Philharmonic Hall has never been seen anything like it. During it's 250 -year history as the pre-revolutionary music venue of choice for generations of Tsars, the heavily chandeliered interior has witnessd the like of Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. But this is something altogether different. Crowds of trendily attired twentysomethings (Jocelyn, John??!!) are dancing in the aisles as Bryan Ferry leads his band through a thoroughly rocking encore of Love Is The Drug. In the first four rows, the lines of previously stone-faced dignatries and politicos are clapping along and cheering wildly. This is the first non-classical concert ever played at the Philharmonic, but even the wariness of local officialdom at the size of the band's laodspeakers during the evening's soundcheck has dissapated amid secenes of general abandon. "The response was fantastic", enthuses the normally taciturn Ferry after the show. "The band and I like to play in unusual places, and the idea of playing here was great because St Petersberg is so stunning. We were amazed by the reaction we got." Ferry's decision to conclude his recent world tour with a date apiece in St. Petersberg and Moscow marks a sea change in the attitude of Western performers to the former Soviet Union. Until now, the only appearences for pop and rock starved Russia has been intermittent one off gigs by the likes of Elton John and Billy Joel, whose visit inspired his 1988 song, Leningrad. But there is a growing appetite to be more adventurous, less middle of the road music from Russia's discerning fans, and new venues are opening up all the time to cater for it. Popular venues on the international tour circuit include the Ice Palace and Yubileny Sports Palace: and since the Lensoviet Palace of culture opened it's doors as a concert venue in May, it has played host to Joe Cocker, Alice Cooper and US college rockers Bllodhound Gang. In recent years, the biggest draws to perform live in the city - the Pet Shop Boys, Velvet Underground founder John Cale, and contemporary music composer Michael Nyman - have been brought over by promoter Anthea Norman-Taylor, Ferry's manager and the person who persuaded him to round off his summer tour of country houses in the UK with the trip to Russia. The wife of his Roxy Music colleague Brian Eno, Norman-Taylor fell in love with the country when visiting a musician in pre-Glasnost years. "St Petersberg is an utterly magical place," she says. While there are few venues siutable for rock concerts in St Petersberg such as the giant SSK Stadium, there are many unusual places where artists of a certain stature can play. "Within the palaces, there are lots of ornate theatres, "she says. "They each hold around 1,000 people, which is more than enough for one-off gigs." Norman-Taylor has now made it her life ambition to put Russia back on Europe's cultural map. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she worked with some of St Petersburgs underground bands, including Zvuki Mu, whose album was produced by Eno. Then, in 1997, the pair bought their family here and spent several months living in the city. While Eno filed a regular newspaper column describing the richness and variety of the local artistic community, Norman-Taylor set about drawing up plans for a recording studion and centre for musicians. Construction is due to start soon. Prior to his gigs, Ferry had only visited Russia once before, as a tourist, when his preconceptions were totally confounded. "I had this image of greyness and dullness, but what I found was this attractive place filled with great architecture, "he says. "I'm also impressed by how cultured everyone seems to be, and that art, petry, music whatever, all these things are are very much part of daily life." He also believes that elements of his music appeal to Russian sensibilities. "Some of my songs have a heartfelt, melancholy quality and maybe they respond to that,"he says. "My thing has always been the blues in all its forms, and I think the appeal is universal. But they also like to dance and enjoy themselves in Russia, and although they may have been a bit intimidated at first by the sound system, they certainly got into it." Although Ferry is taking a rest from live shows after a year promoting ATGB album, he will be returning to Russia. "I'm already looking forawrd to repeating the experience and would like to play other cities like Kiev. Maybe we'll go to other places where Western bands don't usually play. I've never been to China, you know..."' There's also a couple of photos, one by Belinda Enthoven and the other by that arch enemy Antony Price. I'll try and scan them and send them to Kikki but let me unpack first! Regards, Andrew ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 10:21:50 -0800 From: "David Firmin" Subject: [AVALON] Badfinger Hi y'all, I just wanted to share this with you. We all Know Roxy Music was the best band to emerge since the Beatles. So, I thought you might appreciate another band that sounds hauntingly like the Beatles with a little Roxy thrown in. They're called Badfinger. Check out their website http://www.joeymolland.com/badfinger/featuresmain.htm If you like Roxy you'll love these guys. With tunes like: No Matter What, Day After Day, Baby Blue, Come and Get It and Without You. Of course they had a very tragic story. Thanks, David - -- RMLC - every Roxy Music link on the internet (no matter how insignificant) http://home.ix.netcom.com/~dfirmin/amlinks.html ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:45:37 EST From: ShyGuy8119@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Badfinger In a message dated 12/8/00 10:42:26 AM Pacific Standard Time, eddieriff@yahoo.com writes: << I just wanted to share this with you. We all Know Roxy Music was the best band to emerge since the Beatles. So, I thought you might appreciate another band that sounds hauntingly like the Beatles with a little Roxy thrown in. They're called Badfinger. Check out their website http://www.joeymolland.com/badfinger/featuresmain.htm >> Well, yes, of course, Badfinger was George Harrison's backing band for a while, at least utilizing most of its members throughout the 1970s. Paul ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:57:33 EST From: JObinv01@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] avalondictionary.com In a message dated 08/12/00 12:15:56 GMT Standard Time, cjem@his.com writes: << From dictionary.com: Camp: 1. An affectation or appreciation of manners and tastes commonly thought to be artificial, vulgar, or banal. >> Camp also means in Avalon, the place where I sleep at the outdoor summer gigs J.O'B ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:03:55 -0600 (CST) From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (Mary Korfanty) Subject: [AVALON] Re: Reecey's News Could this somewhat be the News about to happen?------The line up for the UK's ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES FESTIVAL to be held APRIL 6-8 in CAMBER SANDS. --Chicago Instrumental outfit TORTOISE is "curating" & performing at this yrs. edition which is set to feature the first live appearance in eight yrs. from New York rock act TELEVISION.---More artists will be added in the coming wks.---- Will Ferry be performing? Marlana............. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 22:56:07 +0000 From: stevesiren Subject: [AVALON] ATAP, the fightback Simon, while i take your point about "sunshine" (i always thought he was trying to recreate "these foolish things") I still think it's a great album "funny how time etc." & the title track especially are 2 of bryans better solo offerings ,& are fantastic songs to get nostalgic about Oh no! now i've got to play "just another high" again.! Steve > > > Simon Galloway wrote: > > I do wonder about that version of Sympathy For The Devil. Still, nothing can compare to You Are My Susnshine and other ATAP mis-firings! > > SimonG > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > The subliminable footer says: > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 06:43:48 -0000 From: "Guy Lawley" Subject: [AVALON] Cheesy vs. Camp, Round 11 I like Tim Kendrick's notion very much: " I couldn't lay out a copper-bottomed definition of 'cheesy', but I take it to be material that was done 'straight' in its day, and which much of its audience took at face value, but which time has embellished (in some people's eyes) with a certain kistch allure." From what others have contributed, it seems about right for the *current* meaning of "cheesy" as used by younger, hipper (!?) Avalonians. I knew the dreaded K-word would have to rear its head. We're back in "So bad it's good" territory here. Nein danke! Thanks to all who have helped to educate this 42 year old Brit. Colleen, I deliberately avoided looking at a dictionary (usually I would rush to my New Oxford English) before my original post, as I wanted to put it in my own words and see how my view fitted with other peoples' view of the current, "living" usage of the words. Thanks for the dictionary quotes. Got a train to catch now, or I'd be digging up some others! Seasonally Affected Greetings Guy ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V5 #432 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest