From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #38 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, February 3 2001 Volume 06 : Number 038 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Lucy and the DVD going down The Strand ["Simon Galloway" ] Re: [AVALON] New York Roxy Tribute ["Simon Galloway" ] Re: [AVALON] Only 17... ["Simon Galloway" ] Re: [AVALON] Curtain Raiser ["David Squires " ] RE: [AVALON] The DVD ["Guy Lawley" ] RE: [AVALON] The money grabbers ["Guy Lawley" ] Re: [AVALON] The DVD ["Ivor Canning" ] Re: [AVALON] DVD [KWil632057@aol.com] [AVALON] RESCUED? ["Andy (Hotmail)" ] Re: [AVALON] Curtain Raiser ["Prince of Happiness" ] Re: [AVALON] The DVD ["Ivor Canning" ] [AVALON] update ["Reecey" ] [AVALON] Roxy On Stage ["Strimples" ] R: [AVALON] update ["danilo" ] RE: [AVALON] The DVD ["Chris Turner" ] RE: [AVALON] The DVD ["the manifesto" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 09:33:41 +0000 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: [AVALON] Lucy and the DVD going down The Strand >>> 02/02 6:07 am >>> >And don't get me started on Lucy..... Well I'm going to! I was watching the DVD last night (on the computer) and it's not very engaging. It all seems flat and the strings lack something....... LUCY W!!! I knew that she wasn't on it, but in comparison to the Cirque Royal video.... well there is no comparison! BTW isn't the Savoy on The Strand? And the 12th is a week this coming Monday (for all you calendar watchers out there). It's too cold to hang around near the river this time of year though. Brrrrr.... SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 09:41:50 +0000 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: RE: [AVALON] The money grabbers >>> Adrew Howard 02/01 10:59 pm >>> >The whole Roxy/Ferry aura has lost something from the days when they/ he did >their darndest to entertain every single person. It was fun then, it appears to a >business now and the worst consequence is that the detail on a Ferry product >appears to be getting lost while they are milking this cash cow. "Another sign of >the times"? Well, there's so little "new" product that the cash cow has no choice but to have a severe milking. Maybe if the output rate increased a little there might be some willingness to make things that bit more special instead of minimum effort (DVD and untold future compilations) for maximum returns. BTW I used a "#2 off" voucher when I bought the DVD. They ain't milking my credit card!......too much..... SimonG PS The Money Grabbers sounds like some early 1970s TV show. Great name for a band!! ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:00:41 +0000 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: [AVALON] New York Roxy Tribute Looks like the whole audience is getting up to do a number! >>> "Chris Turner" 02/02 4:20 am >>> with guest singers: Leif Arntzen, Nick Danger,, David Driver, Jim Ferguson, Neill Furio, Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, Joe Hurley, Owen McCarthy, Ed Rogers, Lianne Smith, Tony Zajkowski, Josh Tyler (wed, fri, sat), Ivy Markaity (thur, sat), Richard Barone (Thur, Fri), Guy Finley (wed, fri), Phil Foxman (thur, sat), Lenny Zenith (wed, fri), Joe Condiracci (thur), Alice Cohen (fri, sat), Debby Schwartz (wed, sat), Vic Thrill (thur, sat), Cathy Cervenka (thur, sat), Justin Bond (wed, thur), Julia Greenberg (fri, sat), Jenny Muldaur (wed, fri), Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons--thur, sat), Amanda Thorpe (wed, fri), Bibi Farber & Peter Stewart (fri), the Weeds of Eden (thur), Stew & Heidi (sat), plus more TBA ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:22:11 +0000 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Only 17... >>> "Laura Shadbolt" 02/01 6:14 pm >>> >It's a shame I have to be the correspondent for the culture of teenage girls, >but there you go ;-) It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it! ;-) SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:10:43 -0000 From: "David Squires " Subject: Re: [AVALON] Curtain Raiser I think Psalm would be an interesting place to start, followed by Serenade. From gospel to motown... David - -- David Squires, Wimbotsham, Norfolk, UK ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:12:27 -0000 From: "Guy Lawley" Subject: RE: [AVALON] The DVD Maybe there's a Euro-released VHS of the Paris set? The DVD seems to be Virgin Germany release. The tape wouldn't be offered to UK shops because of the coding difference. Euro-VHS plays B&W on a UK VCR ! And not at all on a standard USA VCR, of course. Your TLA correspondent GCL - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of KWil632057@aol.com Sent: 01 February 2001 19:45 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] The DVD The official site maintains the dvd is avaliable on VHS... Jonathan ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:22:52 -0000 From: "Guy Lawley" Subject: RE: [AVALON] The money grabbers Unlike me to defend the capitalist ethic, but let's face it, if Roxy weren't a "cash cow", we wouldn't be getting another chance to see them playing together, would we? I agree on the DVD though. "Extra's" are one reason why the huge cost mark-up of a DVD is worth paying; a couple of promo vids and an interview wouldn't have been that difficult to add on, would they? Guy - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Adrew Howard Sent: 01 February 2001 23:00 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: RE: [AVALON] The money grabbers It was fun then, it appears to a business now and the worst consequence is that the detail on a Ferry product appears to be getting lost while they are milking this cash cow. "Another sign of the times"? Drew _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 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, 2 Feb 2001 13:05:52 -0800 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] The DVD Dear All, Picture the scene... On Wednesday, for the first time in years, I find myself in Reading for a meeting. I get there early, so what do I do ? I head for the new HMV in the Oracle centre, of course... But what's this ? No Ferry DVD ? Why ever not ? Now I know ... this confession, in Andrew "Shades" Shearer's own hand: > I managed to get the DVD in HMV,Reading yesterday. It didn't seem to be in > any other shops and there was only one copy in HMV. I say to you, this man is a blighter !!! A cad and a scoundrel of the first order... > To be honest with you I'm a bit disappointed with it. No more than you deserve. I say again ... blighter !! S8^) Regards, Ivor. n.p. Roger Eno 'The Music of Neglected English Composers' (purchased, sulkily, in a vain attempt to cheer myself up...) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 08:06:08 EST From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] DVD Lets face it, this whole release has been botched up as has become normal with Bryans stuff. Lets hope 'Rescued' is properly distributed...... In a message dated 02/02/01 12:32:08 GMT Standard Time, organism-001@supanet.com writes: << I agree on the DVD though. "Extra's" are one reason why the huge cost mark-up of a DVD is worth paying; a couple of promo vids and an interview wouldn't have been that difficult to add on, would they? >> ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 13:41:15 -0000 From: "Andy (Hotmail)" Subject: [AVALON] RESCUED? Killwilly (KWilxxxx=Jonathan?) wrote something about not botching the release of RESCUED. Have I missed something? What is this 'rescued'? Curious in Corsham ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 08:14:53 -0600 From: "Prince of Happiness" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Curtain Raiser >I think Psalm would be an interesting place to start, followed by >Serenade. From gospel to motown... I thought of "Would You Believe?" as the opener. With a nice slow opening, faster mid, then back to slow again it would set up anything to follow it up nicely. That and it's title sums up quite nicely what many, many Roxy fans have to say... The Prince of Happiness "Well she's a total blam blam/She said she had to squeeze it/and then she, then she..."-David Bowie, "Sufferagette City" http://princeofhappines.tripod.com/thepageofhappines.html _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 14:33:27 -0000 From: "Andrew Shearer" Subject: Re: [AVALON] The DVD Ha! Ha! You should've looked in the Eurythmics section 'cos I slipped it in there whilst I went to see if I could get it cheaper elsewhere! What time was it? I bought it about 2:00pm. You should've told me we could've had a drink (and I'd let you have a look at it's cover!) A. >From: "Ivor Canning" >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org >To: >Subject: Re: [AVALON] The DVD >Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 13:05:52 -0800 > >Dear All, > >Picture the scene... > >On Wednesday, for the first time in years, I find myself in Reading for a >meeting. I get there early, so what do I do ? I head for the new HMV in >the Oracle centre, of course... But what's this ? No Ferry DVD ? Why >ever >not ? Now I know ... this confession, in Andrew "Shades" Shearer's own >hand: > > > I managed to get the DVD in HMV,Reading yesterday. It didn't seem to be >in > > any other shops and there was only one copy in HMV. > >I say to you, this man is a blighter !!! A cad and a scoundrel of the >first >order... > > > To be honest with you I'm a bit disappointed with it. > >No more than you deserve. I say again ... blighter !! > >S8^) > >Regards, > >Ivor. > >n.p. Roger Eno 'The Music of Neglected English Composers' (purchased, >sulkily, in a vain attempt to cheer myself up...) > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The subliminable footer says: >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 15:57:17 -0800 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] The DVD 'Shades' Shearer (aged 12 and three-quarters): > Ha! Ha! You should've looked in the Eurythmics section 'cos I slipped it in > there whilst I went to see if I could get it cheaper elsewhere! Oh, how childish !! (Actually whenever I'm in the Bristol branch of Virgin Megastore I often find it's best to hide things in the "Emerson Lake and Palmer" or sometimes the "Yes" section ... always seems to work for me, anyway - tee hee !) Regards, Ivor. n.p. The Undertones 'True Confessions' ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 17:42:50 -0000 From: "Reecey" Subject: [AVALON] update Quite a week, what with reunion and tour news breaking, not to mention the appearance (or, more to the point, non-appearance) of the DVD. Before we set off in all directions later this year for Roxy happenings, a quick reminder if you want to be there for the dry run (dry ? - you must be joking). It's 15 days and counting to 'A Mad Affair', the biggest Avalonian get together since... well, ever. So, 2 weeks to go, and how many Tickets left ? Well, I'll tell you. Only 2 !!! Thanks to all, a brill 98 reservations in so far, but it does leave us with the fact that it's now sure to be a sell-out. A few of us are nipping down to the venue 'The Spot' next week for a few last minute plans, so we're going to try to beg for another 10 'places' - as we know we're now going to need them. Not sure whether we'll get permission or not, but worth a try. Next week, we'll reveal to you the details of the Raffle prizes we have lined up - a few real goodies in there, with the promise of more to come prior to the event. Do remember there will be no tickets available on the door on the night. So, any last minute stragglers wanting to come along, whether to attempt to pick up autographed goodies in the Raffle, groove to Remake Remodel, or just to get completely 'blootered' (Scottish word - self explanatory) then contact me offlist. Our 'timetable' for the evening is at http://come.to/a-mad-affair and don't forget the ins and outs of this whole madness on a daily basis - from it's inception right up to the present day, as told by Ron from Remake Remodel on their website in the 'Mad Affair Diary' at www.geocities.com/re_make_re_model We'll try to get something arranged too with the idea of some of us meeting up in central London, the night before AMA, as a little aperitif. Have a fine weekend, party time wasting... Reecey... ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:33:05 -0500 From: "Strimples" Subject: [AVALON] Roxy On Stage I would like to have a long intro but with Phil & Andy entering with Bryan. Also i would like to have the opener be a rocker, Then Main Thing is just to slow tempo of an opener for me. I would like to hear BEB the way it was on Viva!, They seemed to have slowed that down in the later years. As far as the set list itself, maybe if they changed it up a bit every couple of shows and rotate a couple of songs, then they would have a chance to play more "surprises". Lastly, i would hope this will be at least a 2+hour show. Just my 2+ cents, Steve ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 19:06:18 +0100 From: "danilo" Subject: R: [AVALON] update JEEZE Reecey don't make me cry :-)))) How can I get my plane from Italy to LONDON??? ssssssigh dan :-) > So, any last minute stragglers wanting to come along, whether to attempt to > pick up autographed goodies in the Raffle, groove to Remake Remodel, or just > to get completely 'blootered' (Scottish word - self explanatory) then > contact me offlist. > Our 'timetable' for the evening is at http://come.to/a-mad-affair and don't > forget the ins and outs of this whole madness on a daily basis - from it's > inception right up to the present day, as told by Ron from Remake Remodel on > their website in the 'Mad Affair Diary' at > www.geocities.com/re_make_re_model > We'll try to get something arranged too with the idea of some of us meeting > up in central London, the night before AMA, as a little aperitif. > Have a fine weekend, party time wasting... > > Reecey... > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 3 Feb 2001 01:02:53 -0000 From: "Chris Turner" Subject: RE: [AVALON] The DVD Ouch! I've been satirised...(winces) Chris PS. The Undertones? - You do have one record in 4/4 time then? I can picture you now Ive, kaftan covered in button badges... - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Ivor Canning (Actually whenever I'm in the Bristol branch of Virgin Megastore I often find it's best to hide things in the "Emerson Lake and Palmer" or sometimes the "Yes" section ... always seems to work for me, anyway - tee hee !) Regards, Ivor. n.p. The Undertones 'True Confessions' ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 03:10:04 -0000 From: "the manifesto" Subject: RE: [AVALON] The DVD You can order the DVD (Region 2 format) for #15.99 (normal price #19.99)with free P&P to anywhere in the world at www.bensonsworld.co.uk M. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #38 *************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest