From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #120 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Monday, March 26 2001 Volume 06 : Number 120 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Ultravox off topic [stevesiren ] Re: [AVALON] The Tubes in NYC (no Roxy / Ferry) [Avalon887@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Chicago Avalonians ["Peter Seely" ] RE: [AVALON] Ultravox off topic ["Chris Turner" ] Re: [AVALON] Chicago on-sale date??? ["Peter Seely" ] Re: Re: [AVALON]Band member steps in [KRNCHSE@aol.com] [AVALON] Anyone know about Australian tour dates? ["Lindsay Ball" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ultravox off topic I think it was a question of Foxx wanting to go solo, & the rest of the group not wanting to split, hence the arrival of the Slik Rich Kid Mure. Foxx had about 4 or 5 solo albums including "Metamatix" which was damn fine , altough to me it does sound a little dated today. Steve Bill Gillam wrote: > I know this goes WAY back.. but I never managed to determine why John Foxx was > replaced with Midge Ure. Does anyone on this list know that story? I remember > seeing the original line up.. then some months later there was another booking at > the same venue that I attended and the crowd, including me, was caught by surprise > that there was a new vocalist. I bought the first non Foxx LP but lost interest > after that. > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:16:20 -0800 From: Ida M Miller Subject: Re:[AVALON] The TubesiWORLD TOUR?????????? They are indeed alive ... Fee left the band for awhile but has been with them for some time now. I saw them twice last year; I even saw Fee just last weekend at a celebrity golf tourney near my home that I was at, for the purpose of following The Doors' Robby Krieger from hole to hole. Altho their stage show is not of the grandiose proportions that it was in the 70's when I first saw them, Fee still does a costume change for every song, they still use alot of props, he still does mostly the early stuff (with a few more recent tunes thrown in), and they still put on a HELLUVA show. And there are still several original members in the band, altho their names elude me. Ida danilo wrote: > > ARE Spooner Waybill RE and the guys still alive??????? > > JEZEE!!! Please, can someone tape the concert???? > > Italian-with-no-good-music dan :-) > > -----Messaggio Originale----- > Da: "Ida M Miller" > A: "AVALON mailing list" > Data invio: domenica 25 marzo 2001 18.52 > Oggetto: [AVALON] The Tubes in NYC (no Roxy / Ferry) > > > By any chance, are there any Avalonians in the NYC area who are planning > > to go to BB Kings Blues Club in NYC on Monday, April 2nd, to see The > > Tubes? > > > > If so, please contact me off-list for a possible Chance Meeting. > > > > > > Ida ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:18:06 -0800 From: Ida M Miller Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chicago Avalonians Is Chicago having a snowstorm? You poor people ... it's springtime, fer crissakes. Ida Peter Seely wrote: > would be on sale today. We waited in a snowstorm for two hours with no luck. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 17:40:13 EST From: Avalon887@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] The Tubes in NYC (no Roxy / Ferry) wow The Tubes? I remember seeing them a very long time ago and they were great! I'm going to BB King's Blues Club Wednesday night 3/28 to see Delbert McClinton who hasn't been around in about 3 years!!! Eileen in Kew Gardens ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 16:33:30 -0500 From: "Peter Seely" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chicago Avalonians The snow is the least of my problems. For Roxy, I would walk a thousand miles... you know the rest. Pete - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ida M Miller" To: Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chicago Avalonians > Is Chicago having a snowstorm? You poor people ... it's springtime, > fer crissakes. > > Ida > > > > Peter Seely wrote: > > > would be on sale today. We waited in a snowstorm for two hours with no luck. > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 00:58:04 +0100 From: "Chris Turner" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Ultravox off topic John Foxx? I liked his 'Underpants' Ha ha ha ha ha ha.... Chris (giving that joke its annual airing) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of stevesiren Sent: 25 March 2001 22:17 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ultravox off topic I think it was a question of Foxx wanting to go solo, & the rest of the group not wanting to split, hence the arrival of the Slik Rich Kid Mure. Foxx had about 4 or 5 solo albums including "Metamatix" which was damn fine , altough to me it does sound a little dated today. Steve ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 17:32:16 -0500 From: "Peter Seely" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Chicago on-sale date??? Jeff, I was at the Allstate Arena today, and the cop who told us where the box office was knew more about Roxy Music than the schlepp at the window. "Oh yeah, Bryan Ferry." Pete - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Turner" To: Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 4:08 PM Subject: [AVALON] Chicago on-sale date??? > I just spoke to someone in the Allstate Arena boxoffice and asked if they > knew when tickets for Roxy Music were to go on sale. Her first response was > an earsplitting "WHO?" I told her again. "Who's that?" "They're an English > band from the 70s who's doing a reunion tour and they're playing at your > facility on July 30." "Did they sing (insert name of song I've never heard > of here)." "No, they sang 'Love is the Drug.'" And so on.... At this point I > think she thought I was asking about Roxette. Anyway, she finally found a > listing and said "Noon on Sunday March 25." I told her Ticketmaster doesn't > know anything about it. And she said, "Well, they wouldn't because it > wouldn't be on their computer yet." I said, "How could they be selling > tickets for it if it's not on their computer?" "Oh, is today the 25th?" Now, > one question I'd like to pose to our UK members: is customer service this > bad on your side of the ocean too, or is this just an American thing? > > She finally concluded that the date must have been changed, since today is > the 25th and they're not on sale now. After thanking her and hanging up, I > decided that the SFX date of April 8 must be correct. Phil Manzanera's site > now says, > > "Tickets are on sale Sunday March 26 at noon according to the Rosemont web > site and Sunday April 8th at noon according to SFX." > > which means that his folks don't know either. Also, Sunday March 26 is a > date that doesn't exist in the year of our Lord 2001. Or maybe that's the > problem--since it's a date that doesn't exist (much like the second Tuesday > of next week), maybe that's why the tickets aren't on sale yet. > > Tickets shouldn't have to be so difficult to order. Although I guess it > could be worse--Roxy might not have decided to do a reunion tour. > > Anxiously yours, > Jeff > _________________________________________________________________ > 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:28:47 EST From: KRNCHSE@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: [AVALON]Band member steps in In a message dated 3/25/1 9:29:55 PM, you wrote: <> It was today reported in the National Enquirer "Following reports that frostbitten fans of the recently reformed Roxy Music have become increasingly frustrated at the abysmal distribution of forthcoming concert tickets-Band frontman and affable crooner Mr Byron Ferrari,will be personally flogging tickets from a custom converted Airstream in the Chicago Venue parking lot from early tomorrow morning.Taking a break from rehearsals,he was recently spotted dining on pink Calves liver and a little Chianti.He was overheard casualy mentioning that"Yes ,a former disgruntled bandmate had apparently been twidling some knobs and typing the odd code here and there,and had TOTALLY sabotaged the whole F*%$#*G shabang !" The password for this 'Pre-sale' event is -COLJUSTBLEWMYMIND, ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:34:55 +1000 From: "Lindsay Ball" Subject: [AVALON] Anyone know about Australian tour dates? In a recent post, Jim Dillon said: "It would seem that the "50 World Tour Stops" that were First Spoken of are now "PRETTY SET" around the world, North America included." It seems that the North American schedule is well known. Meanwhile, we in the Antipodes are patiently waiting for an announcement. Being a keen RF / RM admirer, I am anxious to get good seats - does anyone have any details on tour dates / venues in Australia? Lindsay Ball Brisbane, Australia ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 05:09:16 From: "mark shanahan" Subject: [AVALON] this is chicago calling ... well i, in ann arbor, mi - had the same exact experience as the chicago avalonians in attempting to obtain tickets for this fictitious roxy reunion. [see, i'm sorry ... i'm starting to believe in this elaborate hoax theory that any money paid in for ticks has actually been diverted to the re-elect (ha-ha-ha, ad nauseum) geo w. bush fund (any extra to the trent lott retirement fund)]. i'm really wondering if the tickets i hold in my hot little hand (detroit) are even really *tickets* at all ... just kidding! i think that this is hands-down the A #1 best organized, intelligent, helpful, user-friendly and generally well-done tour experience - - ever! well, i mean thus far - how can anyone complain?!?! FYI, the guy at the counter for ticketmaster said if tickets are to be on sale, the info would be available on ANY ticketmaster computer (authorized to sell tickets for that region, blah-blah-blah) by THURSDAY of THAT WEEK. also - and obviously some chicagoans have this # (i did not) - here is the supposed (ho-ho-ho) 'human' number for the allstate arena: 847 671 9800. i see it's done much good for the local illinoisians (is that right?). anyway - - i told this guy locally at the ticketmaster counter that he was the most helpful person i've dealt with in two states. i'm sure i made his day. in spite of this, i'm STILL looking forward to this tour -- BUT -- aren't they making us work just a little EXTRA hard for it? hmmmmmm? well, i hope the on-sale info's helpful. ciao/ms (where it's back to deepest/darkest winter) _________________________________________________________________ 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: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 05:47:17 From: "Kelly Weinberger" Subject: Re: [AVALON] this is chicago calling ... ya know, you might have something with this conspiracy theory. a non-existent date, ticket people completely unaware of the event and clueless about the artists...does anyone know the whereabouts of that infamous 'flangebracket' person who faked a new Ferry album cover at the expense of ever-hopeful avalonians a couple of years ago???? >From: "mark shanahan" >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org >To: avalon@smoe.org >Subject: [AVALON] this is chicago calling ... >Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 05:09:16 > >well i, in ann arbor, mi - had the same exact experience as the chicago >avalonians in attempting to obtain tickets for this fictitious roxy >reunion. > [see, i'm sorry ... i'm starting to believe in this elaborate hoax theory >that any money paid in for ticks has actually been diverted to the re-elect >(ha-ha-ha, ad nauseum) geo w. bush fund (any extra to the trent lott >retirement fund)]. i'm really wondering if the tickets i hold in my hot >little hand (detroit) are even really *tickets* at all ... > >just kidding! i think that this is hands-down the A #1 best organized, >intelligent, helpful, user-friendly and generally well-done tour experience >- ever! well, i mean thus far - how can anyone complain?!?! > >FYI, the guy at the counter for ticketmaster said if tickets are to be on >sale, the info would be available on ANY ticketmaster computer (authorized >to sell tickets for that region, blah-blah-blah) by THURSDAY of THAT WEEK. >also - and obviously some chicagoans have this # (i did not) - here is the >supposed (ho-ho-ho) 'human' number for the allstate arena: 847 671 9800. >i >see it's done much good for the local illinoisians (is that right?). >anyway >- i told this guy locally at the ticketmaster counter that he was the most >helpful person i've dealt with in two states. i'm sure i made his day. > >in spite of this, i'm STILL looking forward to this tour -- BUT -- aren't >they making us work just a little EXTRA hard for it? hmmmmmm? > >well, i hope the on-sale info's helpful. > >ciao/ms (where it's back to deepest/darkest winter) >_________________________________________________________________ >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 > _________________________________________________________________ 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: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:37:22 +0100 From: "David Squires " Subject: [AVALON] Martin Hannett (was Roxy and Me) On 25 Mar 2001, at 10:02, Jim Rosencutter wrote: > It's especially nice to hear the stuff off of their last two albums > without the Martin Hannett murkiness Just wanted to say that I really like the Hannett murkiness, especially on the John Cooper Clarke and other Manchester stuff about that time. Dark, gothic, urban, smacked-out, non-linear psychedelia. IMHO, of course! David - -- David Squires, Wimbotsham, Norfolk, UK ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #120 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest