From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #127 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, March 30 2001 Volume 06 : Number 127 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Off topic (Dirk, Stig, Nasty and Barry) ["Ivor Canning" ] [AVALON] New Wembley date announced ["Chris Turner" ] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! ["Richard Jones" ] [AVALON] Farm Aid ["Chris Turner" ] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! [jmdillon@mindspring.com] RE: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! ["Chris Turner" ] Re: [AVALON] ASFE, the end? [Colleen Matan ] Re: [AVALON] ASFE, the end? [KB Porter ] Re: [AVALON] Delbert McClinton [KB Porter ] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! [KB Porter ] Re: [AVALON] CASANOVA'S BOSSNOVA [KB Porter ] [AVALON] For KB Porter PLEASURE .-) ["danilo" ] [AVALON] Giant Ground Sloth [David Firmin ] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! [David Firmin ] [AVALON] Re: MUSIC ["Paul Bodine" ] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! [Jads2@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! [Jads2@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced ["mark shanahan" ] [AVALON] Bryan or Eno ["Niki H" ] Re: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced ["gudcat" ] RE: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced ["Chris Turner" ] RE: [AVALON] Bryan jumpst 33 places in UK GQ best dressed man list [Micha] Re: [AVALON] OT Ayers/Spiders ["Ivor Canning" ] RE: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced ["mark shanahan" ] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! ["Han Snijders" ] Re: [AVALON] Off topic (Dirk, Stig, Nasty and Barry) ["ppavlock" ] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! ["David Squires " ] Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! [David Firmin ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:28:40 -0800 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Off topic (Dirk, Stig, Nasty and Barry) It was here (well, just back there actually...) that William Sommers said: > Uh, actually the first two associations that come to mind here are Kevin > Ayers and Mike Oldfield. I'm not sure I've ever even heard The Rutles. Well, I wasn't expressing a personal preference, you understand (my earliest recollection of Ollie Halsall is with Ayers on the ACNE album 'June 1 1974', despite the fact I wasn't much impressed with Ayers' songs). However, I think it's a safe bet to say that more people will have heard (and certainly *heard of*) The Rutles than Kevin Ayers and The Whole World - they were, after all, bigger than Rod...S8^) Halsall would have been better known if he'd played an acting role in the programme (like Patto bandmate John Halsey or ex-Beach Boy sessioneer Rikki Fataar). Regards, Ivor (merely an amateur drinker) n.p. The Spiders From Mars (a definite case of a brand name being stretched beyond reasonable limits...!) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:45:40 -0000 From: "Therese O'Donnell" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! Ok so since the TGPT thing is gathering momentum I was wondering if people would like to vote for the song to best showcase said TGPT's talents. The one that springs to mind for me (off the top of my head) is 'Editions of You'. No dubt some of you will disgaree. So go on disagree with your own suggestions! Cheers Therese _________________________________________________________________________ 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, 30 Mar 2001 10:53:07 +0100 From: "Chris Turner" Subject: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced Hi Folks, A third Wembley date on Sunday 24th June has been announced. Wembley 0208 902 0902 www.wembleytickets.com I got tix in row 2 Regards Chris ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:20:56 -0000 From: "Richard Jones" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! Editions of You would be my choice too! I haven't played this track for a while but Paul's drumming is the element I remember most. But I do wonder if Roxy will play tracks like this favouring later stuff instead. Of course, I'm sure they'll play Do the Strand but that is better known Richard - ----Original Message Follows---- Ok so since the TGPT thing is gathering momentum I was wondering if people would like to vote for the song to best showcase said TGPT's talents. The one that springs to mind for me (off the top of my head) is 'Editions of You'. No dubt some of you will disgaree. So go on disagree with your own suggestions! Cheers Therese _________________________________________________________________________ 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 _________________________________________________________________________ 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, 30 Mar 2001 11:38:34 +0100 From: "Simon Galloway" Subject: [AVALON] OT Ayers/Spiders > my earliest recollection of Ollie Halsall is with Ayers on the ACNE album > 'June 1 1974', despite the fact I wasn't much impressed with Ayers' songs). Ayers' songs aren't very good performances on that album, but the studio version of Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes is fab! The first time I heard that it stopped me dead in my tracks and I went out the next day, not knowing what the song was called and bought the first Kevin Ayers album I found. It just so happened to be "whatevershebringswesing" including that very song! What luck! > n.p. The Spiders From Mars (a definite case of a brand name being stretched > beyond reasonable limits...!) Urgh! What you playing that for?? It's just "one for the collection", I picked mine up at a car boot sale and have still not played it to this day! SimonG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:52:34 +0100 From: "Chris Turner" Subject: [AVALON] Farm Aid Michael Eavis, promoter of the Glastonbury Festival has announced that a fundraising concert for farmers affected by the current foot and mouth outbreak will take place at the Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet in September, to be called Farm Aid, and similar to the Dylan/Mellancamp endorsed endeavours in the US. REM and groan, Neil Young are rumoured attendees and Eavis himself talks of big-name acts on the bill. The Glastonbury Festival site is only five or so miles away, and Eavis never has any problems attracting big acts. Roxy were rumoured to be an intended headliner last year. Surely this is an opportunity for BF to show his support for his beloved countryside (and a local gig for Somerset-based Andy Mackay) Not a bad gig for me either at only fifteen miles away... Chris ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 07:12:03 -0500 From: jmdillon@mindspring.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! Good Morning All First, my (jealous) congratulations to our British members for the addition of two new additional Roxy Music shows in England. Also, please pardon the omission from my earlier post regarding the continuing Paul Thompson rumor. A good amount of credit goes to Mr. Chris Turner for his information gathering skills regarding this subject. Regards John D - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:12 AM Subject: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! > Good evening. I sincerely hope all is well. > > OK. > Well with the actuality looming of nothing solid or new to report I will > pull something > "out of the way", out of the corner. > > Paul Thompson. > > Whispers are continuing to bang about in regards to Paul Thompson and they > do not seem to be going away. > > I guess it all started when the question of a possible "Paul Thompson" on > drums was popped to seemingly surprised Bryan back at the official "Roxy > Music World Tour 2001* Press Conference" kick off back in Feb. > > Now I am not rallying to Bryan's defense here but I think he was actually > "taken aback" more by the deliberate strength of the question than the > question itself. > His then fringing humorous retort was taken out of turn and possibly out of > context. > > I think it can now be easily said: > Not courting the true possibility of "PT as band member" was an early > promotional miscalculation. > > So what has happen since? > There have been reported confirmations regarding our (T)GPT and actual tour > auditions. > Did you hear that? > Now this might have been the plan all along .but.did you hear what I just > typed? > > TGPT / an audition. > > Additional credence can be added to this scuttlebutt** if you have been > following what Paul himself has been saying in the last few weeks. > > Much to his gentlemanly credit Paul himself has maintained more than a > mannered station on this topic. All the same, the word "coy" is not lost > here. > It's as my grandfather would say, "..its like the cat that ate the canary." > > Quit personally I for one would love to see Paul as part of this band. > But I also will not distract anything away from Mr. Newmark. > As far as I am concerned he was "called in" and did what he was told to do. > He also did so quite well. > > But back to Paul. The though of our "Roxy Boys" turning to the drum kit and > giving Mr. PT that well deserved bow at the end of "Out of the Blue" is > quite simply: "overwhelming". > It "will" bring the house down. > > Attention: > People who disagree with this premise should have their pulse checked before > operating any type of machinery or auto motive vehicle. > > Regards > John Dillon > *A.P.T. > ** Usage being as "gossip" and not "BS" slang. > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 30 Mar 2001 13:34:48 +0100 From: "Chris Turner" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! Just to qualify John's last message, there is a second Birmingham UK gig on Sunday the 17th of June, making 10 UK gigs in all (plus Dublin) Regards Chris - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of jmdillon@mindspring.com Sent: 30 March 2001 13:12 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! Good Morning All First, my (jealous) congratulations to our British members for the addition of two new additional Roxy Music shows in England. Also, please pardon the omission from my earlier post regarding the continuing Paul Thompson rumor. A good amount of credit goes to Mr. Chris Turner for his information gathering skills regarding this subject. Regards John D ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:01:52 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] ASFE, the end? On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, William Sommers wrote: > > I'd love to discuss these issues with folks here (and it'd shed light > > on why it was Eno and not Ferry that all the girls were after). > > Not to oversimplify or distract from what would surely be a more > interesting approach, but (having had the opportunity to observe the > Domed One in social context) Eno is a heck of a lot more aggressive in > that regard. Physical flirtatiousness, that is. Actually, I think that is part of the appeal and the Casanova package. Success in this arena would be due to more than pure aggressiveness, no? Colleen (who of course wouldn't know herself, being shy and retiring in these matters) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:04:49 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] ASFE, the end? Ton wrote: "I feel such a need for discussing all kinds of interesting subjects. But, nevertheless, my production rate is still higher than BF's!" Dear Ton: It is so nice to read your posts, not only are you amiable, your insights are helpful for discussion. What intrigues me is the fact that you translate languages - this, alone, arms you with a wealth of possibilities while interpreting lyrics. You are able to read the words, view their multiple linguistic aspects (among other aspect, as well), then intellectually integrate these words with a manner of unique depthness that others do not. You are able to help us see things with a different texture, if you will. Indeed, everyone who contributed to the ASFE discussion helped make it worthwhile. And I second your 'thanks for all'. ASFE, the end? I hope not. How about, ASFE - the beginning? There is so much in Mr. Ferry's work that is worth the effort of discussion. Would anyone be interested in kicking off a discussion of the lyrics from "Spin Me Round"? Don't be shy, folks, I know you want to talk about it! (As do I!) Best wishes to all. K.B.Porter ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:23:21 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] Delbert McClinton Eileen, glad to hear Delbert McClinton was true to form - he's aging, too, you know - just as we all are. I first saw him in 1980. Twenty plus years ago!! You summed Delbert's performances perfectly when you wrote "One of the disadvantages of BB King's Blues Club is it's all tables and chairs. No dance floor and it's hard to stay down while listening to Delbert." Shoot, he's a good ol' Texan! Bet John Mayall's good, too. Best wishes. KBP ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:50:07 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! As I listened to "Editions Of You" (FYP cd) yesterday, I thought "Thompson's Really Good. Wonder if he'll get to play this on tour". Then I listened to "Impossible Guitar" (HSB cd) and thought, "Dang, I hope Manzanera gets to play that on tour". Doesn't take much to please me. :) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:22:21 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] CASANOVA'S BOSSNOVA MORE! PLEASE MORE! - --------------------------- On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, William Sommers wrote: > > I'd love to discuss these issues with folks here (and it'd shed light > > on why it was Eno and not Ferry that all the girls were after). > > Not to oversimplify or distract from what would surely be a more > interesting approach, but (having had the opportunity to observe the > Domed One in social context) Eno is a heck of a lot more aggressive in > that regard. Physical flirtatiousness, that is. Actually, I think that is part of the appeal and the Casanova package. Success in this arena would be due to more than pure aggressiveness, no? Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 18:02:18 +0200 From: "danilo" Subject: [AVALON] For KB Porter PLEASURE .-) > As I listened to "Editions Of You" (FYP cd) yesterday, I thought > "Thompson's Really Good. Wonder if he'll get to play this on tour". > Then I listened to "Impossible Guitar" (HSB cd) and thought, "Dang, I > hope Manzanera gets to play that on tour". > > Doesn't take much to please me. :) > HI! K ! believe me it's enough for me also LOL :-)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) dan ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 08:02:34 -0800 From: David Firmin Subject: [AVALON] Giant Ground Sloth Yeah, I invested all that money and was shorted a toe! The friggin' thing had trouble hanging from the tree. Since then I've been researching some sites to warn others of this scam. The site below has the easy Sloth quiz and the hard Sloth quiz. I find the hard quiz unparalleled to the true sloth enthusiast. Toe-toed and Three-toed Sloth Page http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/1478/sloth.html Maybe I should start a sloth poll! NOT Trivia: The Giant Ground Sloth, which lived before the last ice age, reached the size of the modern elephant. A sloth's gestation period is almost six months. on 3/30/01 4:14 AM, Ivor Canning at ivor.canning@cwcom.net wrote: > 1) David warns of the dangers of slothfulness: > >> I'd be careful! I once got involved in this crazy get-rich-quick scheme >> involving a sloth and some other odd-toed ungulate like a tapir. > > Ah, well, there was your first mistake - sloths are actually of the order > Edentata, not Perissodactyla (the giveaway is that there is in fact a > two-toed species of sloth). Spot on about the tapirs though... ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 08:09:25 -0800 From: David Firmin Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! If we put two and two together - Bill Mac says "Bryan finishes in the studio this week. There are some outstanding organisational issues to resolve. Rehearsals will start in April" Paul said yesterday "I am taking a break for a week so, talk amongst yourselves!" Where is he going? Rehearsals? Looks encouraging... ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:04:15 -0600 From: "Paul Bodine" Subject: [AVALON] Re: MUSIC "Music *is* life and, like it, inextinguishable." --Carl Nielsen "The purpose of art [music]... is the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity." --Glenn Gould "Music is an abstract that we love in the concrete. Women are a concrete that we love in the abstract." --Walker Percy "If it sounds good, it *is* good." --Duke Ellington > > "Music is the vernacular of the human soul." > --Geoffrey Latham > > "The pleasure we obtain from music comes from counting, but counting > unconsciously. Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic." > --Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:06:38 EST From: Jads2@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:09:55 EST From: Jads2@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! I don't get it. Why is there even a question of Paul Thompson being the one. And why is he not considered THE Roxy Music drummer and listed along with ferry/mackay/manzanera as part of the reunion. to me roxy music was always paul thompson. It was always Eno and then eddie jobson. Thompson was never a session man-drummer for hire. He was IN Roxy Music. What gives? ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 17:31:41 From: "mark shanahan" Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced >From: "Chris Turner" >Hi Folks, >A third Wembley date on Sunday 24th June has been announced. >I got tix in row 2 OK, chris -- whose palms did you have to *grease* to get these tickets, huh? is it really possible that ticketmasterUK is that much more efficient than its u.s. counterpart (shock!horror!)? what is the world coming to? btw, i didn't go to ticketmaster chez moi last evening, but will endeavor to do so this. ms _________________________________________________________________ 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, 30 Mar 2001 17:35:25 -0000 From: "Richard Jones" Subject: [AVALON] Bryan jumpst 33 places in UK GQ best dressed man list I was looking through the April (I think) issue of GQ this lunch time whilst waiting in the barbers. Our man featured at number five in a list of fifty. The Gucci designer Tom Ford commented: 'classic timeless style'. There wasn't a pic as far as I could see. Bryan's promotional activity must have paid off since he was listed at 38 last year! This has to be put in context though. Robbie Williams and Johnny Vaughan (the UK former breakfast tv presenter) were both judged to be better dressers than Bryan. And new entrants Guy Ritchie (number two) and Jude Law (number one) headed the list. I don't suppose that classic and timeless is too bad though! Richard No - ----Original Message Follows---- "Music *is* life and, like it, inextinguishable." --Carl Nielsen "The purpose of art [music]... is the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity." --Glenn Gould "Music is an abstract that we love in the concrete. Women are a concrete that we love in the abstract." --Walker Percy "If it sounds good, it *is* good." --Duke Ellington > > "Music is the vernacular of the human soul." > --Geoffrey Latham > > "The pleasure we obtain from music comes from counting, but counting > unconsciously. Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic." > --Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ___________________________________________________________________________ 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, 30 Mar 2001 12:37:07 EST From: Jads2@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: MUSIC "Music is my first love and it will be my last" John Miles ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:05:40 +0100 From: "Niki H" Subject: [AVALON] for stephen pepperrell I wrote to you twice off list but I was told they couldn't be sent,so I'm doing it through avalon.I wanted to thank you for your kind offer,but I don't want photocopies ,I really want the real thing,so many thanks,I will keep looking!why do you think my mail doesn't get to you?niki _________________________________________________________________________ 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, 30 Mar 2001 19:16:06 +0100 From: "Niki H" Subject: [AVALON] Bryan or Eno I don't know where this idea that eno was more popular came from!I can tell you in france it was always Bryan (best ever haircut in rock).Eno was for the boys,in fact Bryan too! _________________________________________________________________________ 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, 30 Mar 2001 19:44:10 +0100 From: "gudcat" Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced Chris-thanks a lot for your earlier posting re-"added"wembley date- sunday24th june,as a result i managed to get in on row 5,for what might be the final u.k.show(?)- and if its useful for any 'phone-booking avalonians,rather than buying "online",i chose to use the'phone "star"(#) keypad button to "prompt" the wembley sales staff to answer,of course,this took a long while,but at least you can request the ticket for what should be (a) preferred/"better"-view/seat(s),rather than taking just what is sent out,so,(bracketed) thanks again,and enjoy the show(tour),y'all now (come on in!) musical regards,-Pete. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Turner To: avalon Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:53 AM Subject: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced > Hi Folks, > > A third Wembley date on Sunday 24th June has been announced. > > Wembley 0208 902 0902 > > www.wembleytickets.com > > I got tix in row 2 > > Regards > > Chris > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 30 Mar 2001 19:45:35 +0100 From: "Chris Turner" Subject: RE: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced Someone very kindly tipped me off via Roxyrama (at 10.45AM) that they were on sale from 9.00AM, I rang the ticket office, and got through first ring and had the tix three minutes later. It is commonplace that the best tickets are available via the venue in the UK, with the online agencies receiving allocations of lesser tickets. We're much more civilised than you colonials ;0) Chris I mailed the list at just after 11.00 BTW - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of mark shanahan Sent: 30 March 2001 17:32 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced >From: "Chris Turner" >Hi Folks, >A third Wembley date on Sunday 24th June has been announced. >I got tix in row 2 OK, chris -- whose palms did you have to *grease* to get these tickets, huh? is it really possible that ticketmasterUK is that much more efficient than its u.s. counterpart (shock!horror!)? what is the world coming to? btw, i didn't go to ticketmaster chez moi last evening, but will endeavor to do so this. ms _________________________________________________________________ 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: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:57:46 -0800 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Giant Ground Sloth David gets his Pleistocene out: > The Giant Ground Sloth, which lived before the last ice age, reached the > size of the modern elephant. I presume you're talking Megatherium americanum, now, right ? > A sloth's gestation period is almost six months. That's nothing - the gestation period of a Bryan Ferry album is anything up to five years. Didn't need no website to tell me that, neither ... Regards, Ivor. n.p. Bob Marley 'Catch A Fire' (the Deluxe Edition 2CD version) - the unreleased Jamaican versions on this are superb !! ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 20:15:21 +0100 From: Michael Hill Subject: RE: [AVALON] Bryan jumpst 33 places in UK GQ best dressed man list Robbie Williams a better dresser than Bryan?Baggy trousers and tea-cosy hats? Yuk!As for Johnny Vaughan;funny guy, but a checked shirt and jeans doesn't really compare to Bryan's classy style. The very thought that he was no. 38 last year! What in the world...? :) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 20:22:25 -0800 From: "Ivor Canning" Subject: Re: [AVALON] OT Ayers/Spiders Simon has no mananas: > Ayers' songs aren't very good performances on that album, but the studio version of Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes is fab! Well OK, on your advice, I'll give it a go ! > > n.p. The Spiders From Mars (a definite case of a brand name being stretched > > beyond reasonable limits...!) > > Urgh! What you playing that for?? It's just "one for the collection", I picked mine up at a car boot sale and have still not played it to this day! Do yourself a favour and keep it that way ! Mine was a cheap CD bought in haste (a couple of pounds from a stall in the West End) and the best thing I can say about it is that it doesn't have any bonus tracks. S8^O I'll bet you've got 'Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat' as well, haven't you ? S;^) Regards, Ivor. n.p. Sonny Rollins 'The Freelance Years' (Complete Riverside and Contemporary Recordings) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:41:50 From: "mark shanahan" Subject: RE: [AVALON] New Wembley date announced >From: "Chris Turner" >Someone very kindly tipped me off via Roxyrama (at 10.45AM) that they were >on sale from 9.00AM, I rang the ticket office, and got through first ring >and had the tix three minutes later. It is commonplace that the best >tickets are available via the venue in the UK, with the online agencies >receiving allocations of lesser tickets. We're much more civilised than you >colonials >;0) i've *heard* that; my _god_, it must be true. i'm moving now so i'll be ready for the next tour. after all, i like that mr. blair ever so much more than mr. sixpack ... so, who was the tipper, prey tell? that is, if you reveal sources in these kinds of instances. peaces/ms (row x, far left section 'inner aisle' seat next to the LEFT CENTER people [scum!]) p.s. i am *not* bitter p.s.s. KBP, that was a totally tongue-in-cheek 'dunce cap' commentthe other day, btw _________________________________________________________________ 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, 30 Mar 2001 21:10:23 +0100 From: "thom.wallace" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! > I don't get it. Why is there even a question of Paul Thompson being the one. > And why is he not considered THE Roxy Music drummer and listed along with > ferry/mackay/manzanera as part of the reunion. > > to me roxy music was always paul thompson. It was always Eno and then eddie > jobson. Thompson was never a session man-drummer for hire. He was IN Roxy > Music. What gives? > It may be something to do with the fact that he left the band in 1980. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:39:12 +0200 From: "Han Snijders" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! In a BF interview with a Dutch paper in 1981 just after the F&Btour started there was this Question and answer about PT Question PT isn't playing one number on the album, three drummers instead of him and he isn't in the tourband. They say that he has broke his tumb. Is he in or out Roxy? BF: I don't know. Already on Manifesto we worked with some other drummers. After three weeks of rehearsals with him he broke his tumb in a motoraccident. (Laughing) Some people think we are a kind of Mafia and made this all up, but it is true. That Paul isn't playing on F&B is because of stylistic reasons . It's difficult to say for me , because I think he's a very good rock drummer, and I don't want to say one bad word about Paul but I wanted a more refined way of drumming and that's too difficult for him. He doesn't practice enough. He is more into shooting (Foxes???) The drummers that play on F&B are practising the whole day. A few hours before a concert the already start with playing. They 've got an American mentality: they are extremely good but they all try to be excellent. The songs on this album will be ruined if they are played in a John Bonham/Led Zeppelin style. But we wanted Paul on the tour, see it as group solidarity. But I think he's now more interested in opening a gunshop. We always had a kind of father son relationship ( guess Bryan is the father ) but I cannot have this responsibility anymore and I don't want it. BTW what happened to that gunshop? Any of the hunters bought his bullets there? I'm know going to Mazanera's site to vote for 'Your applications failed" Han jads wrote: > I don't get it. Why is there even a question of Paul Thompson being the one. > And why is he not considered THE Roxy Music drummer and listed along with > ferry/mackay/manzanera as part of the reunion. > > to me roxy music was always paul thompson. It was always Eno and then eddie > jobson. Thompson was never a session man-drummer for hire. He was IN Roxy > Music. What gives? ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:53:11 -0500 From: "ppavlock" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Off topic (Dirk, Stig, Nasty and Barry) > n.p. The Spiders From Mars (a definite case of a brand name being stretched > beyond reasonable limits...!) Ivor....Is that the post bowie/ronno Spider release?...Good God I haven't listened to that LP in years! Damn it..my turntable is broken....Jeff at the temples of Syrinx. n.p. Alive on Planet Earth- Flower Kings ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:52:36 EST From: PorterMR@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Mini-LP Plastic Sleeves / Laserdiscs Greetings Everyone, I ordered Roxy's remastered _Manifesto_ in the "mini-LP" sleeve not too long ago. Unfortunately, it arrived in shrink-wrap rather than in a plastic protective sleeve. Since all my other "mini-LP" releases have plastic sleeves, I would like for _Manifesto_ to fit in with the collection. (And I want to make sure that the faux OBI strip does not get lost.) Where I can order a few empty plastic sleeves like the ones that Virgin used to protect the cardboard sleeves? Lastly, does anyone know where I might find a copy of Ferry's _New Town_ on laserdisc? I am also looking for the Roxy/Ferry video collection on laserdisc. If anyone has a source other than an on-line auction for either disc, please reply privately. Many thanks, Porter ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:43:29 +0100 From: "David Squires " Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: MUSIC On 30 Mar 2001, at 12:37, Jads2@aol.com wrote: > "Music is my first love and it will be my last" > > John Miles Someone just had to go there, didn't they? David - -- David Squires, Wimbotsham, Norfolk, UK ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:43:29 +0100 From: "David Squires " Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! On 30 Mar 2001, at 21:10, thom.wallace wrote: > It may be something to do with the fact that he left the band in > 1980. Did he fall, or was he pushed? And they'd have had Eno tour with them if they could and he left in 1973! I really hope it's Thundersticks! Newmark's a wonderful drummer, but there's only one Paul Thompson. David - -- David Squires, Wimbotsham, Norfolk, UK ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:37:47 -0800 From: David Firmin Subject: Re: [AVALON] Paul Thompson ! Thanks Han for supplying that. I always wondered why Bryan would choose a bunch of inferior session drummers to replace Paul. He really did want that refined, lifeless sound. Well Bryan, you succeeded with flying colours. on 3/30/01 12:39 PM, Han Snijders at snijders.geest@hetnet.nl wrote: > In a BF interview with a Dutch paper in 1981 just after the F&Btour started > there was this Question and answer about PT > > Question > PT isn't playing one number on the album, three drummers instead of him and > he isn't in the tourband. They say that he has broke his tumb. Is he in or > out Roxy? > > BF: I don't know. Already on Manifesto we worked with some other drummers. > After three weeks of rehearsals with him he broke his tumb in a > motoraccident. (Laughing) Some people think we are a kind of Mafia and made > this all up, but it is true. That Paul isn't playing on F&B is because of > stylistic reasons . It's difficult to say for me , because I think he's a > very good rock drummer, and I don't want to say one bad word about Paul but > I wanted a more refined way of drumming and that's too difficult for him. He > doesn't practice enough. He is more into shooting (Foxes???) The drummers > that play on F&B are practising the whole day. A few hours before a concert > the already start with playing. They 've got an American mentality: they are > extremely good but they all try to be excellent. > The songs on this album will be ruined if they are played in a John > Bonham/Led Zeppelin style. > But we wanted Paul on the tour, see it as group solidarity. But I think he's > now more interested in opening a gunshop. We always had a kind of father son > relationship ( guess Bryan is the father ) but I cannot have this > responsibility anymore and I don't want it. > > BTW what happened to that gunshop? Any of the hunters bought his bullets > there? > > I'm know going to Mazanera's site to vote for 'Your applications failed" > > Han > > jads wrote: >> I don't get it. Why is there even a question of Paul Thompson being the > one. >> And why is he not considered THE Roxy Music drummer and listed along with >> ferry/mackay/manzanera as part of the reunion. >> >> to me roxy music was always paul thompson. It was always Eno and then > eddie >> jobson. Thompson was never a session man-drummer for hire. He was IN > Roxy >> Music. What gives? > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #127 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest