From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #331 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Thursday, July 26 2001 Volume 06 : Number 331 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies [Rickmond Wong ] Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies [Daniel Atterbom ] Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies ["A.L. Jepson" ] Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies ["A.L. Jepson" ] Re: [AVALON] Dancing ["A.L. Jepson" ] [AVALON] T.shirt story ["Niki H" ] [AVALON] to alan ["Niki H" ] [AVALON] Off topic for sure [Chandla911@aol.com] [AVALON] Friend of Dorothy? [Chandla911@aol.com] [AVALON] Concert T-Shirt [MalteseH@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] To Niki ["A.L. Jepson" ] Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies ["terrypaulrigz8c" ] RE: [AVALON] to alan [Rosalind Bull ] [AVALON] Dancing - continued ["Nigel Hollis" ] RE: [AVALON] Dancing - continued [Rosalind Bull ] Re: [AVALON] To Niki ["A.L. Jepson" ] Re: [AVALON] Oh dear. [KB Porter ] [AVALON] Concord Pavilion - August 5 - TICKETS [Helchat@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Dancing [Jads2@aol.com] [AVALON] to alan ["Niki H" ] Re: [AVALON] to alan [Daniel Atterbom ] Re: [AVALON] To Niki ["A.L. Jepson" ] [AVALON] MORE Off-Topic Diversions ... 45 label Art [Heather James ] Re: [AVALON] Dancing [Aleks Kocan ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:57:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Rickmond Wong Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies Okay, with all this discussion about David Sylvian and Icehouse cropping up in Avalonia, I think we should come straight out and name some of the OTHER artists, besides Roxy, that we go a little crazy for. I know this is "Avalon," so we should probably limit our discussion of other acts here, but I'm curious as to what our fellow Roxy afficionados listen to, besides Roxy. Here's my tops, presented as an ALL-TIME DREAM FESTIVAL LINEUP: ROXY MUSIC (headliner, of course) BRYAN FERRY (opening for his own band with a few indispensable solo numbers before AM/PM walk on stage) DAVID SYLVIAN & RYUICHI SAKAMOTO (ALMOST sharing top billing with Roxy, if you ask me... ALMOST but not quite) ICEHOUSE (coming on right as the sun is setting) AZTEC CAMERA & PREFAB SPROUT (heck, they're almost the same band) PULP SUEDE MAGNETIC FIELDS RADIOHEAD (relegated to opening act here) with ALPHAVILLE & NEW ORDER in the dance tent DURUTTI COLUMN in the chill lounge and GORDON SUMNER working the concessions booth, of course. Hahahar, Rickmond ===== "Artists in any medium are nothing more than mere hooligans who cannot live within their income of admiration." - Quentin Crisp Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:51:24 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies At 01.57 -0700 1-07-26, Rickmond Wong wrote: >and GORDON SUMNER working the concessions booth, of >course. He displayed a talent for it, starring in "Lock, Stock..." you mean? My tastes go from The Beatles to 70's prog rock and glam, via punk and new wave to soul music. I also like Miles Davis and Southern California stuff. Plus a Swedish Bruce Springsteen called Ulf Lundell, who is also a bestselling author, but is unknown outside Scandinavia. NP Talking Heads The Road to Nowhere Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 05:59:53 -0400 From: "tmoq" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Robert Palmer? - -----Original Message----- From: Simon Galloway To: avalon@smoe.org Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 9:36 AM Subject: [AVALON] Robert Palmer? >>>> Daniel Atterbom 07/25 1:54 pm >>> >> NP Robert Palmer. Mercy, Mercy Me, I Want You > >I'm surprised that no one has brought up Robert Palmer in all this >Sylvian/Icehouse/Joe Bloggs debate. He used to be referred to as the "poor man's >Bryan Ferry", "Sneaking Sally Through the Alley" is one of my top 10 favorite albums. My poor LP is really worn though and the CD version has been out of print for years. Too bad. Gene ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:04:45 +0100 From: "A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies The only Sylvian album I have is Dead Bees On A Cake which came out 2 years ago. The majority of the songs are very laid back with a lot of jazz influence with a bit of blues thrown in for good measure. It's worth a listen. What are his other solo albums like? On Japan's compilation album Assemblage, are the first 5 songs sung by Sylvian because the vocals don't sound anything like his until you get to the song Life In Tokyo. If it isn't Sylvian singing on those songs, who is it? Alan Aleks Kocan wrote: > > --- Rickmond Wong wrote: > > >David Sylvian has matured into a > > true musical visionary and remains to this day FAR > > too underappreciated. (Insert shameless plug for > all > > his solo albums right about now.) Iva Davies, on > the > > other hand, is I think, just starting to come into > > his own as a respected artist. > > I always thought of Icehouse as purely a "pop" band. > To me Japan/Sylvian had more about them - it was more > a complete product, not just the music but style and > fashion sense. > > I didn't own any Sylvian solo material until recently. > I acquired "Everything and Nothing", which I really > rate (even down to the artistic packaging)... > > Aleks > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.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: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:15:05 +0100 From: "A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies Ok here's what I listen to: The Who Depeche Mode New Order Ultravox Tears For Fears Japan OMD Squeeze David Bowie Genesis Dire Straits Jethro Tull Gary Numan Teardrop Explodes Julian Cope Echo & the Bunnymen South Duran Duran Lloyd Cole The Cure The Chameleons The Human League Joy Division Wire Kraftwerk Spandau Ballet (early stuff) The list is endless. I could go on. Alan Rickmond Wong wrote: > > Okay, with all this discussion about David Sylvian and > Icehouse cropping up in Avalonia, I think we should > come straight out and name some of the OTHER artists, > besides Roxy, that we go a little crazy for. I know > this is "Avalon," so we should probably limit our > discussion of other acts here, but I'm curious as to > what our fellow Roxy afficionados listen to, besides > Roxy. Here's my tops, presented as an ALL-TIME DREAM > FESTIVAL LINEUP: > > ROXY MUSIC (headliner, of course) > BRYAN FERRY (opening for his own band with a few > indispensable solo numbers before AM/PM walk on stage) > DAVID SYLVIAN & RYUICHI SAKAMOTO (ALMOST sharing top > billing with Roxy, if you ask me... ALMOST but not > quite) > ICEHOUSE (coming on right as the sun is setting) > AZTEC CAMERA & PREFAB SPROUT (heck, they're almost the > same band) > PULP > SUEDE > MAGNETIC FIELDS > RADIOHEAD (relegated to opening act here) > > with > ALPHAVILLE & NEW ORDER in the dance tent > > DURUTTI COLUMN in the chill lounge > > and GORDON SUMNER working the concessions booth, of > course. > > Hahahar, > Rickmond > > ===== > "Artists in any medium are nothing more than mere hooligans who cannot live within their income of admiration." - Quentin Crisp > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.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: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:30:03 +0100 From: "A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dancing I didn't think that Roxy would play smaller venues. When I first heard about the reunion, I just knew that the band would play indoor arenas. I didn't think the UK tour would be extensive as it was though. Alan Aleks Kocan wrote: > > --- Jads2@aol.com wrote: > > ATGB, for me, was a better show. I have already > > talked to a few people who > > agreed (but were scared to admit it). > > > > The fact that Roxy are playing huge Arena's doesn't > help. I was hoping that thy'd play smaller venues.For > me, the whole idea of seeing a band live is to have > that intimate musical experience. > > Personally, the tour that I enjoyed least (musically) > was ATGB, however, it was the tour that I enjoyed most > from an intimacy point of view, as I'd managed to get > tickets close to the stage. > > It also depends on the venue, I've heard that in the > UK, the Glasgow crowd provides a great reception. > > Aleks > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.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: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:31:45 +0100 From: "Niki H" Subject: [AVALON] T.shirt story I have just seen a picture of the beautiful long haired blonde from Ally Macbeal wearing a T.shirt with "too fast to live,too young to die"on the front,so I guess she is a fan too. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:36:43 +0100 From: "Niki H" Subject: [AVALON] to alan bloody hell,alan,don't you like anybody who came after you were born? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 06:44:26 EDT From: Chandla911@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Off topic for sure >From: "Joan" >Subject: [AVALON] hi from Barcelona, HIGH ROAD > Perhaps what he means is that you have to be simple minded to have a Dire > Straits collection ...? >have I to laugh? >You don't know what you miss, that's for sure You would have to be a Byzantine monk to not know what a Dire Straits collection contains. That does not mean you have to be dull enough to go out and pay for one. I know what paint looks like drying, but I don't have to watch it. Richard n/p Famous Steam Trains Of The 40s and 50s - if you don't own it, you just *don't* know how exciting this is... ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 06:48:19 EDT From: Chandla911@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Friend of Dorothy? >Judy (the scandal of South Garland High School for wearing mourning black >for a week when Otis Redding died.) Judy? South GARLAND? Nooooo! Richard n/p Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 06:58:40 EDT From: MalteseH@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Concert T-Shirt Hello. I was at the Tuesday night concert at the Theatre at MSG, and meant to buy a t-shirt afterwards. But we mistakenly exited directly to the outside, so I never got a chance. Does anyone have an extra they would like to sell? I'd even pay a little markup :-) The one I'm interested in is the t-shirt that has the new album artwork on the front. Thanks a lot. Please email me (malteseh@aol.com) if you can help me out! Best, Holly ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:05:34 +0100 From: "A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] To Niki As you can see from the list Niki, a lot of the bands that I've listed came after I was born (1974). I'm not quite sure what you meant by your question or did you mean that I don't listen to more recent acts and only bands from the past or were you just joking? Alan Niki H wrote: > > bloody hell,alan,don't you like anybody who came after you were born? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:16:24 +0100 From: "terrypaulrigz8c" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies I agree with all of these and have all of them in my collection in one form or another. But I feel there are a couple of absolute must's missing. Firstly Black/Colin Vearncombe, if you don't posses any of this mans work then you should. I would love to hear Bryan Ferry cover some of his songs, that would be brilliant. Secondly Linda Ronstadts 3 albums recorded with Nelson Riddle albums of American Classics are amazing listening & completely timeless. Open your ears and your heart will follow, Terry O'Connor - ----- Original Message ----- From: A.L. Jepson To: Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies > Ok here's what I listen to: > > The Who > Depeche Mode > New Order > Ultravox > Tears For Fears > Japan > OMD > Squeeze > David Bowie > Genesis > Dire Straits > Jethro Tull > Gary Numan > Teardrop Explodes > Julian Cope > Echo & the Bunnymen > South > Duran Duran > Lloyd Cole > The Cure > The Chameleons > The Human League > Joy Division > Wire > Kraftwerk > Spandau Ballet (early stuff) > > The list is endless. I could go on. > > Alan > > > Rickmond Wong wrote: > > > > Okay, with all this discussion about David Sylvian and > > Icehouse cropping up in Avalonia, I think we should > > come straight out and name some of the OTHER artists, > > besides Roxy, that we go a little crazy for. I know > > this is "Avalon," so we should probably limit our > > discussion of other acts here, but I'm curious as to > > what our fellow Roxy afficionados listen to, besides > > Roxy. Here's my tops, presented as an ALL-TIME DREAM > > FESTIVAL LINEUP: > > > > ROXY MUSIC (headliner, of course) > > BRYAN FERRY (opening for his own band with a few > > indispensable solo numbers before AM/PM walk on stage) > > DAVID SYLVIAN & RYUICHI SAKAMOTO (ALMOST sharing top > > billing with Roxy, if you ask me... ALMOST but not > > quite) > > ICEHOUSE (coming on right as the sun is setting) > > AZTEC CAMERA & PREFAB SPROUT (heck, they're almost the > > same band) > > PULP > > SUEDE > > MAGNETIC FIELDS > > RADIOHEAD (relegated to opening act here) > > > > with > > ALPHAVILLE & NEW ORDER in the dance tent > > > > DURUTTI COLUMN in the chill lounge > > > > and GORDON SUMNER working the concessions booth, of > > course. > > > > Hahahar, > > Rickmond > > > > ===== > > "Artists in any medium are nothing more than mere hooligans who cannot live within their income of admiration." - Quentin Crisp > > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > > http://phonecard.yahoo.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 ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:23:44 +0100 From: Rosalind Bull Subject: RE: [AVALON] Ferry/Sylvian/Davies "But I feel there are a couple of absolute must's missing. Firstly Black/Colin Vearncombe, if you don't posses any of this mans work then you should. I would love to hear Bryan Ferry cover some of his songs, that would be brilliant." AT LAST!!! So perhaps you can tell me what happened to him (off-list) as the last time I saw him he had packed out the Royal Albert Hall, then - diddly squat. I know he released a fourth album by subscription only some years ago. Recently he was playing the Jazz Cafe in Camden but I was on the continent that weekend so missed it. Fabulous voice, the third album is in my all-time Top 5. Wither the Scouser with the golden tonsils? Five favourite voices? Van Morrison, Bryan (obviously), Colin V. (as above), Clive Gregg (Any Trouble/Christine Collister) and Elvis Costello (with Kelly Jones from Stereophonics in waiting). ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:30:33 +0100 From: "Niki H" Subject: [AVALON] to alan I'm surprised you don't mention any band who started when you were a teenager and who grew up with you.most of the ones you like are from the early 80s,surely you were too young to care,and what on earth could Jethro tull mean to you? like my nephew who kept asking me about Pink floyd ,the doors,Jimi Hendrix,and other 60s groups when he was 20 in 1995..... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:37:58 +0100 From: Rosalind Bull Subject: RE: [AVALON] to alan I'm surprised you don't mention any band who started when you were a teenager and who grew up with you.most of the ones you like are from the early 80s,surely you were too young to care,and what on earth could Jethro tull mean to you? like my nephew who kept asking me about Pink floyd ,the doors,Jimi Hendrix,and other 60s groups when he was 20 in 1995..... Or my 18 year old nephew who asked for all Led Zepplin albums for last year's Christmas presents ... Got umpty-squillion cool points with him for relating my experiences when they played Knebworth (about the worst thing I've ever attended actually but didn't tell him that, natch). Can't help feeling you've set yourself up for a backlash from some of the less wrinkled Roxy fans. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:57:39 +0100 From: "Nigel Hollis" Subject: [AVALON] Dancing - continued Rosalind writes :- "I'm up to four times a day - first thing in the morning, mid-morning, lunchtime and just before I go home from work (early evening)." I really didn`t want to have to mention incontinence as well but there you have it....... Nigel (Sponsored by Age Concern) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:51:26 -0400 From: "Grant Goggans" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V6 #326 >Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 20:40:56 -0400 (EDT) >From: Colleen Matan >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Re: avalon-digest V6 #326 >I think you've misunderstood what I'm asking. "Why would VH-1 want Roxy?" >is indeed entirely appropriate. What sort of ratings is it going to >bring? How many advertisers? What relevance does Roxy have to the VH-1 >demographic? In other words, why would VH-1 want Roxy? No, I said as much. VH-1 may very well say "We're sorry, but you're not popular enough," but I don't find that relevant from their management's perspective. A decent manager/promoter works their ass off to ensure every record and every show sells out. That would mean, from my way of thinking, working their ass off to get the band on every feasible, yet appropriate outlet. VH-1 probably balks at every act that isn't Sting, Shania Twain or Fleetwoood Mac, but somehow all the other artists they play manage to get on there, because somebody convinced their programmers that they are popular and relevant. You seem to be implying, not only that SFX/Virgin didn't bother, but that they had no reason to even try. I'm not completely thick, I know Roxy isn't going to finally turn America on its ear with one tour of a dozen shows, but inroads can continue to be made for the sake of their back catalog royalties and future albums. This is an opportunity to both sell current product and make those inroads and this opportunity is being wholly overlooked. > >Besides Turtle Wax or Rice-A-Roni pay to be on "The Price Is Right," so >it's apples and oranges. Not even remotely! Rice-a-Roni Inc. (or whoever) does not knock on Mark Goodson Prods. door and says "I'd like to buy some ad space." Rice-a-Roni Inc. pays an ad agency (aka a "manager" or "promoter") and says to them "Sell this product." The agency then busts their ass to sell this product, any way they can. Now, sure, the agency may have wanted the contract because they believed their commission would be high enough to warrant it regardless of the sales. In fact, the agency may have guaranteed Rice-a-Roni Inc. $1,000,000 in sales. So all Rice-a-Roni Inc. really has to do is sit back and make their product. The ad agency's principal means of selling Rice-a-Roni is in the form of TV commercials, and that could indeed do an acceptable job. But if they want to keep selling, then Rice-a-Roni Inc. should take heed when the agency offers ideas for promotions, or prizes, or sweepstakes, or whatever. Likewise, Bryan Ferry does not knock on VH-1's door and say "I'd like to do a Storytellers and buy some ad space (for his concerts and compilations)." Roxy Music pays a manager and promoter and says to them "Sell this product." The promoter then busts his ass to sell this product, any way they can. Now, sure, SFX may have wanted the contract because they believed their commission would be high enough to warrant it regardless of the sales. In fact, the agency may have guaranteed Bryan Ferry $1,000,000 in sales. So all Roxy Music really has to do is sit back and play their shows (their product.) SFX's principal means of selling Roxy Music is in the form of concerts, and that could indeed do an acceptable job. But if they want to keep selling, then Roxy Music should take heed when the promoter offers ideas for promotions, or TV appearances, in-stores, etc. > >How do you know the Roxy management team didn't ask? I don't, but the bottom line: they either didn't or they failed. > >There are what? 194872 Roxy/Ferry compilations out there? This market is >already too glutted. With *Roxy Music* compilations? In almost every record store I've seen, they're all filed under "Bryan Ferry" and I would not assume that a casual listener hearing a classic, college, or alternative station playing "Love is the Drug" or "Jealous Guy" the first time would think to look there. It's 1989. You heard "Help!" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" on the radio. You want a Beatles compilation. This is before either "1" or the red and blue CDs are issued. Yet you are sure a Beatles compilation exists and, indeed, one does. Can you find it? >And Ferry's presence (or non-presence) on this tour does not bode well for >his being willing to do leg work for his next solo album. My fear exactly. > >I think it's terribly >unfair to lay reasonable expectations on him like "His next album is going >to be a huge hit if he goes out and does all the legwork now." I don't lay *that* expectation. I merely say that his future work could indeed sell better if he started working his public face a little harder. Not necessarily a huge hit -- though a soundtrack appearance would definitely help if the company releasing the soundtrack uses it as the lead radio track -- but I do believe music directors will be more amenable... Which is preferable? "New Bryan Ferry album? Yeah, that's that guy with Roxy Music. You know, they played Chastain on the 26th [(tonight!!!!!!!!!!!)]. Had the in-store at Tower the next day, hundred people there at least. He and that gorgeous violinist came in for an interview. Really funny, charming guy -- let's spin it." "New Bryan Ferry album? Some Ainglish guy, got a cult of weird dinosaurs and oddballs online I think, but I dunno..." Grant Goggans comments welcome http://www.geocities.com/gmslegion A: To find a Beatles compilation in 1989, you would need to buy the Capitol Records soundtrack to "Imagine: John Lennon" _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:58:14 +0100 From: "A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] To Niki When I was a teenager I was going through a different musical phase and listened to a lot of heavy rock bands such as Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Thunder, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin etc. I hardly listen to these bands now although I acknowledge their place in music history. I will also admit to liking Wet Wet Wet (1st album), Curiousity Killed The Cat, Johnny Hates Jazz and various other pop bands from the late 80s. I can remember hits from the late 70s and early 80s. I liked a lot of the songs I heard on BBC Radio 1 in the 80s and I liked some of them at the time. There are some songs from the late 80s that I liked then but wouldn't listen to now. Someone at school got me into Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull was a band I discovered on a rock compilation album and liked their song living in the Past and wanted to find out more about them. I eventually got most of their albums. The rest they say is history. The same goes for a lot of the dinosaur bands that I listen to. My sister used to listen to Duran Duran, Adam Ant, The Human League, Eurythmics, Blondie when they were popular at the time. I remember when she bought the albums by a lot of these artists. When I got to my mid to late teens, I didn't take too much interest as to what was in the charts at the time, even though I remember a lot of the songs from then. If I don't remember any of the bands I listen now, then it's a result of watching TOTP2 regularly on BBC2 or from hearing various compilation albums. If I like a song I hear then that's it. I like it no matter what year it was recorded or how dated it may sound by today's standards. Therefore, a lot of the bands I've listed do mean a lot to me. What other bands do you listen to Niki? Alan Niki H wrote: > > I'm surprised you don't mention any band who started when you were a > teenager and who grew up with you.most of the ones you like are from the > early 80s,surely you were too young to care,and what on earth could Jethro > tull mean to you? like my nephew who kept asking me about Pink floyd ,the > doors,Jimi Hendrix,and other 60s groups when he was 20 in 1995..... > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:07:13 +0100 From: Rosalind Bull Subject: RE: [AVALON] Dancing - continued It must be something to do with the HRT. Rosalind (grateful recipient of the Help the Aged "Adopt a Granny" scheme) Rosalind writes :- "I'm up to four times a day - first thing in the morning, mid-morning, lunchtime and just before I go home from work (early evening)." I really didn`t want to have to mention incontinence as well but there you have it....... Nigel (Sponsored by Age Concern) ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:12:03 +0100 From: "Niki H" Subject: [AVALON] to alan I'm not saying you shouldn't like these bands,I was just surprised you grew up in the 90s without loving Nirvana at least.... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:25:47 +0100 From: "A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] To Niki I forgot to mention that I used to listen to Nirvana, the Manics, Teenage Fanclub, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden back in the 90s. I also used to listen to Swervedriver. Anyone heard of them? I've recently listened to their first album Raise and it's brilliant. I've also been listening to their second album Mezcal Head which is great. Alan Niki H wrote: > > I'm not saying you shouldn't like these bands,I was just surprised you grew > up in the 90s without loving Nirvana at least.... > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:33:06 -0400 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] Oh dear. [Look Christian, for the last time, I'm not...........oh never mind! Buzz Buzz Neil.] Sure, sure, sure. Me thinks the 'experimental dentist' doth protest too much! Christian, I gone into hiding again - you know the drill! ;-) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:59:04 EDT From: Helchat@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Concord Pavilion - August 5 - TICKETS Hi, My friend has two extra tickets to the Concord (Chronicle) Pavilion show that he needs to get rid of. If anyone is interested, please email me offlist immediately. Thanks, Helene ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:29:57 EDT From: Jads2@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dancing In a message dated 7/26/2001 2:31:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, aleks50@yahoo.com writes: > The fact that Roxy are playing huge Arena's doesn't > help. I was hoping that thy'd play smaller venues.For > In NYC Roxy played at the Madison Square Garden Theater which is a smaller venue than the Beacon Theater where ferry played last year. john ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:09:54 +0100 From: "Niki H" Subject: [AVALON] to alan now,I'm happy,alan you liked Nirvana! Kurt was my hero even though I was far from being a teenager...as for me I only have one obsession at a time,which is Roxy of course. Before Bryan came back in the public eye,it was REM.I still love them but they come second now. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:23:01 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] to alan At 16.09 +0100 1-07-26, Niki H wrote: >Before Bryan came back in the public eye,it was REM.I >still love them but they come second now. You mean that you have lost your religion? :-) My first heroes were The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel. NP Jackson Browne Running On Empty Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:26:46 +0100 From: "A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] To Niki Ah well there you go. What do you think of current bands today such as Radiohead, Muse, South, Elbow and Witness? I went to see New Order live at the Olympia in Liverpool last Wednesday? It was a great gig with plenty of crowdsurfing going on. I gopt jostled about as a result. It made the audience at the Roxy gigs looks very tame in comparision to the audience at the Olympia. Still, I can't imagine any crowdsurfing from audiences at Roxy gigs. Billy Gorgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame was playing guitar with the New Order and is a recent addition to the line-up. Elbow were supporting them as well as an unknown band on before them. Did anyone else go to the gig? Alan Niki H wrote: > > now,I'm happy,alan you liked Nirvana! Kurt was my hero even though I was far > from being a teenager...as for me I only have one obsession at a time,which > is Roxy of course. Before Bryan came back in the public eye,it was REM.I > still love them but they come second now. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:09:51 -0400 From: Heather James Subject: [AVALON] MORE Off-Topic Diversions ... 45 label Art For those of you who attained Roxyness through those retro big vinyl discs and vinyl singles .... Here's a link to a website in which the author (Art Thompson) assembles an exhibit of record label art. Since the LP format is already grossly documented, he chose the large hole, seven-inch "45" label instead. In the online exhibit, he shows-off around ninety quirky, interesting, beautiful, absurd, and otherwise notable 45 rpm record labels from his personal collection ranging in date from around 1955 to 1982. http://www.norelevance.com/45rpm/ - -- -= )-(eather =- >--------------------< hjames@thewebgal.com Heather's WebGal Website: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/ My Roxy Music Pages: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ >--------------------------------------------------------------< ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 19:41:40 +0100 From: "Mark Heptinstall" Subject: [AVALON] Milan Have any of the Italian list members had any success in obtaining tickets for the Filaforum concert on 24 September? If so, could you please post details to the list. The ticket agency mentioned on Filaforum's website has not even heard of the concert and the link on Phil Manzanera's website seems to be to a directory of record/ticket shops. Regards to all. Mark ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:52:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Aleks Kocan Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dancing > aleks50@yahoo.com writes: > > > > The fact that Roxy are playing huge Arena's > doesn't > > help. > Jads2@AOL.COM wrote: > In NYC Roxy played at the Madison Square Garden > Theater which is a smaller > venue than the Beacon Theater where ferry played > last year. Bizarre...I assumed that Roxy were doing large venues in the States In the UK, Ferry played small venues say 3,000-4,000 capacity last year. Roxy are playing Arena's this year in the UK, which vary from say maybe 8,000 - 18,000 capacity. Aleks Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #331 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest