From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #335 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, July 28 2001 Volume 06 : Number 335 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Poe/Sylvian/Greggie ["Eman 97" ] Re: [AVALON] more protests against terry [KWil632057@aol.com] [AVALON] Twilight in Atlanta... pt 2 ["Grant Goggans" ] RE: [AVALON] Twilight in Atlanta... pt 2 ["Heather James" ] [AVALON] Roxy Music Makes Pop and Art [Bill ] Re: [AVALON] CDNOW Article ["Peter Seely" ] Re: [AVALON] Roxy Music Makes Pop and Art ["Prince Of Happiness" ] RE: [AVALON] A gay old time [David Southern ] [AVALON] (hell).,more ex-girls and gay-talk etc... ["kari solberg" ] Re: [AVALON] Milan ["Mark Heptinstall" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:45:52 -0700 From: "Eman 97" Subject: [AVALON] Poe/Sylvian/Greggie Poe: www.weatherbox.com, will, have all the Sylvian info you need. Greggie: Hey man, glad you got to go to the show! e _________________________________________________________________ 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: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:53:04 EDT From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] more protests against terry Yeah but didn't Stipe announce this on the day the new lp came out (parden the pun) strangely enough called 'Reveal.' Jonathan In a message dated 27/07/01 21:14:03 GMT Daylight Time, nikifrance@hotmail.com writes: > like Michael Stipe until recently,,he has chosen not to reveal to > the public whether he is bisexual,so as his admirers,we should respect his > wishes.of course in the early days,we all thought he was gay but he never > discussed it. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 17:23:48 -0400 From: "Grant Goggans" Subject: [AVALON] Twilight in Atlanta... pt 2 (...from pt 1) The audience goes nuts for "While My Heart is Still Beating." It has more energy than any previous live performance. Oh yes, of course, Paul Thompson's drumming it. That's why. Likewise, "My Only Love" and "Jealous Guy" have a more powerful and confident backbeat. I know Bry's a proud fellow, but I hope he's spoken to the Great man and admitted his error in firing him all those years ago. "My Only Love" has one of the evening's most unusual moments: two-thirds in, Bry chooses to speak, rather than sing the line "Let me tell you something." There is no way that hoary bit of schmaltz could have possibly worked. Yet it does, such is Bry's honesty and vunerability. The magic of the second lasts for hours. There are two other such moments, the sort of which Chris Roberts once described as being worth eating Wembley Arena to witness. The first comes during "A Song for Europe," when Ferry has finished his quiet French passage and begins to sing that part loudly. He fixes the arena with an unblinking stare as he sings, conveying absolute, thrilling confidence. He is the Cool Ruler. We are but his subjects. Something catches in my throat. The other comes a bit later on when Bry emerges in his silver lame suit, pulling it off without even a backwards glance. The entire city forgets that Martin Fry ever existed. I haven't mentioned Lucy Wilkins, so let me do so, at length. I've heard the not-very original maxim that a good violinist uses the bow as an extension of his soul. Lucy's bow is plugged not just into her soul, but her spine as well. "Out of the Blue" was played with such fire, and with such clenched passion in her face, that I feared she was about to collapse with paralysis at any second. How in the world is it possible to invoke the spirits of both Eno and Jobson so successfully all night long and yet maintain, or rather insist, your individual persona? It simply doesn't make sense, and yet Lucy did it. If Roxy should happen to remain together, then Lucy proved here, with her raw, primal power on "Out of the Blue" and her freakish contribution to "In Every Dream Home a Heartache," that she deserves to be an integral part. Bry introduced the band after "Tara." What he didn't tell us was that Yanick Ettiene came down the coast with them, in order that she might thrill the audience with her contributions to "Avalon" and "Dance Away." Now, I don't have a bad thing at all to say about Sarah Brown, whose voice, while mixed low, was strong and effective and gave "Dream Home" and "Both Ends Burning," especially, incredible depth and atmosphere. If our English friends disliked "Avalon" on this tour, it is because they were without Yanick, who owns that song. There was more, some of which was not so good. The moron behind us who kept shouting the lyrics to "Eight Miles High." The moron behind the Avalon table below who decided to yammer at the group and generally give Georgia a bad name. The low-flying jet that roared over during Colin's lengthy intro to "A Song for Europe." But you'll notice none of these were the band's fault. When they came back for "Love is the Drug," every single person in Chastain was up and dancing, excepting Debi, who does not dance. "Do the Strand" kept most of us on our feet. "For Your Pleasure" knocked us on our collective backsides. What an ending. Triumphant, graceful and perfect in every possible way. Rain? Not a drop. Karma held. Come back soon, guys. In case you didn't notice up there on stage, Atlanta loved you. set list: Re-make/Re-model, Street Life, Ladytron, While My Heart is Still Beating, Out of the Blue, A Song for Europe, My Only Love, In Every Dream Home a Heartache, Oh Yeah, Both Ends Burning, Tara, Avalon, Dance Away, Jealous Guy, Editions of You, Love is the Drug, Do the Strand, For Your Pleasure Grant Goggans comments welcome http://www.geocities.com/gmslegion _________________________________________________________________ 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: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:42:16 +0100 From: "David Squires " Subject: Re: [AVALON] to terry On 27 Jul 2001, at 20:01, Niki H wrote: > I take my lead from colleen who always stand up for what she believes. Which in your case, Niki, is what exactly? David - -- David Squires, Wimbotsham, Norfolk, UK ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 17:36:41 -0400 From: "Heather James" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Twilight in Atlanta... pt 2 But where is part 1??? -= )-(eather =- >--------------------< hjames@thewebgal.com MCC NOVA's Website: http://www.mccnova.com/ MCC MidAtlantic District: http://www.mcc-midatl.org Heather's WebGal Website: http://www.thewebgal.com/hjames/ My Roxy Music Pages: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ >--------------------------------------------------------------< > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > Grant Goggans > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 5:24 PM > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: [AVALON] Twilight in Atlanta... pt 2 > > > (...from pt 1) > > > > Grant Goggans > comments welcome > http://www.geocities.com/gmslegion > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 17:54:13 -0500 From: Bill Subject: [AVALON] CDNOW Article In their Allstar Daily News For July 27, 2001 CDNOW has a link to what they refer to as the "Classic Review" for the day. === Classic Review Roxy Music: Roxy Music Arriving in 1972 with the impact of a hurricane on an English rock scene that was being gassed by blowhard progressive rockers and flatulent blues wankers, the debut effort by Roxy Music stands as one of the freshest and most inspired albums in rock history. http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/pagename=/RP/GENRES/cms_genres.html/fid=278490 Roxy Music Makes Pop and Art By Jim DeRogatis CDNOW Contributing Writer Roxy Music Roxy Music (Virgin) Arriving in 1972 with the impact of a hurricane on an English rock scene that was being gassed by blowhard progressive rockers and flatulent blues wankers, the debut effort by Roxy Music stands as one of the freshest and most inspired albums in rock history, as well as its greatest example in the art of pastiche. The son of a miner from County Durham, vocalist and primary auteur Bryan Ferry studied at Newcastle University with the Pop artist Richard Hamilton, who opened his students' eyes to a whole new way of looking at the world, in which images and phrases could be rearranged in new and interesting ways. In 1970, Ferry formed Roxy Music as a vehicle to test his pop ideas in the forum of popular music. By the time the group's first album was recorded in the spring of '72, he'd recruited a functional rhythm section and three other indispensable players: dexterous art-rock guitarist Phil Manzanera, soulful sax man Andy Mackay, and Mackay's college buddy, Brian Eno, a devilish artistic instigator with a rudimentary knowledge of the still-in-its-infancy electronic synthesizer. The name of both the band and the album were intended to convey an old-fashioned notion of glamour (note the Vargas-style pinup girl on the cover), with a pun on the word "rock." Well aware that pop art is half marketing and half art, Ferry also designed the band's distinctive look - -- a cross between '50s greaser and futuristic glitz. It prompted one early reviewer to dismiss the group as "Sha-Na-Na with a synthesizer," but Roxy Music is much, much more than that. Produced by former King Crimson lyricist Peter Sinfield (who doesn't seem to have done very much), the album draws on scattered bits and pieces of rock's past, twists them thoroughly, then reassembles them in a crazy quilt. Witness the opening track, "Re-make/Re-Model." It could be a love song to a girl, a car, or both (its driving beat builds to a shouted chorus based on the English license plate number, CPL 593A). The band's four lead instruments -- Mackay's '50s-style sax, Manzanera's fluid guitar, Eno's burbling synth, and Ferry's slippery lounge-lizard vocals -- all fight a constant battle for dominance. At one point, each player is given a solo spot, and the musicians highlight some of the many influences at work: Graham Simpson plays the bass lick from the Beatles' "Day Tripper," Eno whooshes like a passing UFO, Mackay samples Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries," Manzanera churns through some classic garage-band chords, and Ferry pounds his piano in a discordant assault that brings to mind John Cage. "Ladytron," "Virginia Plain," and the album's other tracks are equally creative. The first wave of psychedelic rock in the mid-'60s had been adventurous in embracing different musical genres and world beats, but Roxy was going even further, mixing "high" and "low" art with little regard for boundaries, and -- in classic pop-art fashion -- drawing attention to its own creative process. As publicist Simon Puxley wrote in the album's Beat-poetic liner notes, "Fantasizing: phantomising: echoes of magic-golden moments become real presences... dreamworld and realworld loaded with images." That's still as good a description of an album as truly unique as you're likely to find. Re-make/Re-model" Real Audio | Windows Media "Ladytron" Real Audio | Windows Media "If There Is Something" Real Audio | Windows Media "Virginia Plain" Real Audio | Windows Media "2 H.B." Real Audio | Windows Media "The Bob (Medley)" Real Audio | Windows Media "Chance Meeting" Real Audio | Windows Media "Would You Believe?" Real Audio | Windows Media "Sea Breezes" Real Audio | Windows Media "Bitters End" Real Audio | Windows Media ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/pagename=/RP/GENRES/cms_genres.html/fid=278490.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 17:54:26 -0500 From: Bill Subject: [AVALON] Roxy Music Makes Pop and Art [Cover Image] Roxy Music Roxy Music (Remastered) Roxy Music Makes Pop and Art By Jim DeRogatis CDNOW Contributing Writer Roxy Music Roxy Music (Virgin) Arriving in 1972 with the impact of a hurricane on an English rock scene that was being gassed by blowhard progressive rockers and flatulent blues wankers, the debut effort by Roxy Music stands as one of the freshest and most inspired albums in rock history, as well as its greatest example in the art of pastiche. The son of a miner from County Durham, vocalist and primary auteur Bryan Ferry studied at Newcastle University with the Pop artist Richard Hamilton, who opened his students' eyes to a whole new way of looking at the world, in which images and phrases could be rearranged in new and interesting ways. In 1970, Ferry formed Roxy Music as a vehicle to test his pop ideas in the forum of popular music. By the time the group's first album was recorded in the spring of '72, he'd recruited a functional rhythm section and three other indispensable players: dexterous art-rock guitarist Phil Manzanera, soulful sax man Andy Mackay, and Mackay's college buddy, Brian Eno, a devilish artistic instigator with a rudimentary knowledge of the still-in-its-infancy electronic synthesizer. The name of both the band and the album were intended to convey an old-fashioned notion of glamour (note the Vargas-style pinup girl on the cover), with a pun on the word "rock." Well aware that pop art is half marketing and half art, Ferry also designed the band's distinctive look - -- a cross between '50s greaser and futuristic glitz. It prompted one early reviewer to dismiss the group as "Sha-Na-Na with a synthesizer," but Roxy Music is much, much more than that. Produced by former King Crimson lyricist Peter Sinfield (who doesn't seem to have done very much), the album draws on scattered bits and pieces of rock's past, twists them thoroughly, then reassembles them in a crazy quilt. Witness the opening track, "Re-make/Re-Model." It could be a love song to a girl, a car, or both (its driving beat builds to a shouted chorus based on the English license plate number, CPL 593A). The band's four lead instruments -- Mackay's '50s-style sax, Manzanera's fluid guitar, Eno's burbling synth, and Ferry's slippery lounge-lizard vocals -- all fight a constant battle for dominance. At one point, each player is given a solo spot, and the musicians highlight some of the many influences at work: Graham Simpson plays the bass lick from the Beatles' "Day Tripper," Eno whooshes like a passing UFO, Mackay samples Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries," Manzanera churns through some classic garage-band chords, and Ferry pounds his piano in a discordant assault that brings to mind John Cage. "Ladytron," "Virginia Plain," and the album's other tracks are equally creative. The first wave of psychedelic rock in the mid-'60s had been adventurous in embracing different musical genres and world beats, but Roxy was going even further, mixing "high" and "low" art with little regard for boundaries, and -- in classic pop-art fashion -- drawing attention to its own creative process. As publicist Simon Puxley wrote in the album's Beat-poetic liner notes, "Fantasizing: phantomising: echoes of magic-golden moments become real presences... dreamworld and realworld loaded with images." That's still as good a description of an album as truly unique as you're likely to find. Re-make/Re-model" Real Audio | Windows Media "Ladytron" Real Audio | Windows Media "If There Is Something" Real Audio | Windows Media "Virginia Plain" Real Audio | Windows Media "2 H.B." Real Audio | Windows Media "The Bob (Medley)" Real Audio | Windows Media "Chance Meeting" Real Audio | Windows Media "Would You Believe?" Real Audio | Windows Media "Sea Breezes" Real Audio | Windows Media "Bitters End" Real Audio | Windows Media ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/pagename=/RP/GENRES/cms_genres.html/fid=278490.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 17:23:33 -0400 From: "Peter Seely" Subject: Re: [AVALON] CDNOW Article "Functional rhythm section?" Thank God someone from the Chicago Avalonians straightened out mr. De Rogatis but good on a radio program on WXRT concerning TGPT's contributions to the Roxy sound (that would be me). Functional, indeed. Pete - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" To: Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 6:54 PM Subject: [AVALON] CDNOW Article > In their Allstar Daily News For July 27, 2001 CDNOW has a link to what > they refer to > as the "Classic Review" for the day. > === > > Classic Review > Roxy Music: Roxy Music > Arriving in 1972 with the impact of a hurricane on an English rock scene > that was being gassed by > blowhard progressive rockers and flatulent blues wankers, the debut > effort by Roxy Music stands as > one of the freshest and most inspired albums in rock history. > > http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/pagename=/RP/GENRES/cms_genres.html/fid =278490 > > > Roxy Music Makes Pop and Art > By Jim DeRogatis > CDNOW Contributing Writer > > Roxy Music > Roxy Music > (Virgin) > > Arriving in 1972 with the impact of a hurricane on an English rock scene > that was being gassed by blowhard progressive rockers and flatulent > blues wankers, the debut effort by Roxy Music stands as one of the > freshest and most inspired albums in rock history, as well as its > greatest example in the art of pastiche. > > The son of a miner from County Durham, vocalist and primary auteur Bryan > Ferry studied at Newcastle University with the Pop artist Richard > Hamilton, who opened his students' eyes to a whole new way of looking at > the world, in which images and phrases could be rearranged in new and > interesting ways. > > In 1970, Ferry formed Roxy Music as a vehicle to test his pop ideas in > the forum of popular music. By the time the group's first album was > recorded in the spring of '72, he'd recruited a functional rhythm > section and three other indispensable players: dexterous art-rock > guitarist Phil Manzanera, soulful sax man Andy Mackay, and Mackay's > college buddy, Brian Eno, a devilish artistic instigator with a > rudimentary knowledge of the still-in-its-infancy electronic > synthesizer. > > The name of both the band and the album were intended to convey an > old-fashioned notion of glamour (note the Vargas-style pinup girl on the > cover), with a pun on the word "rock." Well aware that pop art is half > marketing and half art, Ferry also designed the band's distinctive look > -- a cross between '50s greaser and futuristic glitz. It prompted one > early reviewer to dismiss the group as "Sha-Na-Na with a synthesizer," > but Roxy Music is much, much more than that. > > Produced by former King Crimson lyricist Peter Sinfield (who doesn't > seem to have done very much), the album draws on scattered bits and > pieces of rock's past, twists them thoroughly, then reassembles them in > a crazy quilt. Witness the opening track, "Re-make/Re-Model." It could > be a love song to a girl, a car, or both (its driving beat builds to a > shouted chorus based on the English license plate number, CPL 593A). The > band's four lead instruments -- Mackay's '50s-style sax, Manzanera's > fluid guitar, Eno's burbling synth, and Ferry's slippery lounge-lizard > vocals -- all fight a constant battle for dominance. > > At one point, each player is given a solo spot, and the musicians > highlight some of the many influences at work: Graham Simpson plays the > bass lick from the Beatles' "Day Tripper," Eno whooshes like a passing > UFO, Mackay samples Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries," Manzanera churns > through some classic garage-band chords, and Ferry pounds his piano in a > discordant assault that brings to mind John Cage. > > "Ladytron," "Virginia Plain," and the album's other tracks are equally > creative. The first wave of psychedelic rock in the mid-'60s had been > adventurous in embracing different musical genres and world beats, but > Roxy was going even further, mixing "high" and "low" art with little > regard for boundaries, and -- in classic pop-art fashion -- drawing > attention to its own creative process. As publicist Simon Puxley wrote > in the album's Beat-poetic liner notes, "Fantasizing: phantomising: > echoes of magic-golden moments become real presences... dreamworld and > realworld loaded with images." > > That's still as good a description of an album as truly unique as you're > likely to find. > > Re-make/Re-model" > Real Audio | Windows Media > > "Ladytron" > Real Audio | Windows Media > > "If There Is Something" > Real Audio | Windows Media > > "Virginia Plain" > Real Audio | Windows Media > > "2 H.B." > Real Audio | Windows Media > > "The Bob (Medley)" > Real Audio | Windows Media > > "Chance Meeting" > Real Audio | Windows Media > > "Would You Believe?" > Real Audio | Windows Media > > "Sea Breezes" > Real Audio | Windows Media > > "Bitters End" > Real Audio | Windows Media > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/pagename=/RP/GENRES/cms_genres.html/fid =278490.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, 27 Jul 2001 16:13:48 -0700 From: "Prince Of Happiness" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy Music Makes Pop and Art All in all good stuff, but by God, again no mention about Paul Thompson. I'm pretty sure it was just an oversight. But on the brighter side, it is good to see more reviews about older stuff being brought to a newer generation of potential fans. I've noticed this review posted in their "alternative/indie" section of the site, so hopefully fans of music outside of the mainstream(or in Roxy's case, mainstream but slipped below the popular radar over the years) can catch on...I hope. God it's lonely business being a younger fan in Seattle... The Prince of Happiness "Never lacked a sense of theatre On returning with the tan you've gained A head of world service, the best of your culture An evening of fun in the metropolis of your dream" - -Wire, "On Returning" http://princeofhappines.tripod.com/thepageofhappines.html _________________________________________________________________ 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: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 00:43:10 +0100 From: "terrypaulrigz8c" Subject: Re: [AVALON] more protests against terry God, you females are sooooooo sensitive about YOUR men. As it happens . When did you last spend the night together? - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] more protests against terry > Yeah but didn't Stipe announce this on the day the new lp came out (parden > the pun) strangely enough called 'Reveal.' > > Jonathan > > > > In a message dated 27/07/01 21:14:03 GMT Daylight Time, > nikifrance@hotmail.com writes: > > > > like Michael Stipe until recently,,he has chosen not to reveal to > > the public whether he is bisexual,so as his admirers,we should respect his > > wishes.of course in the early days,we all thought he was gay but he never > > discussed it. > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 27 Jul 2001 18:52:43 -0500 From: Bill Subject: [AVALON] ATLANTA A number of folks have rather nicely covered the show in Atlanta last evening..... I'd just like to add my nickel's worth . The last time I saw Roxy Music was in Los Angeles and Georgia's own Jimmy Carter was President of the United States... a small bit of irony there methinks. I had never before been to Georgia and with Atlanta being the nearest show to us..... My wife and I drove the 400 miles over to Atlanta yesterday. First things being first I found Chastain then made it over to our hotel and checked in. We were ensconced in our seats before 7 PM and anxious for the main attraction. Getting there early permitted me to properly deplete my cash at the souvenir stand without any hassle at all! Chastain Park is a nice enough venue in a very nice setting. Chastain reminds me just a bit of the Concord Pavilion on the San Francisco bay area. .. but Chastain is a nicer setting by far. There have been some excellent detailed reviews of the show so I see no need to be redundant. EVERYONE in the band was GREAT. Stellar musicians. Of course I would gladly stay all night until every last song in their repertoire had been played.. but suffice it to say that my wife and I enjoyed every single aspect of the show and every tune played. And it was a joy to have Paul Thompson at the drum kit! I wish I had the money and time to follow them from venue to venue ... continent to continent.. but such is life .. I am thrilled to have made this show to see a band I have followed for 28 plus years now. I know there is supposed to be a Ferry solo CD in the can.. I fervently hope there will be at least one more Roxy Music CD! It is clear they still "have it" and that the fans adore them! BG ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:59:05 -0700 (PDT) From: David Southern Subject: RE: [AVALON] A gay old time > Of course, those wild and tawdry 70s WERE a different time As even a cursory viewing of Velvet Goldmine will prove! _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 04:08:00 +0300 From: "kari solberg" Subject: [AVALON] (hell).,more ex-girls and gay-talk etc... ...Daily Mail again....believe it or not.. Daily Mail Weekend, April 1. 2000 In a rare interview, Bryan Ferry talks to Spencer Bright!..: The high life of Bryan ...He had relocated to Montreux, Switzerland, to start recording his next album what became The Bride Stripped Bare. Hall, who he said had been quite keen on marrying, had been due to join him for a reconciliation. Instead, cuckolded, Ferry retreated into himself. ..."It's something I don't really like to talk about. I don't like talking about ex-girlfriends in interviews. Partly on the principle of pretending to be a gentleman and partly out of respect for my wife, who finds it slightly upsetting. I could say I think it was a mistake for me to be with somebody who is addicted to publicity. After that I became very obviously much more low profile, more withdrawn - not that I became a hermit. You're just careful about what you do..." ...It was when he was mingling in this world on New Years Eve, 1981, that the interior designer Nicky Haslam introduced Ferry to Lucy Helmore. She was brought up at the opposite end of the social spectrum. Her brothers had gone to Eton, her father insured racehorses, and she was brought up in a large house in Campden Hill, Kensington, which Bryan was later to buy from Lucy's mother for his own family home. All had not been privileged for Lucy. Her parents divorced when she was a child and she grew up with little spare money. But in her beauty and breeding she embodied all that Bryan loved in a woman. Lucy, for her part was attracted to the bohemian lifestyle that Ferry represented rather than his rock 'n' roll side. To her, he was a little-known figure. In fact, she thought he was gay. .. and much More than this..the article ends with: His mother was a church-goer and strong Labour Party supporter who worked in a chemicals factory. Both parents instilled him a strong work ethic which lasts to this day. He has to get out of the house and go to the office, in his case his studio in west London, and put in a full day's work. He says he's got the money to retire, but it's clear he would go insane, as would everyone around him, if he ever did. April 1. 2000 Kari ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:40:20 -0400 From: "tmoq" Subject: Re: [AVALON] (hell).,more ex-girls and gay-talk etc... - -----Original Message----- From: kari solberg To: avalon@smoe.org Date: Friday, July 27, 2001 10:20 PM Subject: [AVALON] (hell).,more ex-girls and gay-talk etc... > >In a rare interview, Bryan Ferry talks to Spencer Bright!..: (snip) >But in her beauty and breeding she embodied all that Bryan loved in a woman. Well, it`s clear to see what he saw in Jerry Hall. Gene ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:28:37 -0400 From: "Gregory A. Koetting" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Poe/Sylvian/Greggie Thanks, E!! I've missed your contributions to the Sylvian list, although honestly it hasn't seen quite as much activity over the past year for obvious reasons.. Love to hear what you think of Everything and Nothing, particularly "Ride" and "Some Kind of Fool," though. I think they're absolutely gorgeous works... Take care, greggie/atlanta "A victim of stars for want of a room.." - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Eman 97 Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 4:46 PM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: [AVALON] Poe/Sylvian/Greggie Poe: www.weatherbox.com, will, have all the Sylvian info you need. Greggie: Hey man, glad you got to go to the show! e _________________________________________________________________ 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: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 21:46:35 -0700 From: "Brian Folks" Subject: [AVALON] L.A. Greek tickets for Sale! Yes I did the incredible and went out on a limb to buy priority tickets for a group of Avalonians and half of them flaked out on me. Last time I'm a nice guy. I have several tickets available for nice seats in Section B, Row Q (just about in the middle of the theatre). Email me offlist (folks@bikerider.com) if you are interested, or call. Brian Folks 310.377.3334 ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:05:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Johnny Reece Subject: [AVALON] Letter From America (1) July 12th, 03.00 a.m., UK. Just finished working then packing, and have to be up at 7, to get to Gatwick for my flight to Newark. I hate flying. Serves me right for watching too many episodes of 'Black Box' on the Discovery Channel. Woke up at 8am. I am allergic to alarm clocks. Just made my check-in. The flight was ok actually, though I admit I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time. The whole thing affected me so much, I actually thought I enjoyed the airline food. Passed the time ok though, listening to stuff I'd pre-recorded onto Minidisc. Met at Newark by an ex-cheerleader (no, really, long story) and we were off down the freeway doin' 95. Brrrooooce was on the Radio, of course (well, it was NJ). Thankfully it wasn't Bon Jovi. Arrival some time later in a little place called North Plainfield to stay with friends, who'd provided me with a cool little penthouse apartment, to use as and when I choose. Hey, I could get used to this. The 'pre Roxy gig' week was wonderful. Damn lazy if truth be told, though much time spent discovering and tracking down Vinyl/CD Shops all over New Jersey. No chance of it all fitting in the case - have to send stuff back home now. I pretend this is all stuff I'm buying for the Shop of course, even though it's really for me. Pampered and looked after by my hosts, and all the recent 80 hour weeks working in London seemed but a distant memory. Left all thoughts of 'bloody videos' behind too. My Credit Cards took a real battering in the Vinyl shops, but then again, what are holidays for ? (I'll say something totally different when the bills arrive in August, of course). Our merry UK crew of 4 (myself, Jocelyn, John, and Andrew) were all arriving on separate days, separate times, to separate places. Travelling around New Jersey was great - some fine little towns which I really liked - the favourite being Princeton. One night of some radio work to do before the gigs, which turned out to be a real laugh anyway, some great music being played, with accompaniment supplied by someone called Jack Daniels. Headache frenzy the following day. To the 19th : my first 'Stateside' Roxy Music experience, to add to the numerous UK and European wonderful Gigs of too, too many years ago. Myself, Jocelyn, Trez, & Vanessa meeting up in Macys in New York City, a quick dash across the road to Penn Stn, and we were on our way. The only imponderables (hey, good word) was where or when to meet up with Andrew and J'O.B. As it turned out, fluke played a major part, as we bumped into John in Philly Stn (he'd only just arrived a couple of hours before at Newark Airport !) and met Andrew Shearer & David Martin outside the venue in Camden (The Tweeter Centre, as it seems to have been renamed). God, what a place. If ever you plan to visit Camden - don't. Much pre-gig excited chatter, meeting up for the first time with Victor, the Davids, John Dillon, Ida, and many more (sorry if I forget anyone - but it's all a bit of a blur now !). That was a real experience - meeting up face to face with so many, all at once - people who we'd only previously known as signatures on black and white text for so long. Good Gig - though a little bit disappointed by the lack of a few songs - already well documented on this list. Thought the 'missing verses' on Street Life were a mistake - later to be proved as a regular thing, as you all now know. Not sure what happened to the end of 'Avalon' - it seemed as if somebody stole it, and didn't tell the Band. Hero of the hour : John Dillon, who gave our merry Band a lift back all the way to New York - John, you're a star, despite getting lost occasionally looking for the NJ Turnpike, and eventually getting some unsure directions in the middle of the night from some bloke from Venezuela. Great journey back - don't ask what was on the CD player - silly question... A day in New York, then next stop Boston... (to be mercilessly continued...) Reecey... 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: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 08:41:00 +0100 From: "Mark Heptinstall" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Milan Chris, Thanks for the web address - which fortunately is bilingual Italian/English. I have booked a couple of standing tickets which (hopefully) will arrive in double-quick time. They don't post the tickets to you by ordinary mail but you can either collect on the day of the concert from the Filaforum or spend a fortune having the tickets couriered to you by TNT - in view of Cecilia's posting I thought that I should do the latter. I'll let the list know when/if they arrive. Regards to all. Mark - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Turner" To: Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 1:39 AM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Milan Hi Mark, If your Italian is OK, you can order online here: http://www.ticketweb.it/evento.cfm?id=3139 You need to register as a member. Regards Chris - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Heptinstall" To: Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:41 PM 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 ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #335 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest