From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #366 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, August 10 2001 Volume 06 : Number 366 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] Now the party's over... [Rosalind Bull ] RE: [AVALON] Thank you, Avalonia!(The live experience) [Colleen Matan ] [AVALON] Horoscope ["Rod LeCloux" ] Re: [AVALON] Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick? ["Han Snijders" ] Re: [AVALON] Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick? ["Han Snijders" ] Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... ["Gina" ] Re: [AVALON] Horoscope ["thom.wallace" ] Re: [AVALON] Horoscope [Daniel Atterbom ] Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... [Daniel Atterbom ] Re:[AVALON] 'Rumrunner Club' (was Rick Kenton) [andy.clique@btinternet.co] RE: [AVALON] 'Rumrunner Club/New Romanticisim. [Rosalind Bull Subject: RE: [AVALON] Now the party's over... - -----Original Message----- From: M. Taylor [mailto:lebonster@hotmail.com] Sent: 10 August 2001 03:58 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... I'm feeling like I am suffering from withdrawal symptoms, now that it's all over. I was definitely not satisfied with only three concerts. Airfare is a bit too high to fly over for the Manchester and Glasgow shows. ><< "Where do I go from here?" Argh. >Richard Thompson..... Who? I suppose that I could start saving my pennies for Duran's reunion tour next year. M I now have confirmation that I am the oldest person on this list. Richard Thompson - who? You ARE kidding, right? And to cap it all, all of this nostalgia about the embarrassing Duran Duran, the Westlife of the early 80s. Go on, flame me. I'm so old I won't be able to hear you anyway. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:50:08 +0100 From: "SIMON GALLOWAY" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... >From: Rosalind Bull > > I now have confirmation that I am the oldest person on this list. Richard > Thompson - who? You ARE kidding, right? ...but he was around before Roxy started up.... Fairport Convention and all that. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:56:53 +0100 From: Rosalind Bull Subject: RE: [AVALON] Now the party's over... Yeah, I know. My point is that I'm amazed someone doesn't know who he is. What's yours, oh great oracle and eater of disgusting pizzas? - -----Original Message----- From: SIMON GALLOWAY [mailto:simon.galloway@virgin.net] Sent: 10 August 2001 09:50 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... >From: Rosalind Bull > > I now have confirmation that I am the oldest person on this list. Richard > Thompson - who? You ARE kidding, right? ...but he was around before Roxy started up.... Fairport Convention and all that. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 05:24:32 EDT From: InterEireann@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... Remember John Belushi in Animal House.at the end of his " Germans and Pearl Harbour " speech.. " Let's Do It"...everyone over to Glasgow or Manchester..or even there must be..because there ought to be..London again ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 11:32:01 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: RE: [AVALON] Thank you, Avalonia! At 08.07 +0100 1-08-10, Guy Lawley wrote: >Daniel, I hope you have a Really Good Time at Copenhagen. I went to Wembley >with quite low expectations and they were exceeded. Blessed is he who >expects nothing for he will surely be rewarded, or something. Guy, I am more worried about transportation then anything else. I expect nothing and hope for everything--or at least In Every Dream Home... NP In Every Dream Home, Wolverhampton 1994 Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:39:34 +0100 From: "A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... If anyone likes world music then it's best to go to the WOMAD festival which is usually held in Reading or somewhere else in the south. Alan > World Music has a little bit of appeal to me(how does stuff fall into > that definition anyways? Seeing as we all live on this world, isn't all > music "world music?" Or is it pop music from countries that inherently > "Western?"). I've heard good things about the Afro-Celt Sound System(more > interested in the Afro part. Celtic stuff, by and large, irritates me, > especially since so many people in the U.S., ever since "Braveheart" put on > heirs like they're the son of the Great Druid or some shit, and well, it's > been shoved down my throat quite a bit, no disrespect to people who are or > identify with that culture). There's also quite a famous Nigerian drummer, > who's name escapes me at the moment that many, many people were fond of. I > had a friend from Eritrea who let me borrow tapes of his, but alas, ran into > a dead-end putting names to the music. :( Any suggestions to go from? > > The Prince of Happiness > "Made sacrifice your key to paradise > Never mind, take the world by storm > Just boogaloo a rhapsody divine"-Roxy Music, "Pyjamarama" > 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 06:05:28 -0400 From: Rick Subject: RE: [AVALON] Now the party's over... Thom, From another fan in their forties, very well put. This time could be the last time, we all know.......... Rick - -----Original Message----- From: thom.wallace [SMTP:thom.wallace@ntlworld.com] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 8:51 PM To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... - ----- Original Message ----- From: Prince Of Happiness To: Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 12:28 AM Subject: [AVALON] Now the party's over... > ...and I'm so tired. Tired of music not living up to my expectations of > artistry, style, skill, and well...fun. The tour's left North America, and > when Roxy's going to be back is an unknown factor. There's a lot of young > bands out there, but they don't seem to possess that "it" factor. Bands like > Radiohead are up there in the artistry department, but aren't anything that I > would call "fun."* I'm relatively young(22), and left with the feeling of > "Where do I go from here?" Argh. > It's thirty years on when a young fella with little music training > decided to put together a band when convential wisdom says he should have > failed. There isn't that feeling of spontenaiety. Even when new, raw, bands > start out they still seem to seek out to align themselves with musical > "boxes." Sadly the modern bands seem to be either pretentious or just plain dull. What gets defined as young and raw tends to be a cover for people who are just very, very bad musicians. The one trait that they all seem to possess is that they take themselves far too seriously. > I feel like the party's left town, but I'm > still standing in the venue asking, "Now what do we do?" I felt that way in '82 at the end of the UK Avalon tour, there was open talk amongst the fans of a split in the band and while the shows were enjoyable, they lacked the spark that was the essence of what Roxy had been. At least from this tour a lot of fans who weren't as luck as I had been to see Roxy at their best have had some sort of glimse of just how exciting they realy were. If somebody had said to me at the start of '99 that I would see Ferry twice that year, five times the next year and Roxy three times in 2001 I would have asked for some of what they had been drinking. "Now what do we do?" Hope. Hope that this is not the final chapter in the Roxy saga and that the response that they've had from the fans will spur them on to more shows and some studio output. Failing that hope that Ferry won't decide that he's had enough of touring, he's done a lot of shows in the last couple of years. I don't know what will happen any more then the next fan, but I am going to savour every last drop while I can. I had just entered my teens when Roxy first appeared and now in my fourties I still get the same excitment from their records as when I first heard them 29 years ago. Long live Roxy, and take it from me enjoy it while you can. Tom. np. Both Ends Burning - Sheffield 2001 ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef] ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 06:31:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Colleen Matan Subject: RE: [AVALON] Thank you, Avalonia!(The live experience) On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Guy Lawley wrote: > Fair point Miles, but I was using Colleen as an example. I could be > more critical of the Roxy live experience myself, but my point was > that the imperfections of seeing the band in a venue with the > atmosphere of a giant abattoir, in the company of drunken yahoos and > with somewhat dodgy sound quality, were massively overcome by the > positive vibe and the sheer quality of the set, etc etc. Well, the first night I saw them, it was a very nice outdoor venue, in the company of excellent only semi-buzzed yahoos, I mean Avalonians, with decent sound quality and from the sixth row. Yet all of those things were massively overcome by the indifferent on-stage vibe and the lacklustre quality of the set, etc. > I was trying to use a contrast between Colleen's misgivings and my own > more positive repsonse as a kind of shorthand. It didn't work. So now > you get me rambling on. Lucky you. But my misgivings about the reunion didn't come into play on the day of my first Roxy show ever. William has already voluntarily offered that I was really really looking forward to it. In addition, as Miles noted: > Why single out Colleen? Others who attended the same shows, including > our venerable Reecey, concurred that the shows she saw were subpar. I am not someone who can be easily shorthanded, and frankly, I don't appreciate being asked to stand in in this manner. There is nothing I can do if one chooses to read my posts as one note compositions, but if you miss the nuances that's your problem, not mine. Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 12:05:09 +0100 From: "SIMON GALLOWAY" Subject: [AVALON] NP 1981 All this talk of Duran Duran and the like has sent me scurrying into the compilation cd pile, and I've dragged out NOW 1981 - The Millennium Series (36 Classic Chart Hits From 1981). Here's what you get for yer money: Queen + David Bowie, Ultravox, Specials, UB40, Blondie, Duran Duran, Soft Cell, Human League, Starsound, Spandau Ballet, Phil Lynott, David Bowie, Godley + Creme, Visage, ABC, Dave Stewart + Barabara Gaskin, OMD, Vangelis, Phil Collins, Roxy Music, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Jam, Madness, Kim Wilde, Teardrop Explodes, U2, XTC, Steve Winwood, Four Tops, Kool + The Gang, Quincy Jones, Smokey Robinson, Imagination, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross + Lionel Richie. You can probably guess what the songs are, and although 10 years ago this stuff sounded very dated, some of it now sounds quite contemporary. And quite a number of the artists are attempting some sort of reunion. Nostalgia eh? And a selective memory. Here's some no.1 hits they missed off: Joe Dolce, Shakin' Stevens, Bucks Fizz, Aneka, Julio Iglesias. And thank goodness they did. Listening to it makes it all seem like it was just a couple of years ago, not 20. But Soft Cell sounded really tame today, no wonder they keep getting remixed! SimonG NP Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl (TOTP theme) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 06:32:53 -0500 From: "Rod LeCloux" Subject: [AVALON] Horoscope Hello, Could someone please send me the track listing for the unreleased Ferry album, "Horoscope" on or off list? Thanks Rod ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:18:28 +0200 From: "Han Snijders" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick? Mail me your address as soon as your home, Then I mail the covers of the cd's and I will sent the four cd's, For four cd's it is 10 guilder + 5 dollar to cover the cost. Or 20 guilders I have a lot of bootlegs, all kind of qualities I can't make straight copies on my computer so I sometimes put a good one on my harddisc make 10 copies and put them on the shelf. The next time I have another interesting one I'll let you know. Maybe your interested in a cd of all ferry b-sides and rare stuff. As the world turns, four letter love etc. Han - ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: Eman 97 Aan: Verzonden: woensdag 8 augustus 2001 0:59 Onderwerp: [AVALON] Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick? > >>>Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick? > > Would any kind soul be able to burn me a copy of the best/favored CD vesion > of this? > > I have the vinyle in storage, and no turn table these days. > > Please contact off list, svp... > > 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, 10 Aug 2001 13:56:15 +0200 From: "Han Snijders" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Horoscope Hi rod, Here the cover I made for it, I can make you a cd but don't mention it on the list please Han - ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: Rod LeCloux <> Aan: Verzonden: vrijdag 10 augustus 2001 13:32 Onderwerp: [AVALON] Horoscope > Hello, > > Could someone please send me the track listing for the unreleased Ferry > album, "Horoscope" on or off list? > > Thanks > > Rod > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > The subliminable footer says: > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of horosfront2.jpg] [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of Horosback.jpg] ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:01:10 +0200 From: "Han Snijders" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Why Do You Think I'm a Funky Chick? Sorry that last one was meant to be off list Han ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:02:41 +0200 From: "Han Snijders" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Horoscope Am I stuppid or what? - ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: Han Snijders Aan: Verzonden: vrijdag 10 augustus 2001 13:56 Onderwerp: Re: [AVALON] Horoscope > Hi rod, > > Here the cover I made for it, > I can make you a cd but don't mention it on the list please > > Han > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- > Van: Rod LeCloux <> > Aan: > Verzonden: vrijdag 10 augustus 2001 13:32 > Onderwerp: [AVALON] Horoscope > > > > Hello, > > > > Could someone please send me the track listing for the unreleased Ferry > > album, "Horoscope" on or off list? > > > > Thanks > > > > Rod > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > The subliminable footer says: > > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > > unsubscribe avalon > > [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of horosfront2.jpg] > > [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of Horosback.jpg] > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 10 Aug 2001 08:05:07 -0400 From: "Gina" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... > -----Original Message----- > From: M. Taylor [mailto:lebonster@hotmail.com] > Sent: 10 August 2001 03:58 > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... > > > I'm feeling like I am suffering from withdrawal symptoms, now that it's all > over. I was definitely not satisfied with only three concerts. Airfare is a > > bit too high to fly over for the Manchester and Glasgow shows. > >><< "Where do I go from here?" Argh. > >>Richard Thompson..... > > Who? > > I suppose that I could start saving my pennies for Duran's reunion tour next > > year. > > M Well, at least no one has EVER had to wait 18 years for Richard Thompson to tour. Thank God! - --gina ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 13:23:07 +0100 From: "thom.wallace" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Horoscope - ----- Original Message ----- From: Han Snijders To: Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [AVALON] Horoscope > Am I stuppid or what? Just as well you didn't mention the 5 cd's of post Mamouna Ferry songs hidden under the bed then. Tom. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:34:08 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] Horoscope At 14.02 +0200 1-08-10, Han Snijders wrote: >Am I stuppid or what? No you are not. You are a nice guy who is probably stressed at the moment. If I want to maka a prive mailing I always press on "New message", copy the adress and then write the letter. NP I put a spell on you, Wolverhampton 1994 Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:39:02 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... A question on Richard Thompson, has he told his version of the marriage break-up with Linda? She stopped singing after the divorce I seem to remember. NP Slave to Love, Wolverhampton 1994 Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:36:08 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... At 02.58 +0000 1-08-10, M. Taylor wrote: >I suppose that I could start saving my pennies for Duran's reunion tour next >year. My wife hates Style Council because of some feud between them and Duran Duran in the 80's. She will give me a Style Council Greatest hits, not that I need it having the 4 CD box. Could anyone enlighten me re why these two bands disliked each other? NP I put a spell on you, Wolverhampton 1994 Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 13:42:23 +0100 From: "thom.wallace" Subject: Re:[AVALON] 'Rumrunner Club/New Romanticisim. With all these mentions of Duran Duran I thought I'd forward this article that I saw on an internet news page. To be honest while I really enjoyed some of Duran and ABC's albums in the early/mid eighties, but I always saw the new romantic thing at best as a plastic imitation of the whole Roxy thing As for Boy George I would quite happily have transported him back in time to take the place of Bolan just before the tree got in the way of his mini. Cheers, Tom. Boy George launches New Romantic musical 12:56pm Friday, 10th August 2001 Boy George has written a musical based on the New Romantic era. He has penned 15 new songs for the #500,000 show Taboo. It takes its name from the a London nightclub where he spent much of his youth. Taboo is due to open at the end of October, reports the Daily Telegraph. It will feature characters from the 1980s including George aged 19, Marilyn and Steve Strange. George, who made his name as the singer with Culture Club, will not appear in the musical. The show will be staged in Notre Dame Hall next door to the old Taboo. Director Christopher Renshaw says: "It's a celebration of a piece of London history when London was leading the world in terms of lifestyle and fashion. "You will get the very strong feeling of decadence and glamour." More than 200 people queued from 7.30am hoping for a shot at the big time in the musical. Boy George says of the musical: "It is basically about not fitting in. There are a lot of people out there who still feel they do not fit in and I still have people coming up to me and saying your childhood was exactly like mine."The message really is that no matter what someone looks like they are still a person and that is what the show is about." (c) Copyright Ananova Ltd 2001, all rights reserved. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:02:59 +0100 From: "Duncan Watkins" Subject: Re: [AVALON] NP 1981?1972/3 simon, all this talk of compilations has triggered another(maybe not so good)memory. does anyone from the uk(or elsewhere)remember the series 'top of the pops' chart hit compilations by 'non original artists', absolute classics complete with girl in hotpants on the cover usually! some 'non original roxy' must have appeared 1972/73ish anybody got a copy? regards, duncan (this is 'serious' rosalind) >From: "SIMON GALLOWAY" >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org >To: "avalon@smoe.org" >Subject: [AVALON] NP 1981 >Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 12:05:09 +0100 > >All this talk of Duran Duran and the like has sent me scurrying into the >compilation cd pile, and I've dragged out NOW 1981 - The Millennium Series >(36 Classic Chart Hits From 1981). Here's what you get for yer money: > >Queen + David Bowie, Ultravox, Specials, UB40, Blondie, Duran Duran, Soft >Cell, Human League, Starsound, Spandau Ballet, Phil Lynott, David Bowie, >Godley + Creme, Visage, ABC, Dave Stewart + Barabara Gaskin, OMD, Vangelis, >Phil Collins, Roxy Music, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Jam, Madness, Kim Wilde, >Teardrop Explodes, U2, XTC, Steve Winwood, Four Tops, Kool + The Gang, >Quincy Jones, Smokey Robinson, Imagination, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross + >Lionel Richie. > >You can probably guess what the songs are, and although 10 years ago this >stuff sounded very dated, some of it now sounds quite contemporary. And >quite a number of the artists are attempting some sort of reunion. >Nostalgia >eh? And a selective memory. Here's some no.1 hits they missed off: > >Joe Dolce, Shakin' Stevens, Bucks Fizz, Aneka, Julio Iglesias. > >And thank goodness they did. Listening to it makes it all seem like it was >just a couple of years ago, not 20. But Soft Cell sounded really tame >today, >no wonder they keep getting remixed! > >SimonG > >NP Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl (TOTP theme) > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >The subliminable footer says: >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:12:09 +0100 (BST) From: andy.clique@btinternet.com Subject: Re:[AVALON] 'Rumrunner Club' (was Rick Kenton) Wow - it is all flooding back now. I used to do Horts, Hosteria, Rum Runner and you missed Hawkins, my favourite as it was the best pose - sitting in the window. I just found my Rum Runner membership card. I went out with the club owners secretary and went for free all the time. I remember seeing Duran Duran play their Also often saw boy George and Martin Degville (Zigue Zigue Sputnik) in the club. They were both friends and arch rivals for the most make up and silly hair, later rivals for fame, well we know who won! The memories! Regards Andy Langley ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:23:11 +0100 From: Rosalind Bull Subject: RE: [AVALON] 'Rumrunner Club/New Romanticisim. Boy George launches New Romantic musical The show will be staged in Notre Dame Hall next door to the old Taboo. This is bad news - I go Salsa dancing in the Notre Dame Hall every other Saturday. Might be tricky getting the footwork right to the one that goes "War, war is stupid, and people are stupid". They don't write them like that any more ... ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:30:14 +0100 From: "A.L. Jepson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rum Runner was: Rik Kenton The early 80s must have been a great time to be around especially if you lived in London, Birmingham or Sheffield for the club scene. Mind you in 1981 there were a lot of inner city riots in the UK, so the clubs must've been a good form of escapism. What was the club scene like in the early 80s for Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester etc.? Alan Prince Of Happiness wrote: > > I've always wondered about clubs like the Rum Runner and Blitz. What kinds > of music did they play before bands like Duran Duran and Spandau landed > their deals? > > The Prince of Happiness > "Made sacrifice your key to paradise > Never mind, take the world by storm > Just boogaloo a rhapsody divine"-Roxy Music, "Pyjamarama" > http://princeofhappines.tripod.com/thepageofhappines.html > > >From: "terrypaulrigz8c" > >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org > >To: > >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > >Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:22:19 +0100 > > > >Duncan, > >Yes I did go to the "Rum Runner" a few times, I think the Durans were a > >sort > >of "in house" band there before they sighned their deal with EMI, I think > >at one point they also had a sax player in the group (very Roxy). > >Birmingham was a great place to grow up musically, I went to my first > >proper > >gig (Bowie, Town Hall) at 13 years old, over the next 10 years would see > >all > >sorts of great bands/artists at the Town Hall & the Odean, everyone fron > >early Roxy, T.Rex, to Duran & Gary Numan, Great. > > > >Terry "O" > > > >NP:David Sylvian.Silver Moon. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Duncan Watkins > >To: > >Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 6:56 PM > >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > > > > > > > terry, > > > did you ever get to the 'rum runner club'in brum? > > > > > > of note 'planet earth' duran duran hit the charts the same date as > >'jealous > > > guy' by roxy 21/2/81, not a lot of people know that! > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > duncan > > > > > > > > > >From: "terrypaulrigz8c" > > > >Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org > > > >To: > > > >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > > > >Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:39:56 +0100 > > > > > > > >I once went to see Simple Minds in Birmingham (uk), it was about the > >time > > > >of > > > >"Empires & Dance", I loved the 2nd album "Real 2 Real Cacophony" > > > >(especially > > > >Changeling). When I got to the club the bouncer said that they had > > > >cancelled > > > >and there was a local unsigned band on in their place, so I went in and > > > >that > > > >was the first time I saw Duran Duran. Quite good they were too. > > > > > > > >Terry "O" > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: jimbo > > > >To: > > > >Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 8:28 PM > > > >Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > > > > > > > > > > > > > great fan of early Simple Minds ? > > > > > Me too. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: terrypaulrigz8c > > > > > To: > > > > > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 9:10 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Talking old singles, played "Yesterday Boulevard" today, noticed > >it > > > >was > > > > > > engineered by the great John Leckie. > > > > > > Terry "O" > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: jimbo > > > > > > To: > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 7:50 PM > > > > > > Subject: [AVALON] Rik Kenton > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Going through my old vinyl single records,I found Bungalow Love > >by > > > >Rik > > > > > > > Kenton. > > > > > > > Nice to hear it again. > > > > > > > Anyone else knows this song ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jim. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > > > >The subliminable footer says: > > > >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > > > >unsubscribe avalon > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > >http://explorer.msn.com/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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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, 10 Aug 2001 13:53:52 +0000 From: "M. Taylor" Subject: [AVALON] I still don't know who he is..... >I now have confirmation that I am the oldest person on this list. Richard >Thompson - who? You ARE kidding, right? And to cap it all, all of I am serious. I have no idea who he is. Should go do a search online..... Unless someone here would like to tell me. =) >nostalgia about the embarrassing Duran Duran, the Westlife of the early >80s. > They're not embarrassing. Not really. It's sorta cool to like them (nostalgia factor) but sorta not cool (dated). Duran were part of my years growing up. =) M _________________________________________________________________ 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, 10 Aug 2001 09:55:01 EDT From: AMeyersLD@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... In a message dated 8/10/01 3:50:52 AM, simon.galloway@virgin.net writes: << I now have confirmation that I am the oldest person on this list. Richard > Thompson - who? You ARE kidding, right? ...but he was around before Roxy started up.... Fairport Convention and all that. >> I brought up RT because he is one of the very few performers who I find still speaks to me as an adult. Unlike, well, virtually everybody else of his generation he has continued to expand and develope. There is a feeling among many of his fans that he is just now hitting stride. While his voice and style are of the love-it-or-hate-it variety, his songwriting and guitar playing are simply stunning. And he puts out an album every 18 monthes on average, unlike some... As for Opera: if it speaks to you, cool. If not, don't sweat it. And for Afro Pop: I think the best place to start would be Femi Kuti (Fela's son, for those who care) or Thomas Mapfumo. Granted, none of this stuff is even remotely like Roxy Music. My point is that as one ages, one finds less nd less music that is meaningful and/or fun. These are the types of music that satisfy me at 38, an age at which most of the music from my youth --EXCEPT Roxy/Ferry, etc--no longer does. I mean at 17 I was listening to Alex Harvey as much as Bryan Ferry, but find him unlistenable now. Enough. Anyone else find any cool music for grownups they want to share with the list? Andrew in Chicago ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:07:05 EDT From: AMeyersLD@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Now the party's over... In a message dated 8/10/01 7:43:07 AM, daniel.atterbom@odata.se writes: << A question on Richard Thompson, has he told his version of the marriage break-up with Linda? She stopped singing after the divorce I seem to remember. >> He's extremely reticent about talking about anything from the past. The one time I heard him describe the breakup, it was in vague terms, but he essentially took the blame. Linda has started singing again, at "The Mysteries" in London, with PereUbu (of all people) and now has a new CD out. It should also be pointed out that Richard and Linda have a son, Teddy, who is a recording artist and works a lot with Rufus Wainwright. Okay, I'll stop now. Andrew in Chicago ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:08:12 -0400 From: Heather James Subject: Re: [AVALON] I still don't know who he is..... Richard Thompson - guitar player, mostly accoustic - comes from a traditional background - he was part of Fairport Convention back in the 70's but he's grown and matured beyond that background. His earlier albums included his then wife Linda - the album from the time of their breakup, "Shoot Out the Lights", got a LOT of airplay on campus/progressive stations at the time ("Don't reneg on our love"). Richard T Makes Rufus W. look lame ... ;^) ... (you can flame me now for I am full of love) As others have said, he can be an aquired taste - but he is intense and VERY talented. -= )-(eather =- M. Taylor wrote: >> I now have confirmation that I am the oldest person on this list. >> Richard >> Thompson - who? You ARE kidding, right? And to cap it all, all of > > > I am serious. I have no idea who he is. > Should go do a search online..... Unless someone here would like to > tell me. =) > >> nostalgia about the embarrassing Duran Duran, the Westlife of the >> early 80s. >> > > They're not embarrassing. Not really. It's sorta cool to like them > (nostalgia factor) but sorta not cool (dated). > Duran were part of my years growing up. =) > > M > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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 > - -- -= )-(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 ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #366 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest