From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #485 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, October 17 2001 Volume 06 : Number 485 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Re: Bonnie Langford ["T. Tuck" ] [AVALON] Vanity Fair ["Paul Bodine" ] [AVALON] Ferry on US Sitcom ["Eman 97" ] Re: [AVALON] Don't Be Cruel [OBrienFerry@aol.com] [AVALON] J.O'B's world tour [OBrienFerry@aol.com] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 00:25:57 -0500 From: "T. Tuck" Subject: [AVALON] Re: Bonnie Langford To someone here in the USofA (Oklahoma) who had never heard of Bonnie Langford, I immediately had to go to her web site to see what all the hubbub was about. (I don't remember her from the 'Dr Who' series but I think I had stopped watching by then.) (I STILL dont know what all the hubbub is about). But she appears somewhat "hot". (I can hear the comments now!) What a great site Avalon is, Turning to news of our Mr. Ferry, as a tremendous fan of Elvis Presley, I anxiously await BF's cover of 'Dont be Cruel'. Is that going to be on the new solo album, or is it a single, etc.etc. i.e. where do I get it? ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 00:28:16 -0500 From: "Paul Bodine" Subject: [AVALON] Vanity Fair The same issue features Beck compiling the 50 best rock albums ever (unranked), which includes "Country Life." Beck's comment: "I was amazed when this came out. Public hair. Amazonian disaffection. Even with the hand on the crotch, it seemed sexless and cold." A little harsh ? Paul in Milwaukee ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 23:36:22 -0700 From: "Eman 97" Subject: [AVALON] Ferry on US Sitcom According to a friend a character on a US sitcom, uttered this line tonight (aprx): "Ah, a lava lamp, listening to Bryan Ferry, and whiskey, what a night!" I think she said the show was "3 Sisters," something like that. 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: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 03:21:27 EDT From: OBrienFerry@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Don't Be Cruel In a message dated Wed, 17 Oct 2001 1:26:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "T. Tuck" writes: > Turning to news of our Mr. Ferry, as a tremendous fan of Elvis Presley, > I anxiously await BF's cover of 'Dont be Cruel'. Is that going to be on the > new solo album, or is it a single, etc.etc. i.e. where do I get it? Try here for more info http://www.vivaroxymusic.com:8080/2055 regards John O'Brien ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 03:48:49 EDT From: OBrienFerry@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] J.O'B's world tour I knew there would be times like this when I’d sit at home and reminisce….. You’ve got me boy on the run around, you’ve got me all around the world.. 4 months later 6 countries 10 cities 15 shows 20 zegagazzillion pounds and I am now unbuckling the safety harness on the rollercoaster. I had only seen Roxy as a band once prior to this tour and it was great to be able to see them again. I have always said that Roxy Music is the soundtrack to my life and that would apply to a lot of others on this list too. Over the last 4 months I had all sorts of flashbacks from my previous 30+ years. I laughed, I cried and I knew why. I remembered all those special moments in my life that Roxy where the backdrop too. I laughed with my new found friends on this list before during and after the shows. I cried at the memory of special moments that I shared with my late parents that these songs were part of, my whole life was replayed back to me in the space of 4 months. The highlights for me on this tour are hard to define as I there where so many different highs for me. The Dublin show takes quite a beating in that the element of surprise was there for us. The surprise of the opening drum on For Your Pleasure at this show was a treasure so rare. Many gig post gatherings in Newcastle and London and meeting many fans especially Betsy at Wembley who came all the way from San Francisco to meet us all again and take in a show while she was there. On to USA and I didn’t quite believe it at Glasgow airport that morning that I was heading to America just to see Roxy Music. The buzz of walking through a train station in Philladelphia and meeting peole I know. The surrealism of walking into a bar near Washington and overhearing someone say “that’s John O’Brien”, I mean, I was thousands of miles from home. Boston was the low point in the tour for me when the doctors advice of “don’t go to USA, stay home” made sense, as an illness that I had prior to leaving was kicking in and the jet lag didn’t help. This low was quickly sorted with a wonderful time in Cape Cod courtesy of Will with very relaxing chat with Reecey, Will & Colleen for 2 evenings and a day. On to NYC, walking to the venue for the first show I saw a huge light sign saying “Roxy Music Madison Square Garden” that was a real buzz. Coal miners sons living in the farthest reaches of my homeland just don’t go to places like that, I had to pinch myself. And just when I thought I was all Roxied out, I couldn’t believe how rich in contrast this show was to the previous one, one of the best shows of the tour for me. The fan gathering back in the pub after the show was one of those impromptu wonderful evenings you just can’t explain. I knew that night why I had went to the bother and expense of crossing the Atlantic. The New York disaster on 11th September brought a lot home to me. I had been there, I had friends there, I had a wonderful time there. This Roxy Music thing had brought so many people together who had so many genuine concerns for people whom they had never met and probably never will. This was another example of what being a Roxy fan brings to you other than the music, friendships as well as seeing the world. Rotterdam & Antwerp found me adding to the foreign currency I have collected in going to Roxy/Ferry shows. It was great to meet “the Dutch” on their own backyard, and again I had some of the best social evenings of my life. Belgium will have to stock up with beer before I return though. Glasgow 2 was easily the best gig of the tour, the atmosphere and performance was second to none and as someone born and brought up just outside Glasgow I was proud of the reputation of the Glasgow audiences was still intact. The final show in London was a great gig to finish off with. The audience were really up for it in contrast to the 1st night in Hammersmith. Looking along the front row I recognised every face their. It was so fitting for all these people to be sitting there as I had seen them all in various corners around the world through all summer long. Like the As Time Goes By tour, the post show gatherings are what this is all about and if Roxy or Bryan doesn’t tour for a while I am sure we will find an excuse to meet up again. On a personal level I had some nice compliments about the webite that I launched at the start of the tour. The nicest one was after saying goodbye to many friends after the last show John Dillon said “it’s been a great tour and you have played a part in that.” It’s nice that the fan-based websites get the recognition from the fans in their part in the tour between informing of dates and ticket sales to reporting in all the shows. A big thanks to Phil Manzanera who arranged for me to take Emma to meet him, Bryan & the band. Phil was impressed by the website and the work we had both put in to it. She has been my unsung hero for this tour. My bank manager is now an active member of The Society For The Abolition Of Bryan Ferry Live Concerts. He has told me that all that the word Roxy should mean to me for a while is:- Re-earning Of Xtra Yen It was great to meet you all John O’Brien ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #485 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest