From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V7 #128 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, April 13 2002 Volume 07 : Number 128 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Frantic review in today's Daily Express [Jane Fraser ] [AVALON] Fwd: Frantic On Line [InterEireann@AOL.COM] [AVALON] Ferry in Sweden [OBrienFerry@AOL.COM] RE: [AVALON] football [Daniel Atterbom ] Re: [AVALON] Ferry in Sweden [Daniel Atterbom ] Re: [AVALON] Ferry in Sweden [Heather James ] [AVALON] Bryan Mojo ["terrypaulrigz8c" ] [AVALON] Ferry in Liverpool [Lyn ] [AVALON] The Ferry Best [David Firmin ] Re: [AVALON] football [stevesiren2 ] [AVALON] A slight deviation from the Frantic talk ["Simon Allin" ] [AVALON] Nix: songwriter, producer, cook, writer [Bahi ] [AVALON] Did I get this right? ["Helen Thorpe" ] Re: [AVALON] My first time ["paula brown" ] Fw: [AVALON] My first time(readable I hope) ["paula brown" ] RE: [AVALON] My first time - last comments [Daniel Atterbom ] Re: [AVALON] My first time(readable I hope) ["Keith Shockley" Subject: [AVALON] Frantic review in today's Daily Express They love it. 4 stars out of five. And - Alphaville gets a mention as one of Ferry's two "lost" albums of the last decade. Great photo too. Jane ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:00:03 +0100 From: "Fiske, Jocelyn" Subject: RE: [AVALON] football >Next time I am in the UK, a friend will take me to see his fave team, Watford. Maybe he'll explain the game to me too. Maybe he can explain it to the Watford players while he's at it. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 07:22:08 EDT From: InterEireann@AOL.COM Subject: [AVALON] Fwd: Frantic On Line Return-path: From: InterEireann@aol.com Full-name: InterEireann Message-ID: <74.1b31541e.29e77e8f@aol.com> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 20:04:31 EDT Subject: Frantic On Line To: avalon@smoe.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 118 Maybe difficult to get true sense when playing on my comp. but his voice seems to be much more to the fore in contrast to the overdone layering of Avalon and after albums. Goddess of Love ( from when vocals start thru to chorus, in each verse ) sounds like "Just Another High". Hiroshima has a sound about it which makes me think it is destined to end up on the soundtrack of a Michael Mann film. Cruel , I agree with the comment in another review, makes a catchy dance song and I quite liked what I heard of Fool For Love. Probably best ( before judging) to listen to the whole CD when and if it ever arrives Stateside!!! However, mentioning Just Another High has got me in the mood to listen to Siren while I run on the treadmill this evening. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 07:57:59 -0400 From: OBrienFerry@AOL.COM Subject: [AVALON] Ferry in Sweden I have added links to some Swedish reviews to vivaroxymusic.com There is a nice windswept picture of Ferry on this one: http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/noje/did_2225228.asp John O'Brien ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 14:09:18 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: RE: [AVALON] football At 12.00 +0200 2-04-12, Fiske, Jocelyn wrote: >Maybe he can explain it to the Watford players while he's at it. Knocking Elton John's old team like that? :-) 25 years ago I rooted for Stoke, then I thought better of it. I've tried to find an English team to cheer for, but not even Anders Limpar nor Mike McMahon had my cheering for Arsenal It reminds me of a cartoon I read as a kid. The coach to his players: "After the last game it's back to basics. This is a ball. It's round." Another question. If I should start with an Ani di Franco records, where should I begin? NP Like a Hurricane, Frejus Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 14:18:49 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry in Sweden At 13.57 +0200 2-04-12, OBrienFerry@aol.com wrote: >I have added links to some Swedish reviews to vivaroxymusic.com > >There is a nice windswept picture of Ferry on this one: > >http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/noje/did_2225228.asp This is the piece I mentioned yesterday. I seams that they publish it on the internet with one day's delay. Note the nice dices, fours to sixes. NP Can't let go, Frejus Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:30:05 -0400 From: Heather James Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry in Sweden Daniel Atterbom wrote: > At 13.57 +0200 2-04-12, OBrienFerry@aol.com wrote: > >>I have added links to some Swedish reviews to vivaroxymusic.com >> >>There is a nice windswept picture of Ferry on this one: >> >>http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/noje/did_2225228.asp > > > This is the piece I mentioned yesterday. I seams that they publish it on > the internet with one day's delay. Note the nice dices, fours to sixes. > > NP Can't let go, Frejus > > > Daniel > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ You've got to love the one album they show in that left column list of Ferry's discography ... "The bridge stripped bare (1978)" Is that before or after the bridge, it sighs? But a nice picture of the Ferryman, indeed! -= )-(eather =- >--------------------< hjames@thewebgal.com The Roxy Music Archives: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ Music Trading Lists: http://www.thewebgal.com/trades/ Roxy Music Trade List: http://www.thewebgal.com/trades/a-list.html Van Morrison Trade List: http://www.thewebgal.com/trades/van-list.html >======================================================================< ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 14:07:19 +0100 From: "terrypaulrigz8c" Subject: [AVALON] Bryan Mojo Full page spread in UK Mojo mag, they liked it. Terry "O"in a hurry ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:11:49 -0400 From: Lyn Subject: [AVALON] Ferry in Liverpool Can anyone tell me when this is? July 14th seems to stick in my mind -- I would like to try to be there--also where would I get a ticket?--thanks Lynn (living in NC--orig from Wigan) ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:34:26 -0700 From: David Firmin Subject: [AVALON] The Ferry Best Scan of Daily Express Review and pic. Rated as uncommonly good :) http://dingo.care-mail.com/pictures/37/371/100/371009834.jpg http://dingo.care-mail.com/pictures/80/809/936/809362379.jpg Thanks, David *** ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:24:40 +0100 From: stevesiren2 Subject: Re: [AVALON] football I Don't know, you turn to "friends" on the mailing list to cheer you up during "difficult" times for your team, and all you get is football, football, football.. Steve np Bryan Ferry "Going Down" (literally) "Fiske, Jocelyn" wrote: > >Next time I am in the UK, a friend will take me to see his fave team, > > Watford. Maybe he'll explain the game to me too. > > Maybe he can explain it to the Watford players while he's at 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, 12 Apr 2002 21:16:44 +0100 From: "Simon Allin" Subject: [AVALON] A slight deviation from the Frantic talk Thought I'd emerge from lurk mode to share these interesting articles on 'Tara' which I came across a few minutes ago. They may have been brought up before but I haven't been able to trawl through the avalon archives yet...dig the 'ferry' connection btw ;-) the links: http://www.westernbuddhistreview.com/vol2/tara_origins_and_development.html http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/turkseven/page26/aar_paar.htm ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:35:45 +0200 From: "Sebastian Fasthuber" Subject: Re: [AVALON] bringing it back to... thanks. though the topic is not that far away, as "frantic" has the dedication "for Tara" sebastian (who, after 3 days with "frantic" is still not sure what to think of it) > Thought I'd emerge from lurk mode to share these interesting articles on > 'Tara' which I came across a few minutes ago. They may have been brought up > before but I haven't been able to trawl through the avalon archives yet...dig > the 'ferry' connection btw ;-) > > the links: > > http://www.westernbuddhistreview.com/vol2/tara_origins_and_development.html > > > http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/turkseven/page26/aar_paar.htm ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:00:30 -0400 From: "M" Subject: [AVALON] football/frantic > >Maybe he can explain it to the Watford players while he's at it. LOL! He knows that his team is bad, but he claims that they're not *that* bad. I've listened to Frantic a few times. I can definitely say that I don't like "Baby Blue" and especially don't like "Goodnight Irene," which crawls under my skin. M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A young New Yorker called M Was frequently seen with old men Described as fantastic She preferred lots of plastic Especially Barbie and Ken. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:16:29 +0100 From: Bahi Subject: [AVALON] Nix: songwriter, producer, cook, writer I love the sample of the Don Nix song, Goin' Down, on the Ferry Jukebox, all the more so now for having just heard a weak Pearl Jam cover of the same song. The singing, the arrangement, the playing - judging by that sample, Ferry's recording really works. It seems that Nix has a book out - and it seems like a good one. (See Amazon links below.) And also that he *wrote* a song called Same Old Blues, which is odd - given that Goin' Down was covered by JJ Cale. US & UK links for the Don Nix book: Editorial review from Amazon.com - -------------------------------- You cannot have too many sex-and-drugs-and-rock-'n'-roll bios, and this one adds a fresh twist to the genre: after leading us on a loving excursion through the late-'50s-to-'80s pop scene, Nix wraps up with more than 50 recipes submitted by truly "cookin'" musicians. Now, the life-story part of the book is fine. Nix's account of the squalid rock lifestyle squares with those of myriad other rock "survivors," and his reminiscences of rock and country legends Dewey Phillips, Elvis (and the rest of the Memphis mafia), Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, and others amuse, none more so than those of Nix's relationship with legendary bluesman Furry Lewis. In fact, this is one of the better rock reads, as far as balancing music and ancillary lifestyle concerns goes. But the recipes set it apart. Dishes from musicians ranging from Annie Lennox to Reba McEntire offer something for every palate. Especially recommended: Little Milton's catfish-head soup and Alvin Lee's personal take on bubble and squeak. Tasty! ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:49:29 +0200 From: "Han Snijders" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Hear Frantic Online JF Roxy wrote: > Oh Dear, > First thoughts on hearing the excerpts, this is very very poor, why didn't he > touch up "Alphaville" and release that? It sounds far better than this. > Definitely a 2 out of 10 (so far). > > JF John I'm surprised, I think Frantic has much more energy and sounds warmer compared to Alphaville. Most of the rerecorded songs has improved in the first place by the way his voice is mixed and in the second place by the guitar playing. It's all over now reminds me of the way they played A Hard Rain on the ATGB tour, Brilliant rhythm guitar, whirling violins and Ferry in his most powerful voice since The bride stripped bare. Excellent single. I see atgb as a work on his own and probably Mamouna is more a work of art but for me frantic is definitely better than Taxi, Bete Noire and Boys and Girls. Only one way love doesn't do much for me, Reminds me of Cry Cry Cry. Han ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:46:31 -0500 From: "Judy Kaufman" Subject: RE: [AVALON] My first time - last comments >From: Daniel Atterbom >And coach Phil Jackson on his way to his 8th, count them eight, NBA >championship and second series of three straight, after having managed two >plus three with the Chicago Bulls during the Michael Jordan/Scottie Pippen >era. I don't discount the abilities of Phil Jackson at all . . . but when you have such a high caliber of talent to coach how can you lose? One of Jackson's strengths is that he has his on-floor guys play through difficult situations - making their own decisions on how to play. If their choices don't work he then gives options for the next time. Judy NP: Can't Stop The Reign - Shaquille O'Neal _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 01:04:39 +0200 From: "S. Thomsen" Subject: [AVALON] Danish interview http://www.bt.dk/Rampelys.pl?c=right&aid=95642 Ferry is finishing the mixing of the live double cd of the 2001 World Tour. Out in fall. I will translate the article saturday. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:40:52 -0400 From: "Helen Thorpe" Subject: [AVALON] Did I get this right? Hi Folks, I've been lurking and reading for some time now. Hello to those I know from manzanera.com, or in person. First Roxy live experience was the same show as Jocelyn - but I was a little younger (won't say how much). I already had the album, and Roxy was my first live concert, I think. HOOKED! Thirty years ago - wow. I see Jocelyn also has excellent taste in Footie teams - TOON AAL THE WA-AY. (I was born and raised in North Shields, and emigrated to Canada 20 years ago this summer). BTW - Miles - Kodak CDRs have been disco-d (too much competition for the Big Yellow God's taste), but are still available in Canada. My work just took delivery of over 500, in jewel cases. I hear Fuji CDRs are good, too. Current fave Roxy album is the one on the CD player (Country Life), and have been reacquainting myself with my vinyl collection. Stacked beside the turntable is K-Scope, Resolving Contradictions, Eddie Jobson's "Green", and all 70's era Ferry. The Eno is getting pulled out over the weekend, if I don't just settle in for another re-run of Velvet Goldmine on DVD! TTFN LITWOC aka Lost In The Wilds Of Canada ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:31:43 -0500 From: "paula brown" Subject: Re: [AVALON] My first time Below is the excerpt from my journal with every embarrassing girly detail of my first time seeing Roxy live. They have always been my catalyst, and this passage was only the first in the chain of fateful events to come, which seem always to surround Roxy tours for me. CHANCE MEETING February 29th, 1976, I was boarding a plane to Memphis to see Roxy Music, wearing my pink tweed wool pantsuit with tortoiseshell buttons and brown platform boots. On the plane, Gary Wright happened to have the seat behind me. We spoke, and he said they had been put in the show at the spur of the moment and had been given top billing over Roxy Music. My face fell when he told me, and I explained that I liked their album but that I was a huge Roxy Fan. Although I was upset that now Roxy would play a shorter set, the closer I got to Memphis, the more inexplicably overwhelmed I became by a feeling of uncanny power, like big wheels were turning. I could feel it happening. I knew I was on a streak, and I intended to take it to the limit. At the airport in Memphis, I was renting a car when I was compelled to look behind me to my right, where a mustachiod man was strolling, hands in the pockets of a wrinkled khaki suit, his head looking at the floor, his blue eyes flicking briefly up at me. I thought my imagination was playing tricks on me. I derided myself for being such a fool. Ibd often imagined I saw someone I wanted to see when, in fact, I had not. Then I heard him whistling and glanced back again as the hair rose on my neck. There was no mistaking that whistle. It was Bryan Ferry, the sentimental fool, in the flesh. The mustache and wrinkled suit had thrown me. I panicked. I excused myself from the counter, left my luggage abandoned, and walked to the nearby ladies room, where I took a few deep breaths and had a talk with myself in the mirror trying to compose myself, bPaula,b I told myself very sternly, bif you donbt do it now, you will never do anything.b I walked over to him. He was, by now, seated. I was beginning to be aware of other band members around. He rose and smiled. He was vastly more beautiful than any pictures of him had led me to imagine. His blue eyes swam childlike and innocent, yet serene. His nose was delicately sculpted, his mouth sensitive and sensual. What can I say to this man whom I feel Ibve known intimately, whose music mirrors my soul, whom Ibve met in my dreams, yet who knows nothing of me? Ibm trying to quiet myself so I donbt pour myself out all over him. The talk in the mirror paid off. I said conversationally, bHow long do you expect to play tonight?b His voice was cool and low and poetic and sublime. I was lost in his eyes, straining to contain myself and remain poised. This was my god. We chatted for a few minutes. I told him about finding out they were opening from Gary Wright on the plane and being devastated because Ibd come to see Roxy. I think I talked some of his music history with him. I told him in as contained terms as I could muster how much he had meant to me and knew emotion was creeping into my voice and I was getting dangerously close to telling him he was my god, so I ended the conversation before I started babbling. I think I even told him, bI better go before I start babbling,b at which he looked a little surprised, so maybe I had been contained up until then. He had told me they were playing San Antonio, I believe it was, the next night, an added date, but I didnbt see how I could go, having no tickets and on such short notice. At some point during our conversation, I had become aware of Jerry Hall seated a few feet away, with one eye turned on us, smiling a little. The rest of the band, Phil Manzanera, Andy McKay, Eddie Jobson, and Paul Thompson milled around nearby. Ferry was very gracious to me. His nature was exactly as it had been in my dreams. The only surprise was that he seemed like an innocent child who had never been exposed to evil, like someone out of a fairytale. Yet, he is the same man who has written melancholy verses of futile and fatal love. bItbs the same old story, all love and glory. Itbs a pantomine. If youbre looking for love in a looking glass world, itbs pretty hard to find.b I picked up the rental car and just started driving in a random direction, trying to digest that Ibd just talked to Bryan Ferry. My monologue went something like this: bOh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god.b At some point, I realized I had no idea where I was and started trying to navigate to the hotel to prepare for the concert. The concert began, for me ecstatically, with bSentimental Fool,b a song which chills me to the bone with itbs eerie guitar and piano lead-in, followed by otherwordly vocals. I could not have been more pleased in selection of an opening number. The Ferry onstage is a careening painful figure who never looks to the audience but seems always to be having a musical dialogue with himself. He has been brutalized by love and driven time and time again to surrender to its powers, his voice wailing, trembling, the music entrancing and beckoning. I will always remember that day as one of the best in my life. bHow could I forget that day? I know that time spent well is so rare.b ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:38:09 -0500 From: "paula brown" Subject: Fw: [AVALON] My first time(readable I hope) Below is the excerpt from my journal with every embarrassing girly detail of my first time seeing Roxy live. They have always been my catalyst, and this passage was only the first in the chain of fateful events to come, which seem always to surround Roxy tours for me. ~CHANCE MEETING ~ February 29th, 1976, I was boarding a plane to Memphis to see Roxy Music, wearing my pink tweed wool pantsuit with tortoiseshell buttons and brown platform boots. On the plane, Gary Wright happened to have the seat behind me. We spoke, and he said they had been put in the show at the spur of the moment and had been given top billing over Roxy Music. My face fell when he told me, and I explained that I liked their album but that I was a huge Roxy Fan. Although I was upset that now Roxy would play a shorter set, the closer I got to Memphis, the more inexplicably overwhelmed I became by a feeling of uncanny power, like big wheels were turning. I could feel it happening. I knew I was on a streak, and I intended to take it to the limit. ~ At the airport in Memphis, I was renting a car when I was compelled to look behind me to my right, where a mustachiod man was strolling, hands in the pockets of a wrinkled khaki suit, his head looking at the floor, his blue eyes flicking briefly up at me. I thought my imagination was playing tricks on me. I derided myself for being such a fool. Ibd often imagined I saw someone I wanted to see when, in fact, I had not. ~ Then I heard him whistling and glanced back again as the hair rose on my neck. There was no mistaking that whistle. It was Bryan Ferry, the sentimental fool, in the flesh. The mustache and wrinkled suit had thrown me. ~ I panicked. I excused myself from the counter, left my luggage abandoned, and walked to the nearby ladies room, where I took a few deep breaths and had a talk with myself in the mirror trying to compose myself, bPaula,b I told myself very sternly, bif you donbt do it now, you will never do anything.b ~ I walked over to him. He was, by now, seated. I was beginning to be aware of other band members around. He rose and smiled. He was vastly more beautiful than any pictures of him had led me to imagine. His blue eyes swam childlike and innocent, yet serene. His nose was delicately sculpted, his mouth sensitive and sensual. What can I say to this man whom I feel Ibve known intimately, whose music mirrors my soul, whom Ibve met in my dreams, yet who knows nothing of me? Ibm trying to quiet myself so I donbt pour myself out all over him. The talk in the mirror paid off. I said conversationally, bHow long do you expect to play tonight?b ~ His voice was cool and low and poetic and sublime. I was lost in his eyes, straining to contain myself and remain poised. This was my god. We chatted for a few minutes. I told him about finding out they were opening from Gary Wright on the plane and being devastated because Ibd come to see Roxy. I think I talked some of his music history with him. I told him in as contained terms as I could muster how much he had meant to me and knew emotion was creeping into my voice and I was getting dangerously close to telling him he was my god, so I ended the conversation before I started babbling. I think I even told him, bI better go before I start babbling,b at which he looked a little surprised, so maybe I had been contained up until then. ~ He had told me they were playing San Antonio, I believe it was, the next night, an added date, but I didnbt see how I could go, having no tickets and on such short notice. ~ At some point during our conversation, I had become aware of Jerry Hall seated a few feet away, with one eye turned on us, smiling a little. The rest of the band, Phil Manzanera, Andy McKay, Eddie Jobson, and Paul Thompson milled around nearby. Ferry was very gracious to me. His nature was exactly as it had been in my dreams. The only surprise was that he seemed like an innocent child who had never been exposed to evil, like someone out of a fairytale. Yet, he is the same man who has written melancholy verses of futile and fatal love. bItbs the same old story, all love and glory. Itbs a pantomine. If youbre looking for love in a looking glass world, itbs pretty hard to find.b ~ I picked up the rental car and just started driving in a random direction, trying to digest that Ibd just talked to Bryan Ferry. My monologue went something like this: bOh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god.b At some point, I realized I had no idea where I was and started trying to navigate to the hotel to prepare for the concert. ~ The concert began, for me ecstatically, with bSentimental Fool,b a song which chills me to the bone with itbs eerie guitar and piano lead-in, followed by otherwordly vocals. I could not have been more pleased in selection of an opening number. The Ferry onstage is a careening painful figure who never looks to the audience but seems always to be having a musical dialogue with himself. He has been brutalized by love and driven time and time again to surrender to its powers, his voice wailing, trembling, the music entrancing and beckoning. ~ I will always remember that day as one of the best in my life. bHow could I forget that day? I know that time spent well is so rare.b ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:43:38 -0500 From: "paula brown" Subject: Fw: [AVALON] My first time (Part 2, where the last one went bad forward) (continued from "My first time," from where the text became unreadable. Hope this works.) I panicked. I excused myself from the counter, left my luggage abandoned, and walked to the nearby ladies room, where I took a few deep breaths and had a talk with myself in the mirror trying to compose myself, bPaula,b I told myself very sternly, bif you donbt do it now, you will never do anything.b I walked over to him. He was, by now, seated. I was beginning to be aware of other band members around. He rose and smiled. He was vastly more beautiful than any pictures of him had led me to imagine. His blue eyes swam childlike and innocent, yet serene. His nose was delicately sculpted, his mouth sensitive and sensual. What can I say to this man whom I feel Ibve known intimately, whose music mirrors my soul, whom Ibve met in my dreams, yet who knows nothing of me? Ibm trying to quiet myself so I donbt pour myself out all over him. The talk in the mirror paid off. I said conversationally, bHow long do you expect to play tonight?b His voice was cool and low and poetic and sublime. I was lost in his eyes, straining to contain myself and remain poised. This was my god. We chatted for a few minutes. I told him about finding out they were opening from Gary Wright on the plane and being devastated because Ibd come to see Roxy. I think I talked some of his music history with him. I told him in as contained terms as I could muster how much he had meant to me and knew emotion was creeping into my voice and I was getting dangerously close to telling him he was my god, so I ended the conversation before I started babbling. I think I even told him, bI better go before I start babbling,b at which he looked a little surprised, so maybe I had been contained up until then. He had told me they were playing San Antonio, I believe it was, the next night, an added date, but I didnbt see how I could go, having no tickets and on such short notice. At some point during our conversation, I had become aware of Jerry Hall seated a few feet away, with one eye turned on us, smiling a little. The rest of the band, Phil Manzanera, Andy McKay, Eddie Jobson, and Paul Thompson milled around nearby. Ferry was very gracious to me. His nature was exactly as it had been in my dreams. The only surprise was that he seemed like an innocent child who had never been exposed to evil, like someone out of a fairytale. Yet, he is the same man who has written melancholy verses of futile and fatal love. bItbs the same old story, all love and glory. Itbs a pantomine. If youbre looking for love in a looking glass world, itbs pretty hard to find.b I picked up the rental car and just started driving in a random direction, trying to digest that Ibd just talked to Bryan Ferry. My monologue went something like this: bOh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god.b At some point, I realized I had no idea where I was and started trying to navigate to the hotel to prepare for the concert. The concert began, for me ecstatically, with bSentimental Fool,b a song which chills me to the bone with itbs eerie guitar and piano lead-in, followed by otherwordly vocals. I could not have been more pleased in selection of an opening number. The Ferry onstage is a careening painful figure who never looks to the audience but seems always to be having a musical dialogue with himself. He has been brutalized by love and driven time and time again to surrender to its powers, his voice wailing, trembling, the music entrancing and beckoning. I will always remember that day as one of the best in my life. bHow could I forget that day? I know that time spent well is so rare.b ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:54:45 -0500 From: "paula brown" Subject: [AVALON] My first time - I give up. Read it at RMWF For some reason, although my "sent" copy of My First Time looks normal, Avalon is mangling my text. Sorry for the inconvenience. Probably was too long. If you want to read a proper copy, I posted it on Roxy Music Web Forum, with no subject, at this link: http://pub42.bravenet.com/forum/fetch.php?id=9841224&usernum=3542466064 Paula ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:10:35 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: [AVALON] My first time - I give up. Read it at RMWF At 10:54 PM 4/12/2002 -0500, paula brown wrote: >For some reason, although my "sent" copy of My First Time looks normal, Avalon >is mangling my text. Avalon is "mangling your text" because the message is being sent in HTML format, which is not readable by all mail clients. smoe.org lists use a program called "demime" that automatically strips away formatting, making your post readable by all. But if your post depends on HTML coding for formatting, it also takes away the line returns, underlines, bold text, etc., hence those funny squares and such on the message. (Many mail clients, such as Outlook Express, are set up to send HTML messages by default, so you may not even realize that you're sending 'em this way!) My recommendation to you and anyone else whose posts are not coming out on Avalon exactly as you formatted them is to *send your messages in plain text only.* This is a good idea even if smoe.org were set up differently, because it ensures that any recipient of your mail will be able to read the message, as well as saving on bandwidth (HTML messages tend to be much larger than their plain text counterparts). Here's a website that gives instructions for how to configure the most common mail clients to send plain text messages only: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/nomime.html best, Miles ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 06:38:50 +0200 From: "Kari Solberg" Subject: [AVALON] Ferry on Swedish TV Daniel said: >....They also made Ferry comment on some words describing him... Romantic?.. He had to admit..''Pfzzzzz...From time to time, yeah". Very big smile... Passionated?.. ''Oh yes, very much so,...maybe it is a northern thing....." (right!) Reflected?.. ''There is a song on the new album, I Thought, which is quite a reflected little thing.......yeah...............'' Talking about his taste. Refinement?.. ''Uuuummmm..Sometimes,.. but that can be a dangerous thing. I think as long as the kind of underlaying energy is quite raw,.. then it's all right to be refined on top, as long as people can see through it, if you see what I mean"? (!) ..and about he's being more busy for the two last years than ever before, and now really love doing concerts again: "Perhaps that's why I feel quite rejuvenated!"... The interview lasted about 10 minutes, and yes, Bryan was very cheerful and oh, so 'simply charming'! From start he was so relaxed, but later, he was stuttering a bit, ..but everything went very fine. Yes, it was a wonderful and uplifting interview! Kari ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 08:28:25 +0200 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: RE: [AVALON] My first time - last comments At 00.46 +0200 2-04-13, Judy Kaufman wrote: >I don't discount the abilities of Phil Jackson at all . . . but when you >have such a high caliber of talent to coach how can you lose? One of >Jackson's strengths is that he has his on-floor guys play through difficult >situations - making their own decisions on how to play. If their choices >don't work he then gives options for the next time. This is true, and Phil Jackson's other strength is getting ego filled superstar players to realize that they are part of a team. Coaching Michael Jordan might be easy, but getting him to share the ball was a bit harder. Coaching Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodham in the Bulls and stopping Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant in the Lakers from fighting was and is a bit trickier. The coach does not win, but he gives them comfidence to do so. Watch the English football (soccer) squad in the World Championships. The coach has been making a difference for them. Or reflect on the result of Roxy's managment signed away Roxy Music's name to Virgin records? They can not release any albums under their own name without paying Virgin NP Marvin Gaye, Distant lover, live Oakland 1974 Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:54:37 +0100 From: "Duncan Watkins" Subject: [AVALON] High Road Cover Art Finally got 'The High Road' DVD yesterday (still available from amazon.fr).Excellent! But that picture on the cover, the 'lip thing' (same one that's on the video and mini Lp) can anybody out there explain that image? Regards, Duncan. _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:49:15 -0700 From: "Keith Shockley" Subject: Re: [AVALON] My first time(readable I hope) - ----- Original Message ----- From: paula brown To: Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:38 PM Subject: Fw: [AVALON] My first time(readable I hope) Paula, But you left out the most important part...how was Gary Wright? Just kidding....... Keith NP: Suffer Little Children / The Smiths > Below is the excerpt from my journal with every embarrassing girly detail > of my first time seeing Roxy live. They have always been my catalyst, and > this passage was only the first in the chain of fateful events to come, which > seem always to surround Roxy tours for me. > ~CHANCE MEETING > ~ > February 29th, 1976, I was boarding a plane to Memphis to see Roxy Music, > wearing my pink tweed wool pantsuit with tortoiseshell buttons and brown > platform boots. On the plane, Gary Wright happened to have the seat behind > me. We spoke, and he said they had been put in the show at the spur of the > moment and had been given top billing over Roxy Music. My face fell when he > told me, and I explained that I liked their album but that I was a huge Roxy > Fan. Although I was upset that now Roxy would play a shorter set, the closer > I got to Memphis, the more inexplicably overwhelmed I became by a feeling of > uncanny power, like big wheels were turning. I could feel it happening. I > knew I was on a streak, and I intended to take it to the limit. > ~ > At the airport in Memphis, I was renting a car when I was compelled to look > behind me to my right, where a mustachiod man was strolling, hands in the > pockets of a wrinkled khaki suit, his head looking at the floor, his blue eyes > flicking briefly up at me. I thought my imagination was playing tricks on me. > I derided myself for being such a fool. Ibd often imagined I saw someone I > wanted to see when, in fact, I had not. > ~ > Then I heard him whistling and glanced back again as the hair rose on my neck. > There was no mistaking that whistle. It was Bryan Ferry, the sentimental > fool, in the flesh. The mustache and wrinkled suit had thrown me. > ~ > I panicked. I excused myself from the counter, left my luggage abandoned, and > walked to the nearby ladies room, where I took a few deep breaths and had a > talk with myself in the mirror trying to compose myself, bPaula,b I told > myself very sternly, bif you donbt do it now, you will never do > anything.b > ~ > I walked over to him. He was, by now, seated. I was beginning to be aware of > other band members around. He rose and smiled. He was vastly more beautiful > than any pictures of him had led me to imagine. His blue eyes swam childlike > and innocent, yet serene. His nose was delicately sculpted, his mouth > sensitive and sensual. What can I say to this man whom I feel Ibve known > intimately, whose music mirrors my soul, whom Ibve met in my dreams, yet who > knows nothing of me? Ibm trying to quiet myself so I donbt pour myself > out all over him. The talk in the mirror paid off. I said conversationally, > bHow long do you expect to play tonight?b > ~ > His voice was cool and low and poetic and sublime. I was lost in his eyes, > straining to contain myself and remain poised. This was my god. We chatted > for a few minutes. I told him about finding out they were opening from Gary > Wright on the plane and being devastated because Ibd come to see Roxy. I > think I talked some of his music history with him. I told him in as contained > terms as I could muster how much he had meant to me and knew emotion was > creeping into my voice and I was getting dangerously close to telling him he > was my god, so I ended the conversation before I started babbling. I think I > even told him, bI better go before I start babbling,b at which he looked a > little surprised, so maybe I had been contained up until then. > ~ > He had told me they were playing San Antonio, I believe it was, the next > night, an added date, but I didnbt see how I could go, having no tickets and > on such short notice. > ~ > At some point during our conversation, I had become aware of Jerry Hall seated > a few feet away, with one eye turned on us, smiling a little. The rest of the > band, Phil Manzanera, Andy McKay, Eddie Jobson, and Paul Thompson milled > around nearby. Ferry was very gracious to me. His nature was exactly as it > had been in my dreams. The only surprise was that he seemed like an innocent > child who had never been exposed to evil, like someone out of a fairytale. > Yet, he is the same man who has written melancholy verses of futile and fatal > love. bItbs the same old story, all love and glory. Itbs a pantomine. > If youbre looking for love in a looking glass world, itbs pretty hard to > find.b > ~ > I picked up the rental car and just started driving in a random direction, > trying to digest that Ibd just talked to Bryan Ferry. My monologue went > something like this: bOh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god.b > At some point, I realized I had no idea where I was and started trying to > navigate to the hotel to prepare for the concert. > ~ > The concert began, for me ecstatically, with bSentimental Fool,b a song > which chills me to the bone with itbs eerie guitar and piano lead-in, > followed by otherwordly vocals. I could not have been more pleased in > selection of an opening number. The Ferry onstage is a careening painful > figure who never looks to the audience but seems always to be having a musical > dialogue with himself. He has been brutalized by love and driven time and > time again to surrender to its powers, his voice wailing, trembling, the music > entrancing and beckoning. > ~ > I will always remember that day as one of the best in my life. bHow could I > forget that day? I know that time spent well is so rare.b > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > The subliminable footer says: > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V7 #128 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest