From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V7 #276 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Sunday, August 18 2002 Volume 07 : Number 276 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Otis interviewed in Daily Telegraph ["Caroline" ] Re: [AVALON] No Subject Is As Sad As A Broken Heart. [KB Porter ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:17:37 +0200 From: "Caroline" Subject: [AVALON] Otis interviewed in Daily Telegraph Long interview about fox hunting and so on..Big pictures of Otis with dogs, horse...Quite 2 full pages on the Week End part of the newspaper.. The text can be find here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/outdoors/main.jhtml?xml=%2Foutdoors%2F2002%2F08% 2F17%2Footis17.xml Caroline by the sunny Seine ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 11:26:28 -0400 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] No Subject Is As Sad As A Broken Heart. "... you can bet BF will walk out in style." Perhaps. The news is sad, but not surprising - is it, Folks? It has been acknowledged for more than a decade that the Ferrys were frequently on the verge of splitting up. I believe divorce is a heartbreak for those involved. Sometimes divorce is the only viable remedy. I hope the best for the entire Ferry family. The only way any of them can 'walk out in style' is if they are able to amicably end their marriage and maintain a civil, if not caring, relationship, overall. KBP ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 10:44:15 -0500 (CDT) From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (M.M.K.) Subject: [AVALON] Re: Avalon no subject Of all the things read of Ferry's marriage breakup here the past few days, KBP, put it best, Bravo!!! ---- When anyone is in the public eye they are automatically up for scrutiny, Bryan being no exception! You work at a marriage , just maybe there wasn't anything worth working on anymore. Not the end of the world for them, everyone deserves happiness in their life & maybe this is their way to happiness. Marlana.................................... ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 13:28:30 +1200 From: Kamaya.Yates@police.govt.nz Subject: [AVALON] What is the problem with Paula? Ok this is now bugging me. It is not the first time seemingly innocent comments by Paula have been blown way out of proportion by one person or another on this list. The goings on in an artists life are as essential to the essence of their creativity as breath is to life. If you crave understanding and knowledge of their work of course you must also crave to understand their relationships and personal life. Not knowing everything adds to the mystery but a little knowledge sparks the imagination and makes for very interesting analysis. I mean the reevaluation of Frantic has been most engrossing. As for groundless gossip I can assure you that it is no such thing. Take that as you will but the world is a small place. =============================================================== WARNING This message may contain information that is confidential and may be subject to the provisions of section 61A of the Police Act 1958, which creates an offence to have unlawful possession of Police documents. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this message in error, you must not peruse, use, pass or copy this message or any of its contents. Also note, the views expressed in this message may not necessarily reflect those of the New Zealand Police. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:52:50 -0400 From: "Theresa Fagan" Subject: [AVALON] Otis Telegraph Part 2 He concedes that his parents may have been surprised by his decision to cut | short his education, but he says they made no serious attempts to dissuade | him from his chosen career. "They always knew that I was not going to sit | behind a desk, and I think Dad's only concern was that hunting might get | banned and I would fall into a black hole," he says. "That apart, he was 100 | per cent for it. From what I gather, he is delighted that I have my mind set | on something. | | "I think it depresses him a bit when he meets so many young people who don't | know what to do with themselves. He knows I'm not some bum squeezing all the | juice out of gap year and wandering aimlessly up and down the King's Road." | | There could scarcely be a greater disparity between the images of this | down-to-earth young countryman and his urbane father - still, in his | mid-50s, the personification of elegance and style. But the two enjoy a | close relationship and share a love of the countryside. "Dad goes shooting, | but even when he has a bad day, he still appreciates the whole procedure and | how everything fits into place," says Otis. "He doesn't ride, but he still | loves the hunting spectacle - hounds working, the smart turnout and the | elegant women. He absolutely loves that." This last comment is made with a | knowing smile. | | Although Ferry Snr has expressed private concerns over his eldest son's latest shenanigans, it is hard to imagine them falling out over what is much more than just the irresponsible actions of a headstrong teenager. For in hunting, Otis believes he has a cause as poignant as any in history. As if to confirm contact with his father, I notice - and smell - a bright, wooden box on a chair in the kitchen. "A present from Dad. I call it my hygiene box," says Otis with a grin, lifting the lid to reveal bottles branded Hermes, Dolce & Gabbana and Giorgio Armani. Last season's foot and mouth restrictions gave Otis a rare chance to join his father on tour. "I absolutely love music and if I thought I had any talent, I would probably have tried it," he says. "I don't turn my nose up and think: 'Silly people dancing on stage.' I definitely, really love music." Otis offers a perceptive analysis when I ask him why those in the music business who enjoy country sports are sometimes reluctant to stand up and be counted. "I think musicians are very wary of their name being tarnished," he says. "Even the smallest thing affects them, such as a child in the street calling them names. Not only from a personal viewpoint, but also from a commercial one. The more famous you are, the more fragile the ego and the greater the paranoia." He agrees that fear of reprisals may have stifled his father's enthusiasm for sticking his neck out on behalf of hunting - particularly after the singer's commitment to last year's cancelled Countryside March led to sinister threats from hunt saboteurs. Otis relives the camaraderie of life on the road with his father's supporting cast. The roadies recruited from Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool are, he says, "great guys - really sound". He adds: "I think it's only twisted mentalities that have this bitter resentment towards people who go hunting. These guys can see beyond the fact that huntsmen wear red coats, and they can see that someone has to get up early in the morning to feed hounds and horses and do a demanding and difficult job. It's not just some dosser riding up and down blowing his horn. "There is definitely no hostility towards hunting from any of them - none at all." Although nearly all his contemporaries are astonished by the long hours and poor pay that make up his hunting life, Otis feels many envy him his sense of direction. "I think a lot of people at my age feel a bit lost and unsure about what they want to do, but my friends see me with a real sense of purpose," he says. Many of them are quick to support him, including, significantly, those with no interest in hunting. "At a party last week, every single person was up for protest, even those who have never sat on a horse," he says. Those around him in Yorkshire are, he adds, seething with frustration at the threat to their way of life. "We feel totally excluded from Alun Michael's consultation process and, while he and his cronies decide the fate of our livelihoods beyond our reach, we see the carpet being whipped from under our feet," says Otis. "I know all about the different methods of fox control from practical experience, not sitting at a desk - lamping, snaring, shooting and hunting - but no one in Parliament is going to listen to my opinion on any of that. The bottom line is: they couldn't care less." Otis believes spontaneous protest will only increase as the debate comes to a head, but insists there is equal support for official demonstrations such as those organised by the Countryside Alliance. Despite his personal conviction that hunting supporters need to "get a lot hotter yet", he embraces law-abiding protest. "Everyone around here between the ages of 16 and 25 is going down to London, when it's our turn, for the vigil in Parliament Square," he says. "And it's the same for the Countryside March on September 22. Everyone is going." As an example, Otis recalls the ease with which he was able to recruit a group of young farmers to join him on a recent run in London to raise money for the cause, even though it meant cutting short a Saturday night out in order to make an early start the next day. In spite of his determination to toe the party line, Otis's remarks throughout our conversation hint at the presence of a hitherto untapped reservoir of country people simmering with anger that is in danger of boiling over should their way of life be put under further threat. Before I leave, Otis revisits the night of his arrest and puts the events surrounding it into perspective. "It's unbelievable that such a fuss can be made about a few pro-hunting stickers in the wrong place when this Government is committed to destroying our way of life," he says. "I find the contrast perverse and pathetic." However, he believes that deep down, the Prime Minister himself does not really have the appetite for a ban on hunting. "What he wants is an easy way out," says Otis. "He is no more than a people-pleaser who wants to appeal to the Conservative voter and hard-line Labour supporter at the same time. When he eventually realises the strong resistance from hunting people, he is going to have to think again. Definitely." | | ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon Avalonians on tour 2002: http://helios.unive.it/~tcecilia/meetup.html US ticket sale info: http://www.thewebgal.com/roxymusic/ (updated weekly) ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V7 #276 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest