From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V8 #6 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, January 8 2003 Volume 08 : Number 006 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] 'A MAD AFFAIR 2' - CONFIRMED [Daniel Atterbom ] [AVALON] New Bryan Ferry Tour Dates [KRNCHSE@aol.com] [AVALON] Ferry at the Warfield 11/22 (so I'm a little behind) ["Cambra, R] Re: [AVALON] New Bryan Ferry Tour Dates ["Philip Adams" ] [AVALON] German article 1/8/03 ["Paula Brown" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:00:31 +0100 From: Daniel Atterbom Subject: Re: [AVALON] 'A MAD AFFAIR 2' - CONFIRMED At 16.33 -0800 03-01-06, Johnny Reece wrote: >I'm happy to announce that 'A MAD AFFAIR 2 - ANOTHER >TIME ANOTHER PLACE' will take place on Saturday, March >8th, 2003, in Amsterdam. It is the international women's day, a thought: Here's looking at you kid celebrate years. NP Alicia Keys, The Life Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 06:35:17 EST From: Dusenbury1@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] 2002 Manchester Offer and Sheffield CD Offer Greetings! I am pleased to offer up to five copies each of Bryan Ferry's 2002 Manchester show (10/26/02) and the Sheffield show (10/16/02) to North Americans. Four will be offered first come, first served, and one will be reserved for someone who will also make this offer to the list. This offer is for trade or for b&p. Please contact me off list for details. Thanks! Diane Dusenbury Dusenbury1@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:18:20 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?jeanne=20louise?= Subject: [AVALON] Mad Affair At last,it's going to happen! Congratulations,Johnny and Jocelyn,the site is great,making it so easy to travel,find a hotel,we are practically in Amsterdam already!JL. Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 10:06:34 -0500 From: Subject: [AVALON] New Bryan Ferry Tour Dates Hello Every One. So you say you like that Bryan Ferry music do ya? I know we all do. So you say youd love to see some more shows? Well ask and yee shall receive. I am sure you will hear these new dates shortly so let me present you with the latest Bryan Ferry Tour Dates for 2003. UK Dates 3rd and 4th March, London , Shepherd's Bush Empire. 6th March, Derby, Assembley Rooms. 7th March, Preston, Guildhall. 9th March, Bradford, King George's Hall. 10th March, Manchester, Apollo. 12th March, Portsmouth, Guildhall. 13th March, Brighton, Dome . 16th March, Oxford, Apollo . 17th March, Cambridge, Corn Exchange . 18th March, Northampton, Derngate . 20th March, Cardiff, St. David's Hall. 21st March, Reading, Hexagon. 23rd March, Birmingham, NIA . 24th March, Liverpool, Philharmonic . More when we get it. Best Regards John Dillon ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:41:59 EST From: KRNCHSE@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] New Bryan Ferry Tour Dates > I see March 8th has been kept free ?Possible Amsterdam show,or just out of > respect for ATAP festivities? I can see a few Avalonians running around > like headless chickens ,wondering how to organise schedules ! Well done > John........ > Regards > DM Return-path: From: KRNCHSE@aol.com Full-name: KRNCHSE Message-ID: <180.141ecbca.2b4c64f4@aol.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:14:28 EST Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Bryan Ferry Tour Dates To: jmdillon@mindspring.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10634 I see March 8th has been kept free ?Possible Amsterdam show,or just out of respect for ATAP festivities? I can see a few Avalonians running around like headless chickens ,wondering how to organise schedules ! Well done John........ Regards DM ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:41:20 -0500 From: "Cambra, Robert" Subject: [AVALON] Ferry at the Warfield 11/22 (so I'm a little behind) I'm not sorry I went, not at all--I've been a huge Roxy/Ferry fan since 1974 and there was a lot of good stuff played that evening--but I really have to agree on all counts with Karin Whitney's disappointments in her review of Ferry's 11/22 Warfield performance (Avalon #390). But first to be positive: the unexpected highpoint of the show was "Boys and Girls." The band made something new of it, stretched it out into a magnificent, glorious almost krautrock-like extravaganza. Stunning. It was opened up and reinterpreted as older songs often need to be. Often I just do not understand the choices Ferry makes, so many bad ones when we know he can be so good. I wonder why he needs to be his own oldies band and a cover band? I wonder why there are featured and non featured players, people who seem barely allowed on the stage. I think the music suffers when there is a hierarchy rather than what should be a whole band at work. I wonder why Love/War never made it to be on 'Frantic.' The first time I heard it I noticed I felt this . . . oh--yeah--that's the feeling of excitement! Well, enough of being critical for now. Cheers, Robert From: Karin Whitney To: majordomo@smoe.org Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Bryan Ferry-San Francisco Warfield Theatre 11/22/02 Review: San Francisco Warfield Theatre - 11/22/02 by Karin Whitney Bryan Ferry - Frantic So sad when an idol has fallen from grace Regardless of opening with "The Only Face" The first set was rushed, anxious and worn A mixed medley of tunes seeming scattered and torn... Really, I've come to expect a whole lot more from artists whom I admire and respect. Mr. Ferry left me feeling shortchanged, as opposed to longing for more. As a long time fan since the early days, I always hope for a show tinged with the tantalizing sensation of excitement mixed with unknown potential, where the band and crowd connect at unusual levels and all are left in a frenzy of music, dance and sublime joy! Obviously I expect too much since I was completely let down in the joy department. Actually the Mamouna Tour in Berkeley was exceptional compared to this limp version. Possibly Bryan is exhausted and ready to return home. Sure, I'll make excuses for him, after last night's show I need to make excuses for him. I'm sure all the young things there were in awe... but I'm time tested and traveled. Granted, I do feel quite the critic, yet only because I've come to expect so much more. First there was the folksy female vocalist opener from Toronto - dull, no glamour. Barely audible, whispery little kid voice - give me a real vocalist please...and keep the sing in the shower set at home! She sounded like every other folksy rock chick...BORING!!! Finally the band comes on......I'm front row center.....more like a mosh pit, it's so jammed. Can we have some dancing room please! How about some elegance(I thought that was the epitome of Bryan Ferry)by adding chairs or cafe tables and chairs, as the Warfield does have them. Bryan's choice of back-up singers were poor. Mostly eye candy for the boys. They can't sing! Even the black vocalist(obviously there as the designated soul singer to bolster the other two back-ups)was not very good. I was shocked! I know I sound way harsh, but it is all true, to my dismay. If they spent more time rehearsing than in costume changes, they might improve. It reminded me of the Supremes, without the voices! Like a bad Vegas act. Tacky! Maybe some older, gorgeous, experienced vocalists would be a better choice. And what's up with the hot pink feathered swan drag queen costumes at the end? It just didn't work, it seemed out of place. Bryan rushed through the first set like he had just done several lines of coke, or wanted to get the hell out of Dodge. Thank God for the two fab guitarists and the sax player. They kept things tight and smooth. Very good musicians. Though I must say that Bryan did look fabulous as always, great cufflinks and cool green shoes.Though the show started out lackluster, it improved as it went along...... the point being, I prefer hot from the top. If you are tired and bored, then sing the blues! Will you still love me tomorrow? Once they got the lead out, it rolled along pretty good. There were a few exceptional moments in the second set. Bryan did a costume change into a marvelous gray suit with black sparkle shirt. Elegant and hip as always. The problem is that the show felt tragically hip. That worries me. I want glamour without falseness. The show seemed hollow, cold, detached of emotion......in a word PASSIONLESS. Has the divine Mr. Ferry lost his passion. Now that would be a tragedy! And the audience has changed strangely. Very drab folks with no soul, no dancing, terrible clothes, no glamour...just like the opening act which set the tone and the precedence. Personally, I was embarrassed and left wanting. A preview of Dante's Divine Comedy? The whole show was frantic all right.......frantic to get off the stage by the look and feel of things. Loose the cheap Vegas act Bryan, as it doesn't suit you. On a positive and up-beat note........Bryan pulled it slightly out of the bag, dancing about the stage in rather good form, smiling and even laughing. It seemed as though he had some humor about the evening and decided not to take himself too seriously. I can appreciate that, as it is a quality of humility that I admire. I just can't abide by an attitude of decadent apathy. The show reeked of it. Maybe if Bryan is going back to his roots, he needs to get in the trenches, remember whence he came, and stay in touch with it. Otherwise you have grown into a tired and worn clichi. I thought he might sing Gemini Moon, as we had a full moon in Gemini. He must not have consulted with his astrologer. Love is the Drug, Don't Stop the Dance, and Fool for Love were good. As was Jealous Guy. Either Bryan is feeling a lack of self-confidence or superior conceit, as I found it odd that when he left the stage for the final time he had to prompt the audience and the band to continue to applaud and cheer for him. He actually egged the audience on for more accolades. Sickening! As he exited stage right, he nodded and mugged to the afro-wigged back-up singer to encourage(as he did)the audience to keep applauding....well, whatever floats your boat. Does he think were all blind and stupid? He needn't do this, it is so undignified! And I'm mystified by all of this behavior....what gives? He is usually such a gentleman. I hope it changes for the better as this is one disappointed fan. If next year's tour is this muddled and false, then forget it. Give me heartfelt!!! The bottom line is that it is the Bryan Ferry show and ultimately his vision........maybe he needs bi-focals? *************************************************************** This message is intended only for the use of the individuals to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this transmission in error; any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message and all of its attachments. ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 23:17:22 -0000 From: "Philip Adams" Subject: Re: [AVALON] New Bryan Ferry Tour Dates The privelege of being Avalonian. how do you guys do it? Philip > > 3rd and 4th March, London , Shepherd's Bush Empire. > 6th March, Derby, Assembley Rooms. > 7th March, Preston, Guildhall. > 9th March, Bradford, King George's Hall. > 10th March, Manchester, Apollo. > 12th March, Portsmouth, Guildhall. > 13th March, Brighton, Dome . > 16th March, Oxford, Apollo . > 17th March, Cambridge, Corn Exchange . > 18th March, Northampton, Derngate . > 20th March, Cardiff, St. David's Hall. > 21st March, Reading, Hexagon. > 23rd March, Birmingham, NIA . > 24th March, Liverpool, Philharmonic . > > More when we get it. > > Best Regards > > John Dillon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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) ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 01:02:07 -0000 From: "thom.wallace" Subject: [AVALON] Out of the Blue (Fairly long post) Well the news of the 15 English shows in March has certainly come out of the blue, some of us had expected that there may have been the chance of a couple of London shows to finish the tour, but nobody that I have spoken to of late had any idea that there would be so many. Indeed if there are any shows added in Scotland this will become a pretty comprehensive UK mainland tour, normally this would leave me excited, however this time I find my self wondering why now. Ferry has toured quite a bit over the last three years and I wonder if there is really the demand to merit a tour which doesn't seem to be promoting anything other than an album that has probably sold as many copies as it will. Just how many times will the casual fan want to see an act over a 36 month period? Could this be one tour too many within a given time period? From speaking to fans over the last couple of months there seemed to be the feeling that their wallets could be doing with a break and that the earliest that they would have liked to have seen a tour coming along was either in the autumn or the start of 2004 with a new album and the much rumoured box set to go with it. My personal thoughts were an album and some outdoor shows in the summer followed by a proper tour in the autumn as in 2002. Could this tail end of the Frantic tour set of shows be away for Ferry to test out some material being considered for the next album or is it just that the Australian leg of the tour has fallen through and this is a good way of filling the gap and getting some cash in while his name is still getting a good profile over here? I really hope that it is not the latter, there would have to be a fair amount of set changes to justify spending money on travelling down to any of these shows. My biggest fear is that we may be getting treated to yet another compilation to fill the gap until the eventual release of the new album, could this be the reason for the objection to the proposed "Classic Masters" US release that was said to be cutting across plans for 2003? I'll be putting a hold on whether or not to go to any of these shows until I hear if the set list will have much of a change to the last group of shows over here. In fact the social gatherings before and after these shows almost has more appeal than the announcement of the shows themselves. I just hope that Ferry does use these shows to preview some new material and air some stuff that hasn't been heard live for a long time. The next time is the best time, well I really hope so. Happy New Year, Tom. You can also contact me at: TomWallace@vivaroxymusic.com ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 03:00:11 +0100 From: "cor broersen" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Out of the Blue >From: "thom.wallace" >Reply-To: "thom.wallace" >To: "Avalon" >Subject: [AVALON] Out of the Blue (Fairly long post) >Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 01:02:07 -0000 > >I'll be putting a hold on whether or not to go to any of these shows until >I >hear if the set list will have much of a change to the last group of shows >over here. In fact the social gatherings before and after these shows >almost >has more appeal than the announcement of the shows themselves. Well Tom, it sounds as if you could do with two, three day's in Amsterdam round the 8th of march, Meet a lot of Avalonian friends at A Mad Affair2, exchange pictures, Re-make/Re-model performing songs you wil never hear on a Roxy/Ferry gig, have yourself one of the best times of 2003. The drinks are normal cafeprizes and not the expensive plastic drinks for a tenner or so like at the (bigger)Bryan Ferry venues. And hey Amsterdam, I type AM STER DAM! spot on in the centre!, where anything is just two streets away. Easy to travel, its just Schiphol-AmsterdamCentralStation-More or less CrossTheStreet is warmoestraat I just hope >that Ferry does use these shows to preview some new material and air some >stuff that hasn't been heard live for a long time. The next time is the >best >time, well I really hope so. I would seriously consider coming over to the UK for this kind of show, Tom. Seeya in Amsterdam, Cor Blimey! _________________________________________________________________ Chatten met je online vrienden via MSN Messenger. http://messenger.msn.nl/ ___________________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 00:24:12 -0600 From: "Paula Brown" Subject: [AVALON] German article 1/8/03 I'll try to get a good translation of this soon, but I know some of you can read German, so here it is. Paula Mittwoch 8. Januar 2003, 02:00 Uhr Rockgeschichte zum Anfassen M|nchen (AP) Erste Klasse aus der zweiten Reihe: Chris Spedding stand in seiner langen Karriere nur selten ganz vorne im Rampenlicht. Auch auf der anstehenden Deutschland-Tournee, die der 58-jdhrige Engldnder am 10. Januar startet, steht er +nur; unter den Scheinwerfern kleinerer Clubs. Dabei bietet er die recht seltene Gelegenheit, Musikhistorie aus der Ndhe zu erleben. Denn Speddings musikalische Vita liest sich wie ein Geschichtsbuch der Rockmusik. Im Gesprdch mit der Nachrichtenagentur AP erzdhlt er davon er. Beinahe bei sdmtlichen Moden der an Umwdlzungen nicht armen Pop-Geschichte hatte der Gitarrist, Sdnger und +gelernte; Geiger seine Finger mit im Spiel: In den mittleren sechziger Jahren war er bei verschiedenen Beat-Formationen am Start, spielte unter anderem mit Alan Price und Dusty Springfield. Mit dem Anbruch der Psychedelic-Dra wechselte Chris Spedding ins anspruchsvollere Progressive-Rock-Gewerbe und landete Anfang der Siebziger bei den britischen Jazz-Rock-Pionieren Nucleus. Seine technischen Fdhigkeiten an der Gitarre und seine Bereitschaft, ohne Knurren und Murren die M|hen musikalischen Feinhandwerks auf sich zu nehmen, machten ihn zugleich um einem der gefragtesten Studiomusiker: Spedding arbeitete unter anderem f|r Julie Driscoll, Elton John, John Cale und Donavan. Und schlie_lich stand vor den Toren des Rock-Olymp: Nach dem Ausstieg von Mick Taylor 1975 galt er als hei_er Kandidat f|r die freie Gitarristen-Stelle bei den Rolling Stones. Doch Chris Spedding, die ehrliche Rock-Haut aus der Stahlarbeiter-Stadt Sheffield schlug das Angebot aus. Aus +moralischen Gr|nden;: +Ich habe ein einfaches, aber hoch stehendes Berufs-Ethos. Als die Stones damals bei mir anfragten, hatte ich bereits Roy Harper zugesagt, mit ihm eine Tour zu machen. Wenn mich die Stones wirklich haben wollten, hdtten sie mich fr|her fragen sollen. Ich glaube, Mick Jagger wollte einfach mal schauen, ob ich sein Mann wdre - an Stelle von Ronnie Wood, der eher Keith Richads' Mann war. Im |brigen hatte ich gerade die Single 'Motor Biking' vervffentlicht. Es war nicht die richtige Zeit f|r mich, bei den Stones einzusteigen.; Doch es war die richtige Zeit f|r Chris Spedding, neue musikalische Wege zu gehen. Und damit wieder einmal sein Gef|hl f|r Zeitstrvmungen unter Beweis zu stellen: Mit +Motor Biking; kehrte Spedding zum einfachen Rock'n'Roll zur|ck - und erspielte sich Achtung bei der gerade aufkommenden Punk-Bewegung. Er produzierte die Sex Pistols (und soll angeblich auch f|r sie im Studio Gitarre gespielt haben), arbeitete mit den Vibrators und - als aus Punk New Wave wurde - - mit den Pretenders. Warum er bis in die Achtziger Jahre bei musikalischen Neuerungen fast immer ganz vorne dabei war, daf|r hat Spedding auch selbst keine Erkldrung: +Ich wei_ es nicht;, gesteht er. +Ich habe mich einfach immer auf das gest|rzt, was mich interessiert hat und was auch eine Herausforderung f|r mich dargestellt hat.; Inzwischen befdhrt Spedding ruhigere Gewdsser: Er lebt in Kalifornien (;Das Leben dort ist einfacher und billiger; das Wetter ist gro_artig. Aber manchmal vermisse ich England;, sagt er), nimmt manchmal Studiojobs an, ist regelmd_iger Begleiter von Bryan Ferry auf dessen Tourneen - und vervffentlicht ab und an eine eigene Platte. Zuletzt im vergangenen Sommer +One Step Ahead Of The Blues; (Bellaphon), auf der er fast vergessene St|cke aus der Rock-Geschichte mit dem ihm eigenen Charme covert. Mit dieser Platte im Gepdck zieht Chris Spedding nun auch durch Deutschland: Geschichtsunterricht live -oder einfach nur messerscharfer Rock'n'Roll. Die Tourdaten: 09.01. A-Linz (Posthof), 10.01. Gvppingen (Odeon), 11.01. Hannover (Bluesgarage), 12.01. Berlin (Wild At Heart), 13.01. Hamburg (Logo), 14.01. Halle (Objekt 5), 15.01. N|rnberg (Hirsch), 16.01. Ingolstadt (Neue Welt), 19.01. Gelsenkirchen (Kaue), 20.01. Bonn (Harmonie), 21.01. Frankfurt (Sinkkasten). ___________________________________________________________________________ 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 V8 #6 ************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest