From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V10 #44 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, February 26 2005 Volume 10 : Number 044 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Clink/Legacy [KB Porter ] [AVALON] Illegitimate love child of Kari Ann and Michael Jackson [Chandla] [AVALON] I am a bird now (sort of OT) [Go2Sweeney@aol.com] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:22:39 -0500 From: KB Porter Subject: Re: [AVALON] Clink/Legacy "More likely that the artist succumbed to the contract requirements to play a large number of hits in 90 minutes I suspect." Good point, Rob. Would the contract be for 'X numbers of hits' and '90 minutes'? Or only for 'X numbers of hits' with the time determined (within an acceptable minimum and maximum allotment from the venue, of course) by the band? I wondered if the up-tempo and clipped songs may have been adopted because of 'artistic influences' from the likes of Colin Good. Maybe it's true, perhaps, that Mr. Ferry really was only going through the 'motion' of giving a 'wham, bam, thank ya ma'am' concert as has been speculated by others on the list in the past? Too many questions, too few answers. Thanks. KBP ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:36:20 EST From: Chandla911@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Illegitimate love child of Kari Ann and Michael Jackson No, there is a Roxy link here, honestly. And what's more...it's art! Or is it*? _http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/museum/marclay/footstomp.html_ (http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/museum/marclay/footstomp.html) Best wishes Richard Mills n/p Cries of "Give me Whistler anyday!" ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:38:27 EST From: Go2Sweeney@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] I am a bird now (sort of OT) The article below describes the new Antony & the Johnsosn album, and he is sort of likenened to BF (I can't see that myself at all, but a fantastic album, worth a listen). Cheers, Goodie N.P. Def Leppard-Two steps behind _http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=11946_ (http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=11946) I Am A Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons (Secretly Canadian) Alternately fragile and passionate, Antony has a voice that wouldn't be at all unexpected coming from the mouth of an angel. To describe it in mortal terms, Antony's warbling tenor/soprano recalls Bryan Ferry and Nina Simone coming out of a gender-ambiguous mouth. On "I Am A Bird Now" the Johnsons provide a gorgeous backdrop of piano and strings for Antony's melancholic tales of death, gender, and love. "I Am A Bird Now" boasts an impressive list of guests. Boy George shares vocals on "You Are My Sister." Rufus Wainwright joins Antony on "What Can I Do?" after Antony sang "Old Whore's Diet" on Wainwright's latest CD "Want Two." Lou Reed plays guitar on the soul stinger "Fistful of Love." Antony sang backup on Reed's recent world tour, often closing the show with "Candy Says," Reed's song for Warhol star Candy Darling whose death bed photo graces the cover of "I Am A Bird Now." Death permeates the album, from the opening track "Hope There's Someone" which speaks to a fear of dying alone, to the wistfully soaring "Bird Guhl." The album is over so soon at under 40 minutes, though it's possible that even a moment more would break your heart. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V10 #44 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest