From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V11 #256 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Tuesday, November 7 2006 Volume 11 : Number 256 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Robin's love-child link [LeeSullivanart@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Tony Tyler [LeeSullivanart@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Tony Tyler ["Bill MacCormick" ] Re: [AVALON] Tony Tyler [Chris Turner ] [AVALON] Roxy religion [Joel Hurd ] Re: [AVALON] Roxy religion [LeeSullivanart@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Roxy religion [KWil632057@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Roxy religion [LeeSullivanart@aol.com] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 05:17:22 EST From: LeeSullivanart@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Robin's love-child link In a message dated 06/11/2006 07:14:19 GMT Standard Time, karsol2@online.no writes: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23373412-details/The%20nightclub%2 0heir%20and%20the%20storm%20over%20his%20secret%20love-child/article.do it must have been his looks :) Lee S ____________________________________________ Easily distracted? Displacement activity a problem? Me too. Going to: _www.leesullivan.co.uk_ (http://www.leesullivan.co.uk/) and _www.roxymagic.co.uk_ (http://www.roxymagic.com/) won't help either. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 05:18:58 EST From: LeeSullivanart@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Tony Tyler In a message dated 06/11/2006 01:16:08 GMT Standard Time, roxyrama@yahoo.co.uk writes: As Avalon's occasional obiturist, may I bring your attention to the untimely passing last week of Tony Tyler, the NME journalist who, alongside Ian MacDonald and Melody Maker's Richard Williams, championed Roxy Music as they made their stumbling way into the limelight. Thanks Chris - would have missed that, and the Charles Shaar Murray obit is well worth the read. Lee S ____________________________________________ Easily distracted? Displacement activity a problem? Me too. Going to: _www.leesullivan.co.uk_ (http://www.leesullivan.co.uk/) and _www.roxymagic.co.uk_ (http://www.roxymagic.com/) won't help either. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:41 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) From: "Bill MacCormick" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Tony Tyler In article <20061106010631.68605.qmail@web25601.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>, roxyrama@yahoo.co.uk (Chris Turner) wrote: > *From:* Chris Turner > *To:* Avalon > *Date:* Mon, 6 Nov 2006 01:06:31 +0000 (GMT) > > As Avalon's occasional obiturist, may I bring your attention to the > untimely passing last week of > Tony Tyler, the NME journalist who, alongside Ian MacDonald and > Melody Maker's Richard Williams, > championed Roxy Music as they made their stumbling way into the > limelight. > > It was Tyler that wrote the famous quote about Roxy's debut album: > > "...this is the finest album I've heard this year and the best > 'first' I can ever remember." > > TT's other big advocacy was Dr Feelgood, which suggests pretty good > taste on his part. > > I've written a small piece on my blog, with links to examples of his > Roxy work, and the Guardian's > obituary. > > http://www.roxyrama.com/blog/ Tony was great guy with a wonderful sense of humour. He also had enormous patience which explains why he was one of the few people my late brother could count on as a friend during his latter years. Charles Shaar Murray, another of the NME's 70s gang, wrote a wonderful obituary for the Guardian outlining an extraordinary life. Amongst a host of other things Tony had the honour (?) of being the last British soldier to be shot with a musket ball - whilst serving in Aden with the Royal Tank Regiment. I recommend a read of the obituary, there are not many lives as rich and varied as Tony's. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1936123,00.html) Chris Salewicz did a nice one in the Independent too. Tony sadly died of cancer within two weeks of being diagnosed. He will be missed. Bill MacCormick ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 12:30:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Chris Turner Subject: Re: [AVALON] Tony Tyler The Indy obit is here in full: http://www.charliegillett.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3212 Chris - --- Bill MacCormick wrote: > Chris Salewicz did a nice one in the Independent too. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 06:35:45 -0800 (PST) From: Joel Hurd Subject: [AVALON] Roxy religion Reading the blog of the impressive scientist and author Richard Dawkins (he of current New York Times bestseller "The God Delusion"), I happened upon a section where he mentions his friend, the Fr-Ted-cameoing bald ambient one: " From Boston I took a hopper to Maine, to speak at an unusual conference called Poptech at a dellightful little coastal town with wooden clapboard houses. The inducement for me accept the invitation was the organizers' promise to buy 500 copies of The God Delusion and give them to all the delegates. The conference seemed an excellent one (please invite me again) and I enjoyed meeting a couple of old friends, Carolyn Porco and Brian Eno. " Anyone know the religious dispositions of the Roxy Music lads? Is Eno an atheist? Is Paul a buddhist? What about Fez? Are 'Tryptych' and 'Psalm' closer to him than we know? . - ---doubting joel ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Free Uniden 5.8GHz Phone System with Packet8 Internet Phone Service http://www.getpacket8.net/yahoo2 ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 11:17:07 EST From: LeeSullivanart@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy religion In a message dated 06/11/2006 14:45:53 GMT Standard Time, endofthelinejoel@yahoo.com writes: Reading the blog of the impressive scientist and author Richard Dawkins (he of current New York Times bestseller "The God Delusion"), I happened upon a section where he mentions his friend, the Fr-Ted-cameoing bald ambient one: " From Boston I took a hopper to Maine, to speak at an unusual conference called Poptech at a dellightful little coastal town with wooden clapboard houses. The inducement for me accept the invitation was the organizers' promise to buy 500 copies of The God Delusion and give them to all the delegates. The conference seemed an excellent one (please invite me again) and I enjoyed meeting a couple of old friends, Carolyn Porco and Brian Eno. " Anyone know the religious dispositions of the Roxy Music lads? Is Eno an atheist? Is Paul a buddhist? What about Fez? Are 'Tryptych' and 'Psalm' closer to him than we know? . - ---doubting joel Eno is a self-confessed 'militant atheist'. From the Roxy 2001 tour biog: 'Mackay virtually gave up rock 'n' roll to become a full-time theology student at King's College London on the three-year bachelor of divinity course (moonlighting on two London dates of Bryan's 1988-89 tour). Graduating in 1991, he resumed composing full time with an extensive interest in a broad range of spiritual and poetic themes. Early in 1992, following the sudden death of his wife, Andy suspended most musical activity to bring up his children, but resumed composing in a computer/ digital suite at home in early 1993 and completing the music for two series of Carlton's 'Class Act'. More recently, his major musical preoccupation has been a setting of 'Four Psalms' for a mixture of sampled sounds and electronic, midi and audio instruments.' Incidentally, I can use this to crowbar in a mention of Doctor Who, as Dawkins' wife, actress/illustrator Lalla Ward, was Romana to Tom Baker's Doctor; as well as being briefly married to Tom. She and Dawkins met through HitchHiking Douglas Adams, who was script editor/writer on that period of Who. Andy Mackay makes a tiny cameo appearance in the just-out 'Oblivion' comic strip collection of Who stories, watching Daleks being blown up (didya spot that Jonathan?). The same strip features my electronic sax as a futuristic sub. So that all ties nicely together. Oh dear. Lee S ____________________________________________ Easily distracted? Displacement activity a problem? Me too. Going to: _www.leesullivan.co.uk_ (http://www.leesullivan.co.uk/) and _www.roxymagic.co.uk_ (http://www.roxymagic.com/) won't help either. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 11:30:39 EST From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy religion Andy Mackay makes a tiny cameo appearance in the just-out 'Oblivion' comic strip collection of Who stories, watching Daleks being blown up (didya spot that Jonathan?). The same strip features my electronic sax as a futuristic sub. Did I spot it? Course I ruddy did! Mind you, I've scoured your work for years looking for a Graham Simpson reference to no bloody avail! Any chance you could make The Master look like "What Goes On" era Ferry (all beard and snarls) at the next opportunity!? J ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 12:24:18 EST From: LeeSullivanart@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy religion In a message dated 06/11/2006 16:30:39 GMT Standard Time, KWil632057 writes: Did I spot it? Course I ruddy did! Mind you, I've scoured your work for years looking for a Graham Simpson reference to no bloody avail! He continues to be elusive :) Any chance you could make The Master look like "What Goes On" era Ferry (all beard and snarls) at the next opportunity!? J oh, that'll just happen on the show :) Lee S ____________________________________________ Easily distracted? Displacement activity a problem? Me too. Going to: _www.leesullivan.co.uk_ (http://www.leesullivan.co.uk/) and _www.roxymagic.co.uk_ (http://www.roxymagic.com/) won't help either. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V11 #256 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest