From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V14 #150 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, October 22 2010 Volume 14 : Number 150 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] The other Brian... ["Strandski" ] [AVALON] Olympia,listen free [Pasi Toivo ] Re: [AVALON] The other Brian... ["fvelsink@tele2.nl" ] RE: [AVALON] Selfridges [Andrew Shearer ] [AVALON] God help me [Colleen Tucker ] Re: [AVALON] Selfridges [kwil632057@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] My Personal Review of Olympia ["K B Porter" ] RE: [AVALON] Selfridges [Andrew Shearer ] [AVALON] Roxy weekend on sky arts [Graham John Fairlie ] Re: [AVALON] God help me ["A. van Lammeren" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:09:02 +0100 From: "Strandski" Subject: Re: [AVALON] The other Brian... From the paper that keeps on giving ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/oct/18/brian-eno-emerald-stone - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:35 PM Subject: [AVALON] The other Brian... > In the excitement and furore over BF's new album, we should not overlook > the fact that Mr.Eno has a new album to be released on 25th November, > entitled 'Small craft on a milk sea'. > As is becoming increasingly the norm, there is a #79.99 deluxe album on > offer boasting 4 extra tracks, 2 vinyl records etc etc.The Japanese > version of the cd contains one extra track. > If anyone has any interesting info on this album I'd love to hear it. > > Mactheaxe > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:29:58 +0300 From: Pasi Toivo Subject: [AVALON] Olympia,listen free Hello This link is working without limit. Of couse a small ads first..... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130571033 And sorry if someone posted this already...don4t know! BR Pasi ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:47:10 +0200 From: "fvelsink@tele2.nl" Subject: Re: [AVALON] The other Brian... Thanks for the link ! This give us a further link to listen to Olympia in its entirety prior to 25/10 For those worldwide who weren't able to listen on another link before http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130571033 Enjoy! Frank On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:09:02 +0100 "Strandski" wrote: >>From the paper that keeps on giving ... > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/oct/18/brian-eno-emerald-stone > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: > > To: > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:35 PM > Subject: [AVALON] The other Brian... > > >> In the excitement and furore over BF's new album, we >>should not overlook >> the fact that Mr.Eno has a new album to be released on >>25th November, >> entitled 'Small craft on a milk sea'. >> As is becoming increasingly the norm, there is a #79.99 >>deluxe album on >> offer boasting 4 extra tracks, 2 vinyl records etc >>etc.The Japanese >> version of the cd contains one extra track. >> If anyone has any interesting info on this album I'd >>love to hear it. >> >> Mactheaxe >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >> unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:06:57 +0000 From: Andrew Shearer Subject: RE: [AVALON] Selfridges From you Selfridges attendees, is it too early to ask what the verdict is on the Super Deluxe version of Olympia? > From: Jocelynfiske@aol.com > Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:13:05 -0400 > Subject: [AVALON] Selfridges > To: avalon@smoe.org > > What a gentleman that Mr Ferry is. In fine fettle and on good form, he > confirmed both that he had no clue anyone would have thought the whole of For > Your Pleasure would be played on the FYP tour, and that Me Oh My is a > 'different slant' on My Only Love. The old roue even consented to pimp my copy > by signing To Madame Fiske in homage to the Olympiad courtesan inspiration. > > Mme. F > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:15:17 -0400 From: Colleen Tucker Subject: [AVALON] God help me I like the album. Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:29:10 -0400 From: kwil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Selfridges It's a must have. Beautiful and sort of like having it on vinyl (on the packaging front). Worth every penny. Quality all the way and the making of DVD is fascinating. As to the album, I can't help but feel that it has the tone and feel that Ferry intended for - but got swamped by - when he was making Mamouna way back when... J From you Selfridges attendees, is it too early to ask what the verdict is on the Super Deluxe version of Olympia? - -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Shearer To: avalon avalon Sent: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:06 Subject: RE: [AVALON] Selfridges From you Selfridges attendees, is it too early to ask what the verdict is on the Super Deluxe version of Olympia? > From: Jocelynfiske@aol.com > Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:13:05 -0400 > Subject: [AVALON] Selfridges > To: avalon@smoe.org > > What a gentleman that Mr Ferry is. In fine fettle and on good form, he > confirmed both that he had no clue anyone would have thought the whole of For > Your Pleasure would be played on the FYP tour, and that Me Oh My is a > 'different slant' on My Only Love. The old roue even consented to pimp my copy > by signing To Madame Fiske in homage to the Olympiad courtesan inspiration. > > Mme. F > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:10:55 -0400 From: "K B Porter" Subject: Re: [AVALON] My Personal Review of Olympia In a word: Gorgeous! KBP ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:43:56 +0200 From: Han Snijders Subject: [AVALON] review chicagotribune *3 stars (out of 4)* For "Olympia" (Astralwerks), his first album based on original songwriting in eight years (and 13th studio album overall), Bryan Ferry and his coproducers Rhett Davies and Johnson Somerset are like hosts for an elegantly decadent after-hours party for one in the basement of a Weimar Republic cabaret. Ferry sounds cool as ever, as if he were lounging around in a dinner jacket contemplating his misadventures, lost opportunities or the lack of really good limousine service in the posh English countryside. Hes always been among the most slyly witty singers of his generation, his remorse tethered to a healthy streak of self-aware humor. Id do the can-can if I could, he mutters on You can Dance. But what is great about Ferry is that he and the listener know that its all just a disguise for darker anxieties. Trolling for love in all the wrong places, Ferry has matured into the role he has always played since his Roxy Music heyday. He finds soul  or, even more terrifyingly, the lack of it  beneath a surface glamour that is pure pop. Old art student that he is, Ferry names the album after a somewhat scandalous Monet erotic painting and decorates the CD cover with a Roxy-like siren, model Kate Moss. The music has little in common with Roxys early, subversive art-rock; it feels more like a sequel to the groups 1983 finale, the ballad-stuffed Avalon. That albums lush textures were swathed in swoon-worthy melodies, and Olympia works a similarly subtle vein of gently swaying night music, perfect for slow dancing and whatever activities naturally follow. The well-dressed arrangements are appointed with instrumental cameos from famous friends and disciples: Radioheads Jonny Greenwood, David Gilmour, Flea, plus ex-Roxy bandmates Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackday and Brian Eno. But their contributions rarely stand out as anything more than just one more texture in a beautiful yet melancholy soundscape. Its luxurious as all get-out, and yet vaguely disturbing  this is mood music designed to unsettle as much as soothe. When paired with a melody as powerful and poignant as Tim Buckleys Song to the Siren, plaintive as Reason or Rhyme or wrenching as No Face, No Name, No Number, its absolutely undeniable. greg@gregkot.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:15:04 +0000 From: Andrew Shearer Subject: RE: [AVALON] Selfridges Thanks for that Jonathan. It sounds really good. (:-) To: shearerandrew@hotmail.com; avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Selfridges Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:29:10 -0400 From: kwil632057@aol.com It's a must have. Beautiful and sort of like having it on vinyl (on the packaging front). Worth every penny. Quality all the way and the making of DVD is fascinating. As to the album, I can't help but feel that it has the tone and feel that Ferry intended for - but got swamped by - when he was making Mamouna way back when... J From you Selfridges attendees, is it too early to ask what the verdict is on the Super Deluxe version of Olympia? - -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Shearer To: avalon avalon Sent: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:06 Subject: RE: [AVALON] Selfridges From you Selfridges attendees, is it too early to ask what the verdict is on the Super Deluxe version of Olympia? > From: Jocelynfiske@aol.com > Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:13:05 -0400 > Subject: [AVALON] Selfridges > To: avalon@smoe.org > > What a gentleman that Mr Ferry is. In fine fettle and on good form, he > confirmed both that he had no clue anyone would have thought the whole of For > Your Pleasure would be played on the FYP tour, and that Me Oh My is a > 'different slant' on My Only Love. The old roue even consented to pimp my copy > by signing To Madame Fiske in homage to the Olympiad courtesan inspiration. > > Mme. F > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:17:23 +0100 From: Graham John Fairlie Subject: [AVALON] Roxy weekend on sky arts Went searching for the Roxy weekend highlighted in the Sky magazine as starting on Friday 22nd on SkyArts1 -nothing, although both The High Road and Dylanesque are showing mon/tue. In the process discovered they are showing a David Gilmour concert featuring amongst others Phil M. and Guy Pratt. It's repeated several times overnight if anyone is really keen. Haven't really listened to much of Olympia yet - seems to be getting favourable response from here though. Have to admit that the Groove Armada version of Shameless has lodged in my head and really grown on me. From the snippets, Alphaville was the most immediately catchy - most of you may know it already but it was new to me. Have to admit, the Paloma Faith gig in Edinburgh in a week or so is a slightly more exciting prospect right now. That may change when I have a copy that isn't streamed through crappy wee laptop speakers. Rgds. Graham PS been watching Gilmour as I typed - pretty dull until Crazy Diamond and brill sax solos (backing vocals by Crosby & Nash). Was hanging on for Bowie's contribution - oh, its a rather dull Arnold Layne. Phil now featuring on acoustic on Wish You Were Here - nice version Sent from my iPhone ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:08:12 -0400 From: Helen Thorpe Subject: [AVALON] Stunning Well, I'm on the NPR site right now. Olympia is simply stunning - except for Heartache. Very reminscent of B&G and Bete Noire. But modern - not dated. Wow! Now, where the devil to find this in a world where Walmart is the major retailer of disks. I think I'll check my local independent...and keep the Mom n Pop stores in business at the same time. Loving it. Great work, Mr F ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:52:22 +0200 From: "A. van Lammeren" Subject: Re: [AVALON] God help me Colleen wrote: > I like the album. Me too! Especially the second half of the album (And mostly I skip BFbass...) This clip lured me into ordering the deluxe edition... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9EiYEvihVU How sirenesque. Whose hands are they? "Inquiring minds want to know"... Anyone seen 'Notes on a Scandal' with a wonderful Judi Dench? - --You don't ask why?-- BBC broadcast a few weeks ago, still in my mind :-))) Tara, Anton. - -- Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough... ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V14 #150 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest