From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #279 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Thursday, January 5 2012 Volume 15 : Number 279 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] BF Tour 2012?? [Tracy Connell ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:17:33 +0000 From: Tracy Connell Subject: RE: [AVALON] BF Tour 2012?? But does anyone know if there will definitely be a USA Tour next year and when, exactly, it will be if there is? > Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:42:55 -0800 > From: taxi2hb@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF Tour 2012?? > To: kbporter@verizon.net; avalon@smoe.org > > Bryan Ferry (Official) > The Olympia Campaign is now over, and having > performed close to 200 shows this year > we have no plans to tour in 2012. > What should we record next? > > 200 shows? > a year = 365 days (tour > started pretty late) > that must have been 1 show a day > can't imagine > ________________________________ > From: K B Porter > To: > avalon@smoe.org > Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 7:05 PM > Subject: Re: [AVALON] > BF Tour 2012?? > > Tracy posted: "It's just on facebook they said there was no > tour in 2012 and were asking what > songs we thought Bryan should record or > something." > > Whoa, I really, really hope the Ferry camp wasn't asking BF's > 'friends' for recording suggestions! In what universe does the fan glean, > clairvoyantly, unreleased original material that is suitable for publication? > Isn't this a bit like asking the blind to target-shoot?! > > OK, let's assume > Ferry's clan wants 'recording suggestions' (and I don't really think Bryan > Ferry wants them), what could possibly be offered? - 'Oh, a cover of Dylan > song would be nice', or 'How about Bruce Springsteen award-winning songs'. > Even better, 'I think a great way to reach out to new audiences could happen > if our demi-god would put his spin on Mother Goose nursery rhymes!'. Lame. > Lame. Who is the idiot soliciting these suggestions - how disingenuous or > stupid does this get? > > Well, strictly speaking as a long-time BF fan , I > really, really would love to have new original work written by Ferry and > performed by Ferry - and I'm pretty sure there is not a "snowball's chance in > hell' that I could possibly know what material that would be, let alone, > called!!! > > BTW, I HATE Facebook - it is nothing but an insidious and > exploitive marketing tool. Anyone ever read Zuckerberg's kiss and tell > fine-print? You can dress up a 'Social Network' and fool many a tool. Know > what you get when you dance with the Devil... (I do not follow anyone on, nor > subscribe to, Facebook, so please ignore the above rant should I have > misinterpreted Tracy's post for I have not read the actual/original > solicitation.) > > Happy New Year! KBP > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #279 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest