From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V2 #17 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Friday, January 24 1997 Volume 02 : Number 017 Today's Subjects: ----------------- General Babbling Nonsense PW tour schedule ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 01:41:02 EST From: roach2@juno.com (J.S. Lohr) Subject: General Babbling Nonsense Greetings everyone! How are we so far? First, the facelift on my Basia page has begun - although, you can trash my earlier message because the changes are going to be transparent... there won't be any changes in the page until EVERYTHING is done, so things will just be changing overnight as opposed to gradually over time. Stay tuned! NEXT, I think I might've found some proof for my arguement that Basia does indeed appear on Matt Bianco's "Yeah Yeah" track, though with Dirk gone I don't know who'll be left out there to disagree with me. The following is from an ad for the 12" single version of "Yeah Yeah" - HARD TO FIND! PROMO ONLY POP/ROCK 12" SINGLE COMES WITH AN EXTENDED "DANCE MIX" VERSION ISSUED FOR CLUB USE ONLY. THIS 12" SINGLE RECORDED PRIOR TO HER FIRST SOLO LP FEATURES BASIA ON VOCALS & DANNY WHITE ON KEYBOARDS AND IS TAKEN FROM THE LP BY THE MATT BIANCO BAND! THIS SPECIAL PRESSING ALSO CONTAINS THE TRACK "SMOOTH" FEATURING THE "EXTRA SMOOTH VERSION" REMIX! THIS ORIGINAL 1985 PROMO ONLY RELEASE IS ON ATLANTIC RECORDS Now, for those of you out there joining us late, its been my arguement for some time that one of the voices singing at the beginning of Matt Bianco's "Yeah Yeah" track (which appears on the album made AFTER Basia and Danny left the band) is Basia's. Dirk, who seems to be king of the Matt Bianco fans (who's recent departure may make this whole discussion null), has repeatedly and wholeheartedly disagreed. I'm almost tempted to purchase the disc (even though the track itself is kinda yuckie in my opinion) just to see if there's a member listing anywhere... Finally, there are 342 days left in 1997... unless something monumental occurs (or someone involved in the recording process (most notably, Basia) starts doing speed), its looking really grim for a new Basia album finding its way out to record stores before the final axe falls on '97. Now, for those of you out there who may be saying something like: "Roach, you're a pessimist and you really suck," consider the following: Each studio album for Basia and Danny in the past has taken about a year or so to do, start to finish - this estimate, of course, edits out spontaneous trips to Poland or the south of France or what not... but generally, it seems like it takes them a year's worth of work to finish an album. So - what's the current status of their new album? Well, according to Diane's reports via Peter White, when we last heard, the album hasn't even been written yet. And it seems like Peter has done a minimal amount of work on whatever Basia and Danny are putting together at the moment - so, either another guitarist is playing on the album or NOTHING AT ALL IS BEING DONE. Frankly, telling from their reputation with past albums, I'd tend to lean towards the latter of the two. Plus, what the hell is going to motivate them to work any faster? If you said "Sony," - GO TO JAIL. GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL. DO NOT PASS GO. DO NOT COLLECT $200. If you said "Sony," you're either a newbie or you're stupid - the record execs seem to be content with sitting on their hands where Basia is concerned, so I don't think there'll be any threats coming anytime soon from anyone in New York, London, Tokyo, or wherever the hell else Sony has people working. Bottom line: CAN BASIA GET AN ALBUM OUT BEFORE DECEMBER 31st, 1997? Well, if I've said it once I've said it a billion times: NO WAY. 1998. You know I'm right. Everyone knows I'm right, even if they don't want to admit it to themselves. 1998. I hate to be rude, but there is no way in hell this woman will get off her ASS quick enough to get an album out before the year is out. (Lazy-butt disclaimer: yes, if someone gave me a million-plus in royalty checks, I TOO would spend at least four or more years indulging every childish fantasy that struck my mellon, including carting off to the south of France or maybe even Antarctica (I've always wanted to go there)). In closing, here's something to think about: come May, THE SWEETEST ILLUSION will have been out for THREE YEARS. Hell, come Valentine's Day, LONDON WARSAW NEW YORK will have been out for SEVEN YEARS. I think its safe to say that we are now, officially, in the midst of YET ANOTHER FOUR-YEAR GAP between albums. Toodles! Visit the Basia Homepage at http://users.aol.com/basiapage/basia.htm JSL. ===================================================== NOW ONLINE! - Agitprop. Sex, drugs, and Boba Fett http://users.aol.com/agitprop2/index.htm ===================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 12:40:01 -0800 From: "Diane F. Fisli" Subject: PW tour schedule Here's an update on Peter White's tour schedule -- 1-30 - Los Angeles CA - Billboard Live 1-31 - San Diego CA - 4th & B 2-1 - Fresno CA - Tower Theatre NOTE DATE CHANGE 2-7 - Modesto CA - State Theatre 2-8 - Concord CA - Sun Valley Mall 3-15 - Guam - Guam Hotel Okura His band will include Greg Vail (formerly of Kilauea) on sax and Freddie Ravel on keyboards. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diane F. Fisli, Photographer \\ "...If you follow your dreams... dff@peterwhite.com \\ You can never go wrong..." check out my website work at: \\ http://peterwhite.com \\ --Peter White, Caravan of Dreams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please visit the OFFICIAL Peter White Website at http://peterwhite.com, or call the Peter White tour hotline at 818-973-3171 for information on upcoming concerts. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V2 #17 **************************