From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V4 #375 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Monday, December 10 2001 Volume 04 : Number 375 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] outdoor monster [PaulRabjohn@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 14:11:30 EST From: PaulRabjohn@aol.com Subject: [idealcopy] outdoor monster EMI and wire always seemed a bit of an odd combination , always wonder what all those corporate suits made of stuff like 154. i think i've heard the band state in interviews that the marketing department couldn't really get to grips with the "product" , which kinda rang true. anyway , last night on bbc they showed a documentary about TOTP through the ages. included in this was EMI's head of promotions 71-79 , a certain eric hall (cigar chomping big money football agent extraordinaire these days) the thought of ol' eric masterminding a promtional push on wire singles of the time gave me a chuckle , i can just imagine him turning up in DLT or simon bates' studio with a pile of promotional singles and a free nylon bomber jacket. " you gotta play this my son , its gonna be monster , monster............." . and i wonder whose idea it was to hype outdoor miner so blatantly????? just a thought , p ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V4 #375 *******************************