From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V7 #1 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Monday, January 5 2004 Volume 07 : Number 001 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] FW: Best of 2003 Part 1 ["Keith Knight" ] [idealcopy] Genesis P-Orridge - News ["Keith Astbury" Subject: [idealcopy] FW: Best of 2003 Part 1 Happy New Year to all. I sent this back on Friday but it hasn't appeared yet - probably stuck in the IC dustbin as it's too long. So I'll cut it in half and see if it works. ALBUMS 1 Farewell Sorrow - Alasdair Roberts. An extraordinary record by a Scottish folk singer who refuses to regard himself as part of the folk movement. Yet most of these (self-penned) songs sound like they were found in a bower in the greenwood - lyrics address lost love, lost children made of 'bud and blossom', people turning into animals. But what seem traditional lyrics on first listen later reveal contemporary references - he refers to his gamekeeper grandfather and the rest of the band by name on 'Join Our Lusty Chorus', black olives and red wine on 'Come My Darling Polly' and the Clyde, which rarely appears in traditional songs in my experience - among the mentions of lutes, hunting, bridles and merry May mornings. He's not afraid to conjure up images which are ur-folk ("And so I'll leave my native land / clad in birch and rhododendron / in Kernow, Albion and Man / may river flow and ever wend on"). Three songs mention imaginary love, Polly, in often disturbing ways ("I will squeeze your lungs like the bellows of an organ") and he takes risk with song structure - he repeats the phrase 'My body was your instrument of lust", then "Your body was my instrument of lust" eight times consecutively on 'Come My Darling Polly', to remarkable effect. Roberts uses a small band who are incredibly successful at creating an intimate sound and his singing is affecting. There's not a weak link on this record and it never left my side during the summer for more than a few days. Encouragingly after months of apparently being ignored it's appeared in various end of year round-ups including a mention from Noble of BSP as his record of the year and a six-month late five star review in the Guardian. I suspect many of you would run a mile from this but for those with a taste for folk it's a remarkable work. 2 Regard the End - Willard Grant Conspiracy. A great collection of songs, mainly about death, played and sung by a band who have found their voice. A substantial achievement. 3 Elephant - The White Stripes 4 World Without Tears - Lucinda Williams 5 Tour de France Soundtracks - Kraftwerk 6 Band Red - KaitO. Almost a greatest hits album for those fortunates familiar with their live set. 7 Cast of Thousands - Elbow. Not up to Asleep in the Back standards but damn fine stuff nevertheless - needs work though. 8 Singing Bones - The Handsome Family. The best song ever written about a bottomless hole is on this album. 9 Cuckooland - Robert Wyatt. Another album which needs work, but which is endearing itself more to me with each listen. Encouragingly well received by the press. 10 Quick Frozen Small Yellow Cracker - Schwervon! Needless to say there's various stuff I haven't heard or not heard enough - Outkast, The Fiery Furnaces, Herman Dune, The Fall, Emmylou Harris - and stuff I don't even know exists. I disallowed Send from consideration. This was the first year Peter Hammill hasn't released an album in 35 years. Some great work from the last few years which I only caught up with this year deserves mention - 'The Man comes Around' - Johnny Cash; 'Trust' - Low; 'Hot Rail' - Calexico; 'The Last Time I did Acid I went Insane' - Jeffrey Lewis; Essence - Lucinda Williams Re-release - 'On the Beach' - Neil Young Compilation - 'Stop Me if you think you've heard this one before' - 25 Years of Rough Trade SINGLES 1 Hey Ya! - Outkast. A record which seems more complex every time I hear it and yet retains a danceability factor which is impossible to ignore. Coupled with a great video this is the best pop single in a fine year for pop singles. Shake it like a Polaroid picture! 2 Lavender Moon - King Creosote. I first heard this song live in the oven that was the ICA on the hottest day in known British history. This bunch of Scottish songwriters from Fife called The Fence Collective were fourth on the bill and they did a half hour acoustic set which included this lovely song. They referred to it as 'Lavvy Moon' and it took me some time to track down - it's both on 7 inch vinyl and on King Creosote's album 'Kenny and Beth's Musakal [sic] Boat Rides'. King C is really Fence Records 'supremo' Kenny Anderson and the song is written by his brother Een, who styles himself Pip Dylan (Mojo readers can find a handy article on Fence on pps 20/21 of the January issue). It's a hugely beguiling lost love song, sung in a gruff voice and with some subtle guitar picking and (I think) squeezebox accompaniment. Why this song affects me but not, say, Ed Harcourt or Turin Brakes I don't really know but I love this song so much it's the sort of thing I'd like played at my funeral (a potentially lengthy ceremony). As far removed from Hey Ya! as pop music can get. 3 All the Things She Said - tATu 4 Bad Day - REM 5 Hurt - Johnny Cash 6 Hey Girl - Delays. A record that sounds like it was minted in a hit factory. 7 Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 8 Christmas Time (Don't let the Bells End) - The Darkness 9 Alone Again Or - Calexico. Virtually a note-for-note copy of the Love original but beefed up - the ideal Calexico cover - get that Mariachi sound going! 10 Move Your Feet - Junior Senior Another the Keith ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 13:46:43 -0000 From: "Keith Astbury" Subject: Re: [idealcopy] FW: Best of 2003 Part 1 > I sent this back on Friday but it hasn't appeared yet - probably stuck > in the IC dustbin as it's too long. So I'll cut it in half and see if > it works. only received this part so far... > 6 Band Red - KaitO. Almost a greatest hits album for those > fortunates familiar with their live set. I was gonna go and see these at Manchester just before xmas as a result of their rave reviews on this page, but headline act Pretty Girls Make Graves cancelled the tour due to illness. I was gonna go and see The Longcut tonight, but this has also been cancelled. As I've only been to watch my footie team twice this season and they have lost both games, I'm starting to think I'm a bit of a jinx ; ) The Longcut are a new Manchester band who's 4 song demo cd I recently got to hear as one of the members knows my son. I must admit that when he said "this is my mates demo" I approached it like an elderly uncle, expecting the worst and hoping I would be able to find some positives, so imagine my surprise when I was really impressed with it. It starts like it could be in Fall territory, but is ultimately more like Mogwai with maybe a touch of The Rapture. I think it's *really* good. > This was the first year Peter Hammill hasn't released an > album in 35 years. Sort of makes up for Man U pipping Arsenal to the title, Keith ; ) Keith np Low - secret name ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 06:28:58 -0800 (PST) From: Ari Britt Subject: [idealcopy] Exploded Views c.d......... does anyone know WHERE the concert c.d that came with exploded views was recorded?(can't find ant info in the book) Kevin? Ari Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 09:43:15 EST From: PaulRabjohn@aol.com Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Exploded Views c.d......... allegedly at the london hibernian club gig on the manscape tour. although i have a supposed tape of that gig which sounds quite different , particularly "underwater experiences". so i've always been a bit uncertain on this. mind you , they only did a handful of manscape gigs so there can't be that meany options.........p ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 15:24:14 +0000 From: "Jason Rogers" Subject: [idealcopy] RE: Pixies Prayers/Robert Smith >Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 13:15:55 EST >From: PaulRabjohn@aol.com >Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Pixies Prayers > >talking of unwanted things , i see robert "this is our last album , honest" >smith is guesting on the new blink 182 album. fuck me , what a great piece >of >news to start the year. if anybody had sent me a record token for xmas i >sure >would be running down the shops to pick up that turkey. p > I've heard the Robert Smith/Blink 182 song on mp3 and, all things considered, it's actually not a bad song. It's nothing spectacular and it's certainly not good enough to make me want to go buy the Blink 182 album, but it's not terrible. It's just one of a few rather mediocre collaborations that Robert Smith has made of recent. Robert Smith is redeeming himself in 2004, though. The upcoming Cure B-sides box set, Join The Dots, is pretty much an unshakable prediction to be my most-listened-to music release of 2004. Also, the upcoming Cure album is reportedly a return to the wide-open-spaces sounds of Seventeen Seconds and Faith. The bonus discs on the 2004 Cure album remasters will likely be strong material as well. Jason Now Playing: Wire - "Kidney Bingos" (I'm in the process of making a mix CD to listen to on my commutes to work.) _________________________________________________________________ Worried about inbox overload? Get MSN Extra Storage now! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:15:16 -0000 From: "Keith Astbury" Subject: [idealcopy] the longcut >The Longcut are a new Manchester band who's 4 song demo cd I recently = got to >hear... >It starts like it could be in Fall territory,=20 >but is ultimately more like Mogwai with maybe a touch of The >Rapture. I think it's *really* good. Forgot to send the link to their mp3's. http://www.thelongcut.com/mp3/mp3.htm [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of the longcutv3.url] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:32:53 -0000 From: "Keith Astbury" Subject: [idealcopy] Genesis P-Orridge - News GPO fans might want to check out his latest look. Described elsewhere as a cross between Jack Wild & Leslie Ash, readers = of a sensitive nature may wish to avert their eyes ; ) http://www.genesisp-orridge.com/index.php?album_id=3D1§ion=3Dnews [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of Genesis P-Orridge - News.url] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 12:42:06 EST From: RLynn9@aol.com Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Genesis P-Orridge - News In a message dated 1/4/04 11:34:58 AM Central Standard Time, keith.astbury10@virgin.net writes: > GPO fans might want to check out his latest look. > > Described elsewhere as a cross between Jack Wild &Leslie Ash, readers = > of a sensitive nature may wish to avert their eyes ; ) > > > http://www.genesisp-orridge.com/index.php?album_id=3D1§ion=3Dnews > > c'mon Keith! stay abreast of things (lol) he had the sex change some time ago.. RL ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 12:05:59 -0800 (PST) From: Ari Britt Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Genesis P-Orridge - News I keep getting an error page when clicking on the link A RLynn9@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 1/4/04 11:34:58 AM Central Standard Time, keith.astbury10@virgin.net writes: > GPO fans might want to check out his latest look. > > Described elsewhere as a cross between Jack Wild &Leslie Ash, readers = > of a sensitive nature may wish to avert their eyes ; ) > > > http://www.genesisp-orridge.com/index.php?album_id=3D1'ion=3Dnews > > c'mon Keith! stay abreast of things (lol) he had the sex change some time ago.. RL Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 20:43:54 -0000 From: "Keith Astbury" Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Genesis P-Orridge - News > > http://www.genesisp-orridge.com/index.php?album_id=3D1§ion=3Dnews > > > > > c'mon Keith! stay abreast of things (lol) he had the sex change some time > ago.. > > RL Not had the pleasure of seeing the glamour photo before!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 07:37:46 -0000 From: "Clements, Bruno - BUP" Subject: RE: [idealcopy] RE: Pixies Prayers/Robert Smith Jason - Now Playing: Wire - "Kidney Bingos" (I'm in the process of making a mix CD to listen to on my commutes to work.) Yeah, but you want the version on Coatings. Far superior to the album version/mix. Bruno ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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