From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V7 #256 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Tuesday, August 31 2004 Volume 07 : Number 256 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [idealcopy] Wire On The Box Is Here [Creatured Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Wire On The Box Is Here " screaming and chugging guitars in the > faces > of 100 or so German hippies...who as the backdrop reveals are more > used > to seeing 'Nils Lofgren Band', 'Eric Burdon Band' (good god) and > 'Mallard' (who they?)" That is one thing I thought was real weird with the video I have of the 2/14/79 Rockpalast show is the audience looked like they were a some tranquilizers or something. Definately not big fans of Wire. It is weird that that is the only video around from back then of Wire. I haven't even heard of any old crappy bootleg videos. Rick www.angelfire.com/weird/bootlegs - --- Tim wrote: > Ordered thursday night and in my mailbox on Saturday morning...pretty > > impressive! > > Comes in a CD-size gatefold double digipack case, > Design is in the R&B style with the label 'Pink Flag Archive > Research'....presumably alluding to the forthcoming early demos set > thats coming, and whatever else they decide to dig up for us. > > Big disclaimer about NSTC in the envelope...PE says once you open the > > shrinkwrap you can't send it back! It plays on my Woolworths DVD > player > just fine. > > If you don't have the bootleg, what are you waiting for? This is the > only film of Wire Mk1 performance in existence, and captures it near > the > peak of its first phase, promoting Chairs Missing and debuting > several > songs from 154...snarling, screaming and chugging guitars in the > faces > of 100 or so German hippies...who as the backdrop reveals are more > used > to seeing 'Nils Lofgren Band', 'Eric Burdon Band' (good god) and > 'Mallard' (who they?) > > If you do have the boot, it does look and sound much better than the > bootleg...crisper and clearer with a clean, punchy sound. It looks > and > sounds as good as the original VT I would imagine. > (I beg you all *Purleease* no more NSTC vs PAL debates on-list.) > Quality is such that I didn't spot Graham's dodgy rats-tail thing > attached to the back of his mullet before! > > 20 Min interview is pretty entertaining and interesting, and even > Robert > speaks!!(Only after some considerable prompting)...and funny little > unedited bit at the end with Wire pouring another beer and asking the > > interviewer where he got his jacket from.... > > My only gripe is that you can't skip to a specific song...and the > menu > page is like you might get with a cheap kung-fu B-movie...but what > the > heck....the fact that you get a soundtrack CD as well more than makes > up > for this. > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:42:05 +0100 From: "Keith Knight" Subject: RE: [idealcopy] Wire On The Box Is Here Mallard were a group formed by Zoot Horn Rollo, Rockette Morton and Ed Marimba from Beefheart's Magic Band. The music wasn't a million miles away from Beefheart's IIRC and the first album had the Mallard steam train on the cover. So a step up from Eric Burdon and Nils Lofrgen, I'd suggest. Another the Keith - -----Original Message----- From: owner-idealcopy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-idealcopy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Tim If you don't have the bootleg, what are you waiting for? This is the only film of Wire Mk1 performance in existence, and captures it near the peak of its first phase, promoting Chairs Missing and debuting several songs from 154...snarling, screaming and chugging guitars in the faces of 100 or so German hippies...who as the backdrop reveals are more used to seeing 'Nils Lofgren Band', 'Eric Burdon Band' (good god) and 'Mallard' (who they?) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:22:03 EDT From: MarkBursa@aol.com Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Wire On The Box Is Here >>'Mallard' (who they?)<< Ex-Beefheart sidemen Mark Boston (who is part of the current Magic Band) & Bill Harkleroad (who isn't) plus grizzled, no doubt bearded, associates. Only ever heard one track by them, a gruff country-blues number not dissimilar to something by The Band. Probably one of the better turns on Rockpalast circa 78! Mark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:14:04 +0800 From: "Tim ****" Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Wire On The Box Is Here Mine arrived today all the way down under, Excellent! Definitely a better picture than my VHS copy, but why not release a PAL DVD version? it'd be even better than the sub-standard NTSC format, surely people are not that dumb regarding NTSC & PAL standards these days? Also why couldn't someone edit some chapters on the DVD? More Colin Newman mixing news re Virgin Prunes http://www.virginprunes.com/mute/virgin_prunes_an_extended_play.html Not really Mallard but got me thinkin'... Anyone concur that Dr Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal's Album 'Kip Of The Serenes' is pretty much thee hardcore hippyness release? Tim np - Virgin Prunes - Din Glorious cassette & Rising From The Red Sand Comp's cassettes - ----Original Message Follows---- From: MarkBursa@aol.com To: tim@kidsindestructible.com, idealcopy@smoe.org Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Wire On The Box Is Here Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:22:03 EDT >>'Mallard' (who they?)<< Ex-Beefheart sidemen Mark Boston (who is part of the current Magic Band) & Bill Harkleroad (who isn't) plus grizzled, no doubt bearded, associates. Only ever heard one track by them, a gruff country-blues number not dissimilar to something by The Band. Probably one of the better turns on Rockpalast circa 78! Mark _________________________________________________________________ In the market for a car? Buy, sell or browse at CarPoint: http://server-au.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/b?cg=link&ci=ninemsn&tu=http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au?refid=hotmail_tagline ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V7 #256 *******************************