From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V8 #180 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Monday, July 4 2005 Volume 08 : Number 180 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [idealcopy] RE: Devo in Atlanta ["Ian B" ] Re: [idealcopy] Re:More OT's and community related (was Rip It Up and Mike T... [MarkBurs] Re: [idealcopy] O.T: I just ordered............. [Ari Subject: Re: [idealcopy] RE: Devo in Atlanta Devo still playing live eh? I have quite a soft spot for Devo, as they wee one of my favourite bands in my early teens, and my first gig. In retrospect, (and even at the time, by albums 3+4) some of the music is pretty ordinary. But it'd be good to see them again. Can you tell us a bit more about the gig Jason? Ian - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason Rogers To: Cc: Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 8:13 PM Subject: [idealcopy] RE: Rip It Up and Mike Thorne > >Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 20:12:16 -0400 > >From: Timothy Sasscer > >Subject: [idealcopy] Rip It Up and Mike Thorne, > > > >Living in Atlanta, Ga. offer few > >opportunities for current live music, > > Ahh...fellow Atlanta native. Sadly, the post-punk scene in Atlanta hasn't > been the same since the Echo Lounge closed a few months ago. (Echo Lounge > = where I saw Wire, The Fall, Mission Of Burma, The Chameleons UK, Camper > Van Beethoven, etc. etc. over the past few years). There are still some > good shows out there, but I haven't been to many as of late. > > Devo did put out a killer performance at this year's Music Midtown here in > Atlanta. That performance, plus the Pixies, Bloc Party, and Interpol, made > the festival well worth it. Devo brought out Booji Boy for the performance > of "Beautiful World" at the show's end. > > This Thursday, I'll be going out to The Earl to see the reunited Pylon. > I've missed the recent Pylon shows in Athens over the past year, but have > heard some amazing things and can expect a performance comparable to the one > that I saw them play back in 1989. It'll be worth my drive from Smyrna. > Other than that, yeah, the live scene is pretty non-eventful right about > now. > > Thanks for the recommendation on Rip It Up And Start Again. This Atlanta > native has been considering buying the book from Amazon.co.uk and will > probably do so (especially now that The Armchair Guide To The Cure is now > available in the U.K. and won't be available here for a few months; I'll > probably order both books simultaneously). > > > Jason > > P.S. It's been awhile since I've really participated in Ideal Copy to some > degree, but I try to read the digest every day. Hello to everyone that > I've met previously. Things are going well in this neck of the woods and > I'm glad to say that, as of this morning's weigh-in, I've lost 115 pounds > since the beginning of 2005. It's quite amazing what six days in the gym > and proper food will do and I'm very close to my goal now. At any rate, my > feet don't hurt as much standing up through general admission concerts and > that's a good thing. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 12:37:01 EDT From: MarkBursa@aol.com Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Re:More OT's and community related (was Rip It Up and Mike T... >>... and nobody EVER said anything nasty about Mike Thorne!<< ...apart from members of a certain post punk beat combo! Mark ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 15:18:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Ari Subject: Re: [idealcopy] O.T: I just ordered............. Well Paul, you ought to know I just got an email that my order has been despatched............. not that's what I call service............... Arimazed. - --- Paul Pietromonaco wrote: > > ......the armchair cure and rip it up and was > informed > > it'll take about 4-6 weeks to ship,(amazon.co.uk) > if > > it ain't out of stock. > > Actually, that usually means they're kinda out of > stock - at least in their > immediate warehouse. They're ordering it from their > supplier. Hopefully, > the supplier still has it in stock. ^_^ > > > now that's what I call service (not)............. > A > > > > Sorry about the delay. Usually Amazon.co.uk has > been very top-notch in > their service for me. And, the Royal Mail delivers > to Seattle fairly > quickly - within a week or two. Amazon.fr has had > the longest shipping > time - it took over a month for a package to get > here - and of course, it > was defective. So, it took another month to send it > back to France, and > then another month for the replacement to arrive! > ^_^ > > Cheers, > Paul Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V8 #180 *******************************