From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V9 #115 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Sunday, April 30 2006 Volume 09 : Number 115 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [idealcopy] FOPP Help ["Ian B" ] [idealcopy] Only After Dark ["Keith A" ] Re: [idealcopy] Only After Dark [giluz ] [idealcopy] O.T: Neil young against the war [Ari ] Re: [idealcopy] O.T: Neil young against the war ["David McKenzie" Subject: Re: [idealcopy] FOPP Help It doesn't top that but I was getting my 'big shop' at Tesco the other day and heard a fat be-tracksuited mum urging young (approx 9 year old) Mercedes to behave. Completely unrelated, a mate at work has heard the new Scott Walker album; was lukewarm - he said musically its very interesting but the voice irritated the hell out of him as it's turned in to a kind of parody of his own imitators (eg Pete Murphy/Andrew Eldridge, as he states). His view is that if you like Tilt, you'll probably like this. We've never really talked about music much so I don't know if there's much value in his brief summary, but he said he'll do me a taster for it for Tuesday. - ----- Original Message ----- From: > I did recently witness the following exchange, from a parent to her two > children.... > > "Taggart! Go and stand over there with Antoinette!" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:33:55 +0100 From: "Keith A" Subject: [idealcopy] Only After Dark It's not every day Duran Duran get mentioned here, is it? As their covers album Thank You was recently nominated as the worst album EVER in Q, I'm not sure if I'm pleased these are original versions and not DD covers, or not ; ) Anyway, our chaps ("strange post-punk bands such as Magazine and Wire") are on it. But as a Birmingham band themselves, it's a shame they couldn't have found a spot for fellow Brummie The Nightingales, esp as one of the Taylors was apparently a fan. Nick Rhodes & John Taylor Present:Only After Dark (EMI Catalogue) Release date: 08 May 2006 (UK) Only After Dark is the first compilation to recreate one of the UKs most dynamic and exciting moments in music. The late 70s and dawning 80s period has often been misunderstood and overshadowed by the punk rock era, yet for many it was the point where the most innovative ideas of the 1970s collided to create a new set of possibilities - a fusion of punk, glam, art-rock, disco, synthesizers and DIY experimentalism. Birmingham teenagers Nick Rhodes and John Taylor were inspired by these ideas as they formed their own band Duran Duran. Their HQ in 1979 was the Rum Runner club in the town centre, a meeting place on Tuesday night for all the local misfits, art students and music fans. Rhodes DJd on those evenings, mixing together old glam idols - Bowie, Roxy Music, Mick Ronson - with the Sex Pistols, Kraftwerk and strange post-punk bands such as Magazine and Wire. This was the time when electronic music got into the hands of thin young men from Londons squats around Kings Cross, the suburbs and Northern England, namely Ultravox, Tubeway Army and The Human League. "By putting together this album our intention is to introduce songs by artists who influenced us," explains Rhodes. "As we were developing our own sound, this was the backdrop. John Foxxs Ultravox in particular were important as they were the first to fuse punk with synthesizers and there was a new kind of groove creeping in there too. Bands were moving ever closer to the dance floor." There have been photographic books about the New Romantics; compilations celebrating early 80s synthesizer pop, and intense, politicised readings of the monochromatic, sloganeering post-punk scene, but as to date none have expressed the real atmosphere of 1978 - 1980. As Rhodes explains, "Everything was at a crossroads. Everything was in flux." The result was a new wave of artists who reinvented themselves through fashion, graphics, photography, and identity as well as through their music - New ideals that were misinterpreted at the time as a distraction from the songs. The cover art and booklet of Only After Dark uses images from a fascinating new book, Duran Duran Unseen Paul Edmond - Photographs 1979-82. Edmond documented the Birmingham scene and its more experimental characters: the designers Kahn & Bell, Martin Degville, Fashion and even Boy George a frequent visitor to the city. As for the music, 'Only After Dark' brings together some of the most inspiring songs and artists of the period. Magazines Shot By Both Sides, Yellow Magic Orchestras pristine oriental techno, the Psychedelic Furs' first single, Giorgio Moroders opus with Donna Summer I Feel Love, Simple Mindss Changeling, and the title track 'Only After Dark' by Mick Ronson. It re-creates a night at the Rum Runner when Bowie, Iggy and Ferry were still leaders in the field, and British synthesizer pop went from the underground to Number 1 with Are Friends Electric?. Punks were tearing up their own rulebook and trying new things, as John Taylor explains: "The gender identity thing was going on around the music: boys looking like girls; girls looking like boys. Everything was in a state of transition. Punk was a drug that everybody had taken and we were all wide awake - eyes dilated and pores open. Youre as high as a kite because your senses are alive and youre turned on - its that moment of possibility which weve tried to bring to life again on this album." Tracklisting: Human League  Being Boiled (Fast version) (3.39) Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Games (3.32) David Bowie  Always Crashing In The Same Car (3.29) Psychedelic Furs  Sister Europe (5.38) Simple Minds  Changeling (4.11) Mick Ronson  Only After Dark (3.30) John Foxx  Underpass (3.53) The Normal  Warm Leatherette (3.22) Bryan Ferry  In Crowd (4.33) Brian Eno  The True Wheel (5.11) Tubeway Army  Are Friends Electric? (5.17) Kraftwerk  The Robots (single edit) (3.45) Donna Summer  I Feel Love (3.48) Wire  I Am The Fly (3.06) Magazine  Shot By Both Sides (3.57) Grace Jones - Private Life (5.11) Iggy Pop  The Passenger (4.41) Ultravox  Slow Motion (3.29) http://www.duranduran.com/main.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:49:26 +0300 From: giluz Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Only After Dark This is the direct result of them being tagged post-punk in Simon Reynolds' book. I myself always found Duran Duran quite strange, as opposed to the more straight down to earth bands like Wire or Magazine - who would go on a holiday to Sri Lanka (or anywhere) wearing those kind of clothes? Well, I guess that's post-punk. giluz On 4/29/06, Keith A wrote: > > It's not every day Duran Duran get mentioned here, is it? > > As their covers album Thank You was recently nominated as the worst > album EVER in Q, I'm not sure if I'm pleased these are original versions > and > not DD covers, or not ; ) > > Anyway, our chaps ("strange post-punk bands such as Magazine and > Wire") > are on it. But as a Birmingham band themselves, it's a shame they couldn't > have found a spot for fellow Brummie The Nightingales, esp as one of the > Taylors was apparently a fan. > > > > > > Nick Rhodes & John Taylor Present:Only After Dark (EMI Catalogue) > > Release date: 08 May 2006 (UK) > > Only After Dark is the first compilation to recreate one of the > UKs > most dynamic and exciting moments in music. The late 70s and dawning 80s > period has often been misunderstood and overshadowed by the punk rock era, > yet > for many it was the point where the most innovative ideas of the 1970s > collided to create a new set of possibilities - a fusion of punk, glam, > art-rock, disco, synthesizers and DIY experimentalism. > > Birmingham teenagers Nick Rhodes and John Taylor were inspired by > these > ideas as they formed their own band Duran Duran. Their HQ in 1979 was the > Rum > Runner club in the town centre, a meeting place on Tuesday night for all > the > local misfits, art students and music fans. Rhodes DJd on those evenings, > mixing together old glam idols - Bowie, Roxy Music, Mick Ronson - with the > Sex > Pistols, Kraftwerk and strange post-punk bands such as Magazine and Wire. > This > was the time when electronic music got into the hands of thin young men > from > Londons squats around Kings Cross, the suburbs and Northern England, > namely > Ultravox, Tubeway Army and The Human League. > > "By putting together this album our intention is to introduce songs > by > artists who influenced us," explains Rhodes. "As we were developing our > own > sound, this was the backdrop. John Foxxs Ultravox in particular were > important as they were the first to fuse punk with synthesizers and there > was > a new kind of groove creeping in there too. Bands were moving ever closer > to > the dance floor." > > There have been photographic books about the New Romantics; > compilations > celebrating early 80s synthesizer pop, and intense, politicised readings > of > the monochromatic, sloganeering post-punk scene, but as to date none have > expressed the real atmosphere of 1978 - 1980. As Rhodes explains, > "Everything > was at a crossroads. Everything was in flux." > > The result was a new wave of artists who reinvented themselves > through > fashion, graphics, photography, and identity as well as through their > music - > New ideals that were misinterpreted at the time as a distraction from the > songs. The cover art and booklet of Only After Dark uses images from a > fascinating new book, Duran Duran Unseen Paul Edmond - Photographs > 1979-82. > Edmond documented the Birmingham scene and its more experimental > characters: > the designers Kahn & Bell, Martin Degville, Fashion and even Boy George a > frequent visitor to the city. > > As for the music, 'Only After Dark' brings together some of the most > inspiring songs and artists of the period. Magazines Shot By Both > Sides, > Yellow Magic Orchestras pristine oriental techno, the Psychedelic Furs' > first > single, Giorgio Moroders opus with Donna Summer I Feel Love, Simple > Mindss > Changeling, and the title track 'Only After Dark' by Mick Ronson. It > re-creates a night at the Rum Runner when Bowie, Iggy and Ferry were still > leaders in the field, and British synthesizer pop went from the > underground to > Number 1 with Are Friends Electric?. Punks were tearing up their own > rulebook and trying new things, as John Taylor explains: "The gender > identity > thing was going on around the music: boys looking like girls; girls > looking > like boys. Everything was in a state of transition. Punk was a drug that > everybody had taken and we were all wide awake - eyes dilated and pores > open. > Youre as high as a kite because your senses are alive and youre turned > on - > its that moment of possibility which weve tried to bring to life again > on > this album." > > Tracklisting: > > Human League  Being Boiled (Fast version) (3.39) > > > Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Games (3.32) > > > David Bowie  Always Crashing In The Same Car (3.29) > > > Psychedelic Furs  Sister Europe (5.38) > > > Simple Minds  Changeling (4.11) > > > Mick Ronson  Only After Dark (3.30) > > > John Foxx  Underpass (3.53) > > > The Normal  Warm Leatherette (3.22) > > > Bryan Ferry  In Crowd (4.33) > > > Brian Eno  The True Wheel (5.11) > > > Tubeway Army  Are Friends Electric? (5.17) > > > Kraftwerk  The Robots (single edit) (3.45) > > > Donna Summer  I Feel Love (3.48) > > > Wire  I Am The Fly (3.06) > > > Magazine  Shot By Both Sides (3.57) > > > Grace Jones - Private Life (5.11) > > > Iggy Pop  The Passenger (4.41) > > > Ultravox  Slow Motion (3.29) > > > http://www.duranduran.com/main.html > - -- Now playing: http://www.last.fm/user/giluz/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:37:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Ari Subject: [idealcopy] O.T: Neil young against the war http://www.hyfntrak.com/neilyoung2/AFF23082/ Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:19:19 +0100 From: "Mark Rainbow" Subject: [idealcopy] FOPP Help There is a new Fopp in the Touchwood shopping Centre in Solihull I believe, if that's any nearer. The Fopp in Leamington has move, but only slightly, it's inside the shopping centre now, down the escalator and is about twice the size as before!!!! Mark > From: owner-idealcopy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-idealcopy@smoe.org] On Behalf > Of Andrew Lumbard > Sent: 26 April 2006 20:17 > To: 'idealcopy' > Subject: [idealcopy] FOPP Help > > Anybody going anywhere near a FOPP soon. Bought a cd from Cambridge Circus > store today and it needs returning. Don't know when I'll be there again, and > I think that my nearest store is in Leamington, about 35 miles away. > > > > AndyL > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:19:29 +0100 > From: "Keith A" > Subject: Re: [idealcopy] FOPP Help > > Ah. Fopp in Leamington Spa. Brings back some happy memories of when my > parents had a timeshare in nearby Wellesbourne, and I would make my annual > trip to Fopp and spend a bloody fortune (and then look at my purchases > whilst I had a nice coffee next door!). > > I remeber there used to be a girl called Phaedra who worked there. > > "After the Tangerine Dream album?", I asked. > > "Yes", she said wearily. "My parents were hippies!" > > > > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Lumbard" > To: "'idealcopy'" > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:16 PM > Subject: [idealcopy] FOPP Help > > > > Anybody going anywhere near a FOPP soon. Bought a cd from Cambridge Circus > > store today and it needs returning. Don't know when I'll be there again, > and > > I think that my nearest store is in Leamington, about 35 miles away. > > > > > > > > AndyL > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.6/324 - Release Date: 25/04/2006 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:05:05 -0700 (PDT) > From: Ari > Subject: [idealcopy] O.T: Wilco Canada U.S summer tour..................... > > http://wilcoworld.net/tours/index.php > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------ > > End of idealcopy-digest V9 #113 > ******************************* ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:54:20 -0500 From: "David McKenzie" Subject: Re: [idealcopy] O.T: Neil young against the war oh, and by the way - IT ROCKS ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:20:20 -0500 From: "dan bailey" Subject: Re: [idealcopy] O.T: Neil young against the war i suppose old neil is still trying to make up (as well he should, the fool) for climbing into bed with reagan back in the '80s ... dan http://www.hyfntrak.com/neilyoung2/AFF23082/ > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V9 #115 *******************************