From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V9 #225 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Tuesday, August 29 2006 Volume 09 : Number 225 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [idealcopy] A review of Manscape [Ari ] Re: [idealcopy] Covering Wire [J Alberson ] [idealcopy] More Monks? [Jan Noorda ] [idealcopy] Was Lewis pics ["Clements, Bruno - BUP" Subject: Re: [idealcopy] A review of Manscape Great photo, does Robert 'ever' smile? - --- Paul Pietromonaco wrote: > > thanks for posting the EW review. I was a bit > surprised after such a lovely > > review to see it receive only a B+...ah, well, > I've never been one for > grades > > :o) > > > > Actually, for EW, that's a pretty good letter grade. > They're a little stingy > with their letters. They very rarely give A's. > Still - I know what you mean > - that does seem like an A- review at the least. > > By the way Wire has earned a few A's! ^_^ > > There's an article here: > > http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,450483_0|61312||0_0_,00.html > > but the on-line version doesn't reprint all of the > original magazine > article....which I just happen to have. Here's the > bit they didn't print: > > ------------------------- > > WHAT TO BUY Pink Flag (1977) An amped-up, pared-down > masterpiece: A; Chairs > Missing (1978) Another art-punk triumph: A; 154 > (1979) Weird keyboards are in > full effect: B+; The Ideal Copy (1987) A strange, > cerebral take on synth-pop: > B+; Send (2003) Assembled on a computer, but > something of a return to the > style of earlier work: B+ > > ------------------------ > > Nice photo, huh? ^_^ > > Cheers, > Paul > > (P.S. Sorry about the HTML - had to switch to use > it to get the "What to buy" > section to format correctly.) Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:32:53 -0700 (PDT) From: J Alberson Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Covering Wire I hope that someday you'll post a link. In my humble opinion, covers work when they capture the spirit of the original without going paint-by-numbers with the song, and straddles the fine line between being 'faithful' to the source material and doing something interesting. I started programming "Used To" over the weekend. I hope to capture the delicate aspects of the original and imbue a sort of glacial feel to it. Andrew Walkingshaw wrote: I've got a cover in the can; I'm kind of terrified of using it, though, because I don't want to annoy the band :) (Mine's an entirely- instrumental Map Ref). Covers are something I'm mixed on - I genuinely think they're worthwhile if they take a different spin on the song, but the last thing you want to do is be disrespectful to the authors of the song as well. Even if I don't release it, the process of arranging someone else's song was really eye-opening - it made me think about the way I write and arrange properly for the first time, really. Andrew Jack L. Alberson http://www.shortwavedahlia.org <--free music for free thinkers AIM: shortwavedahlia ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:15:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Jan Noorda Subject: [idealcopy] More Monks? curious if these Monks have to do with those Monks http://www.playloud.org/themonks.html >>There was a Fall cover but I can't recall the title - ((( Should've been "Pacifying Joint". Could also have been "What About Us".<< It was neither. EGL ended his cameo set with a cover of 'Oh how to do now' by The Monks*, covered by the Fall on Extricate (as Black Monk Theme Part 2). Graham's version will be included on a Monks tribute album to be released later this year.... more later... Mark * this is the 60s Monks, German-based American GIs making deranged R&B punk, not the 'Nice legs, shame about the face' new wave clowns, who were Hudson-Ford in disguise. In case you were wondering! - --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:28:09 +0100 From: "Clements, Bruno - BUP" Subject: [idealcopy] Was Lewis pics > Andrew wrote: Pure guess, but a Kaoss Pad? They're very nice indeed, and not *that* > expensive. Radiohead, of all people, do a fantastic job with them > live; "Everything In Its Right Place" is their usual encore, a quartet > for vocal/rhodes, bass, and two Kaoss Pads... > At the V Festival (and I imagine Edinburgh and other recent dates) Radiohead played Karma Police and Creep as encores. Everything in its right place was in the main set and it amused me that it should be greeted with a big cheer and thousands of people dancing (badly in my case) when they started playing it. Kid A had a 'difficult' label, after all. 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. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. 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