From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V9 #245 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Thursday, September 21 2006 Volume 09 : Number 245 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [idealcopy] FW: Stiff records documentaries on Beeb [aktivitaet@five] [idealcopy] The Human League ["Cambra, Robert" Subject: [idealcopy] The Human League I saw The Human League at The Red Devil Lounge last night and I had a lot of fun with them, very glad I went. Part of the fun was seeing them after all these years in a small place close to home (they9re doing a three day residency), also, the band was just very good. Seven people on stage including the two women singers. Though my interest in them has always been pre-2Dare,2 I always thought they did some great singles in the 80s, and I gladly put up with the schmaltzier stuff last night to hear 3Empire State Human2 and 3Rock OEn9 Roll is Dead.2 Strange how Phil Oakley can pull it off as a pop singer with that flat mock-dramatic Subject: Re: [idealcopy] FW: Stiff records documentaries on Beeb ari........i feel left out. is it on bbc ameriKa? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Lumbard" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:47 AM Subject: [idealcopy] FW: Stiff records documentaries on Beeb > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Lumbard [mailto:andrew@lumbard.co.uk] > Sent: 19 September 2006 08:03 > To: 'Derek White' > Subject: RE: Stiff records documentaries on Beeb > > I was rolling back the memories watching the Stiff documentaries. Saw the > Stiffs 2 tour, Elvis & Ian D at various times; Lene Lovich at Sheffield > Univ > was the first gig I took my future wife to! > It was great fun at the time. > The believers of music trends being circular may be interested that as a > result of watching the documentary my 13 year old son spent Sunday morning > copying tracks from my Stiff 4 cd box set onto his mp3 player, rather than > doing his homework. > > AndyL > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > > Regarding other stuff on the Beeb, did any UK listees see that 2-parter > about the rise and fall of Stiff records that was on BBC3 this last > weekend? > > I watched mainly out of curiosity, as despite liking the DIY ethos of the > label, their roster of artistes never really did it for me:- be it Ian > Dury > and his band of sundry old rockers ('Glencoe', anyone?) or Elvis > Costello's nasal whining, Ms Lovich's studied oddness, hoary old > pub-rockers.......etc etc > > What was most striking about the film(s) was the way in which Stiff's > judgement failed somewhat after Jake Riviera's departure, and they then > signed up allsorts of bands (The Equators? Rachel Sweet?? Any Trouble > ??? ) > who failed both critically and commercially, destined to fall into a big > black hole, never to see a recording studio again. > My question would be: Did Stiff *really* warrant 6 hours of documentary > footage ? Discuss.... > > .....or not? > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V9 #245 *******************************