From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V11 #45 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Wednesday, March 11 2009 Volume 11 : Number 045 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [idealcopy] disc of the day ["keith a" ] [idealcopy] perfect magazine / wire combination [PAUL RABJOHN Subject: RE: [idealcopy] disc of the day Yeah, if there's one thing I can't put up with it's "existential discomfort"! ; ) - -----Original Message----- From: Creatured [mailto:creature48212@yahoo.com] Sent: 09 March 2009 18:41 To: keith a; idealcopy@smoe.org Subject: Re: [idealcopy] disc of the day I'll give ya that. Always good for another the fan. This is the line that got to me: once-vital group > reduced to the Ferry-centric lounge lizardry of Manifesto had sown more > seeds of existential discomfort. Felt proud of himself for this i'm sure. The Grouch - ----- Original Message ---- > From: keith a > To: Creatured ; idealcopy@smoe.org > Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 2:12:16 PM > Subject: RE: [idealcopy] disc of the day > > On the other hand someone who wouldn't generally listen to Wire may have > logged onto the Mojo website and decided to investigate, so that's surely a > good thing? > > K. > > NP LET LOVE IN - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-idealcopy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-idealcopy@smoe.org] On Behalf > Of Creatured > Sent: 09 March 2009 12:57 > To: idealcopy@smoe.org > Subject: Re: [idealcopy] disc of the day > > This reminds me of why I can't stand some reviewers. just listen and like or > shut up. > Just as art reviewers of paintings or whatever try to encapsulate every > stroke as an emotion that has some deep meaning that only they can put > to words. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: keith a > > To: idealcopy@smoe.org > > Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 3:15:25 PM > > Subject: [idealcopy] disc of the day > > > > Mojos Disc of the day is 154 the Swansong of > > Gilbert-Newman-Lewis-Gotobed calls time on Golden Decade of UK art rock. > > > > > > > > When Wire convened > > (or rather de-convened, of which more later) to record their third album > for > > Harvest, they were not the united front that had annexed art-punk all for > > their very own with their scabrous 1977 debut, Pink Flag, and the > following > > year's cubist-pop masterpiece Chairs Missing. Buying themselves onto a > tour > > with Roxy Music hadn't helped, and the vision of this once-vital group > > reduced to the Ferry-centric lounge lizardry of Manifesto had sown more > > seeds of existential discomfort. Wire's way of working had become more > > fractured, too, alienated from itself, and yet the resultant dislocation > and > > froideur made for thrilling avant-pop. Though Wire worked in shifts, The > > White Album this ain't, and the band's personalities are seen in > fascinating > > combinations, perfectly encapsulated in the bookish new wave of Map Ref. > > 410N 930W, where Graham > > Lewis's Borgesian lyric ("a deep breath of submission had begun") is > > artfully shoehorned into an almost sprightly melody and typical art-urchin > > vocal by Colin Newman. Elsewhere, the gothic toll of Lewis's I Should Have > > Known Better > > ("I haven't found a measure yet to / Calibrate my displeasure yet") > defines > > the uneasy tone (what on earth were they reading) while faint echoes of > > Bowie-Eno, Pete Brown > > and Alex > > Harvey seem to call time on the golden decade of British art rock. 154 > held > > a mirror up to life, then broke it, and while the press reviews sounded a > > note of universal acclamation, it was also the death knell of Wire's > fecund > > first phase. They would be back, but changed > > > > gardens.jpg> . > > > > Danny Eccleston > > > > http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/03/wire.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:38:20 +0000 (GMT) From: PAUL RABJOHN Subject: [idealcopy] perfect magazine / wire combination in case any of you havn't see one of these before ; http://cgi.ebay.com/Magazine-Wire-Live-02-09-1979-Split-Lp-Buzzcocks-Devoto_W 0QQitemZ250387091560QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item250387091560&_ trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 still quite cheap , these don't come up often p ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:21:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Ari Subject: Re: [idealcopy] perfect magazine / wire combination erm.....: tiny url paul, www.tinyurl.com http://tinyurl.com/abahmc - ----- Original Message ---- From: PAUL RABJOHN To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 3:38:20 PM Subject: [idealcopy] perfect magazine / wire combination in case any of you havn't see one of these before ; http://cgi.ebay.com/Magazine-Wire-Live-02-09-1979-Split-Lp-Buzzcocks-Devoto_W 0QQitemZ250387091560QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item250387091560&_ trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 still quite cheap , these don't come up often p ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V11 #45 *******************************