From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V3 #290 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Sunday, October 5 2003 Volume 03 : Number 290 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] John Bartlett's swap-mix CD [John ] Re: [loud-fans] John Bartlett's swap-mix CD ["Joseph M. Mallon" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] John Bartlett's swap-mix CD All, Just returned from 2 weeks in The Netherlands with the family (those with kids might like to give Efteling a try as well as Disney Paris), and so I apologize for the lateness of my reply. > > > 5. Beagle "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Is this a newer > cover, or a vintage one? I ask because it sounds as if it could be > vintage, and during that era quite often songs charted by different > acts on different sides of the Atlantic. Another household > favorite, since it namechecks my wife. A recent cover, a track on the "Right To Chews" Bubblegum tribute CD. In retrospect, perhaps a more reworked track from the LP would have been more interesting, but I think this track is great. There is a version of I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You) by Linus of Hollywood on the CD which fits him to a tee. > > > > 9. The Paranoids "Real by Reel"* - one of a very few tracks on the > "Chalkhills' Children" XTC fan-band tapes that's good enough to > have been releaesd for real (although I don't think it has), > > 10. Simon Knight "Summer Grass"* - another good one from the > "Chalkhills" series, this one wittily layers XTC's "Summer's > Cauldron" and "Grass," featuring male vocals on the one and female > on the other. Works better than you'd think it would. > Just announced for sale on Chalkhills is King For A Day, which collects all the tracks on the 3 XTC trib tapes, plus something like 80 more More details here http://www.geocities.com/king4aday_xtc/TrackListing.html and here http://www.geocities.com/king4aday_xtc/Ordering.html > > > 14. Georges Decimus "Nwel"(?) - I can't quite read what John wrote > for the title - anyway, a sort of horn-filled Afropop excursion - > fun. Its indeed Nwel. Decimus is a lynch pin in the French Caribbean group Kassav, which threatened it swamp France and Francophone Africa with the Zouk sound in the mid 1980s. From an Earthworks comp entitled Hurricane Zouk. > > > > 16. Half Man Half Biscuit "Them's the Vagaries" - John's tried to > sell me on these guys, he says...well, fun, catchy, > energetic...hmm...intrigued, at least. I'm giving up on selling this mob to North Americans. They're a bit UK-specific. The idea of 5 day tests being painful just amuses me. > > 18. The Liquor Giants "Town Bike" - Sort of an Amerindie sound here > - unsurprising, since they are. > Nice use of the Glitter Band sample/loop, though. > > > Anyway, I'm not quite sure how John crammed all these tunes on one > CD...but there they are, and a fun bunch of 'em they are too. > Thanks for that, I'm pleased you liked it. Cheers, John ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 15:11:19 -0700 (PDT) From: "Joseph M. Mallon" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] John Bartlett's swap-mix CD On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, John wrote: > All, > Just returned from 2 weeks in The Netherlands with the family (those > with kids might like to give Efteling a try as well as Disney Paris), > and so I apologize for the lateness of my reply. I meant to post earlier re: this CD, and haven't - to wit, John makes great swap CDs! I still listen to the one I got from him 2+ years ago. If you're swapping and can get a CD from him, do so. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 16:28:37 -0700 (PDT) From: "G. Andrew Hamlin" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] John Bartlett's swap-mix CD >> 5. Beagle "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Is this a newer >> cover, or a vintage one? I ask because it sounds as if it could be >> vintage, and during that era quite often songs charted by different >> acts on different sides of the Atlantic. Another household >> favorite, since it namechecks my wife. > > A recent cover, a track on the "Right To Chews" Bubblegum tribute CD. > In retrospect, perhaps a more reworked track from the LP would have > been more interesting, but I think this track is great. There is a > version of I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You) by Linus of > Hollywood on the CD which fits him to a tee. RIGHT TO CHEW makes me think of the Beagles, plural, right off...oh. "Bubblegum." Never mind. We've all read BUBBLEGUM MUSIC IS THE NAKED TRUTH, yes? "I Enjoy Being A Boy," that's Banana Splits right? The part about living in a cucumber castle? >> 16. Half Man Half Biscuit "Them's the Vagaries" - John's tried to sell >> me on these guys, he says...well, fun, catchy, >> energetic...hmm...intrigued, at least. > > I'm giving up on selling this mob to North Americans. They're a bit > UK-specific. The idea of 5 day tests being painful just amuses me. I discovered Half Man Half Biscuit through the Trouser Press Record Guide, not through John, but I must remark on how inspiring it's been to find someone who delights in Liverpool's second-(third?)-best band as I do. Wouldn't have made it through rush in the texbooks department last week without healthy doses of "99% Of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd." With that said, what's a five-day test? Cricket? I needed Emma Townshend to teach me five-a-side, remember, Andy Siegfried & Roy illusionist mauled by tiger - - - - - - - - - - - - - By Adam Goldman Oct. 4, 2003 | LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A trained tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of the duo Siegfried & Roy during a performance, biting his neck and dragging him off stage just feet from the audience. Horn's manager said Saturday the illusionist underwent surgery and was in critical condition. People attending the show Friday night at The Mirage hotel-casino said the white tiger lunged at Horn shortly after he led it on stage, and that he tried to beat the animal off with a microphone. "We honestly thought it was part of the show, we didn't know what was going on," said Sharna Wiblen, who was in the audience. Andy Cushman, also in the audience, said Horn "looked like a rag doll" as the tiger dragged him off the stage. The illusionist was taken to a hospital and underwent surgery to the neck area, Horn's longtime manager, Bernie Yuman, said Saturday. He said Horn's doctors said the surgery went as expected and that Horn was in critical but stable condition. "Roy has had a rapport with exotic animals for 44 years," but he never takes that for granted, Yuman told NBC's "Today" show. "At the end of the day, when you perform that many shows and have no incident what so ever, this is the anomaly," he said. "I would say that most of us are traumatized." Mirage spokesman Alan Feldman said Horn, who turned 59 on Friday, had a serious injury to the left side of his neck. Horn was able to talk with the ambulance staff on the way to the hospital, Clark County Fire spokesman Bob Leinbach said. Horn, the dark-haired member of the duo, appeared alone on stage with the tiger about 45 minutes into the show and told the audience the animal was making its debut, Cushman said. After the attack, Cushman said, Siegfried Fischbacher appeared on stage and said the performance was canceled. Hotel officials said the show has been canceled indefinitely. The tiger involved in the attack, a 7-year-old male named Montecore, was quarantined at the hotel, officials said. "Roy is a very, very strong-willed person as well as having physical strength," Yuman said. "I'm cautiously optimistic." He thanked friends and fans who have sent their support. "It's touching to hear from so many people all at a short time," Yuman said. The illusionists' show, with its signature white tigers and lions, is one of the most well-known and expensive in Las Vegas. The German-born pair perform six shows a week and have been performing in Las Vegas for more than 30 years. They signed a lifetime contract with the Mirage in 2001. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 00:19:01 -0400 From: Stewart Mason Subject: Re: [loud-fans] John Bartlett's swap-mix CD At 04:28 PM 10/4/2003 -0700, G. Andrew Hamlin wrote: >>> 16. Half Man Half Biscuit "Them's the Vagaries" - John's tried to sell >>> me on these guys, he says...well, fun, catchy, >>> energetic...hmm...intrigued, at least. >> >> I'm giving up on selling this mob to North Americans. They're a bit >> UK-specific. The idea of 5 day tests being painful just amuses me. > >I discovered Half Man Half Biscuit through the Trouser Press Record Guide, >not through John, but I must remark on how inspiring it's been to find >someone who delights in Liverpool's second-(third?)-best band as I do. >Wouldn't have made it through rush in the texbooks department last week >without healthy doses of "99% Of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd." John recently made me a swell HMHB compilation after I rediscovered the glory that is the 12" of "Dickie Davis Eyes" b/w "The Bastard Son of Dean Friedman." They were improbably popular at Texas Tech's college station because one of the DJs, a Londoner named Jane...I forget...used to play them all the time on her show. Rather like the Bonzos, even if you don't know the specific references -- I still don't know who Dickie Davis is -- you get the gist. >I needed Emma Townshend to teach me five-a-side, remember Not Paul Carrack's Ace? S NP: IRVING PLAZA NYC (LIVE 1985) -- R. Stevie Moore OD (that's On Deck, not...well, nevermind): Miles' two swap discs that arrived today ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 23:52:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Joseph M. Mallon" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] John Bartlett's swap-mix CD On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, G. Andrew Hamlin wrote: > I discovered Half Man Half Biscuit through the Trouser Press Record Guide, > not through John, but I must remark on how inspiring it's been to find > someone who delights in Liverpool's second-(third?)-best band as I do. > Wouldn't have made it through rush in the texbooks department last week > without healthy doses of "99% Of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd." Count me in a Biccies fan, too. Got hooked on 'em during a 6-month "study abroad" in London. BACK IN THE DHSS & VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ROAD are my faves. References: http://cobweb.quantisci.co.uk/hmhb/ Pick an album to see the references. Everybody do the Len Ganley stance, Joe Mallon jmmallon@joescafe.com ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V3 #290 *******************************