From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V4 #73 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 Thursday, March 11 2004 Volume 04 : Number 073 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] The Church on tour ["Larry Tucker" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:15:47 -0500 From: "Larry Tucker" Subject: [loud-fans] The Church on tour I'd highly recommend seeing The Church on their US tour which is currently underway. I saw them this past weekend at Birchmere in Alexandria, VA and they were as good as I've ever seen them. Of course they did a lot from their newest, FORGET EVERYTHING, which I think is their best in a decade, but they also pulled some gems from their heyday years of the late 80's. This is not a sedate show, the band appeared newly invigorated and played with a lot of enthusiasm. Very psychedelic and loud. Marty Wilson-Piper appeared at times as though he would shred his Rickenbacker to pieces. Here was the set from Birchmere: Sealine Telepath Radiance Chromium Nothing Seeker The Theater and It's Double Reptile Maya Appalatia Destination Under the Milky Way Numbers See Your Lights Song in Space Tantalize Cantilever Myrrh You Took Larry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:21:11 -0500 From: "Larry Tucker" Subject: RE: [loud-fans] The Church on tour > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-loud-fans@smoe.org > [mailto:owner-loud-fans@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Larry Tucker > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:16 PM > To: loud-fans@smoe.org > Subject: [loud-fans] The Church on tour > > > I'd highly recommend seeing The Church on their US tour which > is currently underway. I saw them this past weekend at > Birchmere in Alexandria, VA and they were as good as I've > ever seen them. Of course they did a lot from their newest, > FORGET EVERYTHING, which I think is their best in a decade, I meant FORGET YOURSELF. LT ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:24:19 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: [loud-fans] born to laugh at reissues I had an errand to run at lunch today, and afterwards, I had a feeling that I should stop in at Tower Records, that something unexpected would be there. And it was, though it took browsing from "A" to "W" until I stumbled upon it: a deluxe reissue of WAS (NOT WAS), along with a companion volume of 12" mixes called (THE WOODWORK) SQUEAKS. Pricey at $23.99 each, but seeing as the former has been near the top of my "never available on CD/available on CD for a millisecond in the early '90s" list for so long, I snatched 'em up. Amazon has them for an even pricer $30.99. Looks like you can order direct from Ze Records and get them for 15 pounds each or both for 25 pounds, but for us Yanks, the crappy exchange rate would translate into close to $30 each or $50 for the pair, so $23.99 might have been a fair price. later, Miles last played: Danny & Dusty (speaking of "on CD for a millisecond") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:53:28 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: RE: [loud-fans] The Church on tour At 12:21 PM 3/10/2004 -0500, Larry Tucker wrote: >> ever seen them. Of course they did a lot from their newest, >> FORGET EVERYTHING, which I think is their best in a decade, > > >I meant FORGET YOURSELF. It's sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy, isn't it? :-) I picked up my copy (w/bonus CD) today, based on the raves here. It's not exactly a roll of the dice, as I *always* like the Church -- even when the albums aren't distinctive, they still sound great -- but I'm optimistic that this one will fall into the "memorable" category. I'm also hoping that the "best in a decade" raves aren't just rounding errors and are actually indicative that there are more people than me who really enjoyed the album that came out in 1994, SOMETIME ANYWHERE (sorry, Rog). I bought my copy the day it came out, at a Wherehouse in Ann Arbor while on a research trip for my now-abandoned dissertation. I did try Schoolkids first, but they didn't have a copy, and Wherehouse was still an exotic brand to me, so I wanted to check 'em out. I accidentally picked up the single-disc version, but didn't realize it until I got to my motel room that evening, so I had to go back later in the week to exchange it for the double disc. The Wherehouse employees were actually reluctant to swap it out, but they grudgingly acquiesced when I wouldn't back down. So I always link that album with my Detroit/Ann Arbor trip that year, which also included three glorious days in Tiger Stadium and the bluest sky in one of the best pictures I've ever taken, a postcard-like shot of the carillion tower on UMich's campus. Also, the falafel sandwich at Amer's Mediterranean Deli, and the series finale of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, that's all in the mix too. I haven't seen the Church since my very first show after moving to Nashville (Sept. '88, w/Tom Verlaine solo/acoustic but minus the Blue Aeroplanes, unfortunately), but since then they haven't come any closer than Atlanta, and they always seem to be there on a midweek night -- yup, a Wednesday this time. However, April and May are bringing the Fall to Atlanta on a Friday, and David Bowie (this year's big "immortal we've never seen live, have to remedy that" opportunity for me and Melissa this year, like Neil Young w/Crazy Horse was last year - and hey, we crossed the Fall off that list in 2003 too) on a Saturday, so I'm not complainin', even if I'll be hitting the road a bit more than I'd like. not tryin' to be a guy who's hailin' from Ann Arbor, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:59:04 -0600 From: Miles Goosens Subject: [loud-fans] born to laugh at reissues I ran an errand at lunch today, and afterwards, I had a feeling that I should stop in at Tower Records, that something unexpected would be there. And it was, though it took browsing from "A" to "W" until I stumbled upon it: a deluxe reissue of WAS (NOT WAS), along with a companion volume of 12" mixes called (THE WOODWORK) SQUEAKS. Pricey at $23.99 each, but seeing as the former has been near the top of my "never available on CD/available on CD for a millisecond in the early '90s" list for so long, I snatched 'em up. Amazon has them for an even pricer $30.99. Looks like you can order direct from Ze Records and get them for 15 pounds each or both for 25 pounds, but for us Yanks, the crappy exchange rate would translate into close to $30 each or $50 for the pair, so $23.99 might have been a fair price. later, Miles last played: Danny & Dusty (speaking of "on CD for a millisecond") ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 23:01:33 -0700 From: Roger Winston Subject: Re: [loud-fans] The Church on tour At Wednesday 3/10/2004 12:53 PM, Miles Goosens wrote: >I'm also hoping that the "best in a decade" raves aren't just rounding >errors and are actually indicative that there are more people than me who >really enjoyed the album that came out in 1994, SOMETIME ANYWHERE (sorry, Rog). I'm not sure where I stand on FORGET YOURSELF yet. I've only listened to it once, and it didn't grab me immediately like their old, good stuff did. But since (as you note) I didn't like SOMETIME ANYWHERE, I'm not sure if you should take that as unrecommendation or not. Hmmm, they're playing here next Friday - guess I should decide soon if I should see them. The set list and description Larry posted does look intriguing - I'm glad they're doing Tantalized (my fave Church song) for example. And Myrrh. And here I thought they were disowning HEYDAY... Latre. --Rog - -- Distance, Redefined: http://www.reignoffrogs.com/flasshe ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V4 #73 ******************************