From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V5 #125 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 Tuesday, May 17 2005 Volume 05 : Number 125 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] Whammo [basher132 ] [loud-fans] I'd like to see something in a Teenage Fanclub CD, please [A5] Re: [loud-fans] Re: Gang of Four [dc ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 13:59:21 +0100 From: basher132 Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Whammo On Sun, 15 May 2005 23:25:27 +0300, Richard Blatherwick wrote: > Just visited the site of my favourite Aussie music retailer, and > one highly regarded by others on this list, to discover a 'Gone > Fishing' message - apparently they are off on a break for a while. > Has anyone else had any recent dealings with them, or have they > been gone for a while? Also, is their absence as benign as the > message suggests? > > I started using them after the demise of Greg's Music World; Greg > sent a message recommending them to everyone on his mailing list. > Seems I may have to look for another independent Aussie company, at > least in the short term, for all those purely antipodean releases. > > Richard You could try here http://chaos.com/ or here http://www.purepop.com.au/IndexFrameset.html I've used both in the past with no problems. Cds arrive in the UK in about a week. Cheers, John ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:56:29 EDT From: A52boy@aol.com Subject: [loud-fans] I'd like to see something in a Teenage Fanclub CD, please Anybody know if the new TF album is an import? Not wanting another Lucksmiths fiasco, - --Mark np Love and Rockets EXPRESS (on Bigtime...one of the first CDs I bought and still going after 18+ years) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 21:07:08 -0700 From: dc Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Re: Gang of Four On May 15, 2005, at 6:14 PM, Jeff wrote: > Anyway, I still like Songs of the Free. me too. while it doesn't enjoy the cachet of "significance" that the years have bestowed upon "Entertainment," the sounds and arrangements on "Songs of the Free" convey a particularly unsettling atmosphere that the earlier, more frenetic albums don't have. i've always found it engrossing and kind of creepy, particularly side 2. i also liked a lot of "Mall," cool in a way i "Hard" could have been if that record wasn't so lame. oddly enough, you can get "Hard" and "Solid Gold" on the same CD now, which seems like a really weird coupling to me. it's like the work of two completely different bands. doug c vicinity of seattle ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V5 #125 *******************************