From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V7 #452 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, July 20 2008 Volume 07 : Number 452 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] New Order [Micah ] [loud-fans] ...and another musical tip... ["Andrew Hamlin" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] New Order I had the Factory issue of Low-Life that came in a white box. Inside was the cassette and four snapshots of the band members. I also had "Unknown Pleasures" in the same format (w/ just a white postcard with the albums graphic on it). "Power, Corruption and Lies" is my favorite record. M. - ----- Original Message ---- From: "Markwstaples@aol.com" To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 3:25:33 PM Subject: [loud-fans] New Order In a message dated 7/18/2008 7:13:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bowenm@gmail.com writes: (or what passed for shiny in 1981) Martha Quinn's hair! Please don't think it petty of me to make this comment--it's all in fun. In 1981, my hair was smartly parted down the middle and feathered on the sides. I didn't get a clue 'til '82, when I discovered my dad's '60s clothes stashed away and I got a crew cut. I'm sure she has a sense of humor--after all, she married Bobby Brady. Which brings me to my question. Which album by New Order is your favorite? Mine is LOW LIFE. Not only did it catch the teen angst and alienation of Molly Ringwald ("Elegia") in PRETTY IN PINK in my favorite scene, it had amazing cover art. I have the Factory CD of it, and the pics of the band inside are cards that can be shuffled, contained in a translucent plastic sleeve with the band's name in black and grey letters printed in the plastic with the word "Order" in grey appearing above "new" in black. Very, very, very cool (if cool is still an acceptable word at age 40). It still is. Peter Saville caught the '80s with this cover for me (along with the eerie photos of Trevor Key)--and I haven't really even talked about the music! It is, to me, quite simply, a perfect mix of traditional rock and electronic dance/synth sounds--just the right balance. You can whistle the songs, or shake your booty, whatever you want to do. It has up songs and down songs, capturing the moodiness of being young. Sumner's voice sounds much better on this one compared to POWER CORRUPTION & LIES--he seems more comfortable in a singer's role--better chops from doing it for a while, I guess! (btw, I have the Factory CD of that one as well, and it came with a really cool faux sleeve that looked like an old-timey floppy). I think LL is their finest hour. M "Warning: Contains full puppet nudity" (from the billboard for AVENUE Q playing in my town right now--and nobody burst a blood vessel--we've come a long way) **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:40:33 -0700 From: "Andrew Hamlin" Subject: [loud-fans] ...and another musical tip... ...Grand Hallway just released their second album, although so far at least you can only buy it on CD Baby. I know Tomo Nakayama, one of the band leaders, from the Neptune Theatre in Seattle. Orchestral pop with a strong infusion of English folk, or at least it sounds like that to me: http://www.myspace.com/grandhallway Now if only the library had that new Robert Forster, Andy And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the man in the wind and the west moon; When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone, They shall have stars at elbow and foot; Though they go mad they shall be sane, Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. And death shall have no dominion. Under the windings of the sea They lying long shall not die windily; Twisting on racks when sinews give way, Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break; Faith in their hands shall snap in two, And the unicorn evils run them through; Split all ends up they shan't crack; And death shall have no dominion. And death shall have no dominion. No more may gulls cry at their ears Or waves break loud on the seashores; Where blew a flower may a flower no more Lift its head to the blows of the rain; Though they be mad and dead as nails, Heads of the characters hammer through daisies; Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, And death shall have no dominion. - --Dylan Thomas ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:27:26 EDT From: Markwstaples@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] New Order In a message dated 7/19/2008 10:59:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, noahbrtn@yahoo.com writes: I also had "Unknown Pleasures" in the same format (w/ just a white postcard with the albums graphic on it). Fantastic. I love it when an album is packaged--like the latest Of Montreal lp--it makes the record buying experience that much better. It's no wonder people started home taping in the '80s--with product like Columbia records' at the time, what's the point of buying the real album? The best album packaging I've ever seen came from Australia's Red Eye Records back in the late '80s--great heavy vinyl, nice artwork, substantial, expensive packaging. And, Ryko has always been first class. - --Mark **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:03:08 EDT From: Markwstaples@aol.com Subject: [loud-fans] Dan in Real Life--NEXT!!! I'm usually pretty good at picking movies that I think I'm going to enjoy, but boy was I way off on this one. If it were any more predictable and non-threatening it would be a white Corolla with grey interior. I switched it off a half hour in. I got this because I like Carell, but not in this one. Just wanted to warn you guys if you were thinking of renting this one. Probably a little too mainstream for most tastes here, but just in case.... If Alan Alda weren't elderly now, they'd have him as the star. And, how charming that Steve Carell's character Dan drives a Mercedes station wagon that was manufactured before Carell was old enough to drive? And how nice that all the family have money (how '80s) and are visiting non-threatening mummy and daddy in New England in a house L L Bean spun the bottle in as a teenager. The whole thing smells like a '70s or '80s Alan Alda movie--you know, the one where the leaves are falling and everything is amber and life just isn't working out and his ivy league education and extensive knowledge of 20th Century American writers just can't make his life okay. So, he ponders driving his Volvo off a rustic New England cliff. Or, hanging himself with his rep tie. Ugh. I want my 4 bucks back. - --Mark **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:34:18 -0600 From: "Roger Winston" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Dan in Real Life--NEXT!!! On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:03 PM, wrote: > Probably a little too mainstream for most tastes here, but > just in case.... Hey, we're not all Andy Hamlin here. Some of us do see some mainstream flicks occasionally. Which we drive to in our huge SUVs and watch while stuffing the largest pail of popcorn we can buy down our gullets. > And, how > charming that Steve Carell's character Dan drives a Mercedes station wagon > that was manufactured before Carell was old enough to drive? What... people can't own old cars? What should I do with my vintage '65 Impala? > And how nice that > all the family have money (how '80s) and are visiting non-threatening mummy and > daddy in New England in a house L L Bean spun the bottle in as a teenager. That was the thing that disturbed me the most - the house and the extended family and everything were just too perfect. The kind of thing you only see in movies. Which is what I stated in my review, for what it's worth: http://www.flasshe.com/2008/06/29/bruce-in-unreal-life/ As I said there, I thought the movie was just okay, but y'know... I actually watched the whole thing before forming an opinion. Carrell was good. > The whole thing smells like a '70s or '80s Alan Alda movie--you know, the one > where the leaves are falling and everything is amber and life just isn't > working out and his ivy league education and extensive knowledge of 20th Century > American writers just can't make his life okay. So, he ponders driving his > Volvo off a rustic New England cliff. Or, hanging himself with his rep tie. I don't understand what you're trying to say. Is this another passage from a Coupland novel? > I want my 4 bucks back. Do like we did - check it out from your local library. That way, if you didn't enjoy the movie, you don't feel ripped-off. Latre. --Rog ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V7 #452 *******************************