From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V9 #127 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 Friday, July 9 2010 Volume 09 : Number 127 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] At halftime (cue the sweet perfume...) [AWeiss4338@aol.co] [loud-fans] Hello [The Arch-Villain] West ["\[The Arch-Villain\] West" Subject: [loud-fans] Hello [The Arch-Villain] West http://quality_product5055.kilretynud.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:34:54 -0700 From: Andrew Hamlin Subject: Re: [loud-fans] At halftime (cue the sweet perfume...) > Liz Phair FunStyle Andrea's bold on this one--all the "professional" critics I've read say it's a horrible mess. Not that I wouldn't mind hearing it, of course. Brian, if you're still out there, hope you got my last two emails, Andy Q. Can I wish you a happy birthday ahead of schedule? A. You can. And you can put the gift in the post or you can leave it at the concierge. Q. What would you like to get this year? A. You know what Im asking for: peace and love. Q. How are you feeling about the number 70? A. As far as Im concerned, in my head, Im 24. Thats just how it is. The number, yeah, its high. But I just felt Ive got to celebrate it. Im on my feet and Im doing what I love to do, and Im in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on. Im not hiding from it, you know. Q. When you were 24 what did you think youd be doing at age 70? A. I dont know, but when I was 22, actually, I remember this so well, and I was playing, and there was another band, and these people in that other band were 40, and I was saying, My God, youre still doing it? [laughs] Which doesnt look funny in black and white, but it was incredible, and now Im waaaaay past 40. My new hero is B. B. King. I have a great line: B. B. is still playing, even though he is sitting down now. But hey, Im sitting down already. Youve just got to get on with it. Id like to be out there pretending Im only 55, but Im not. Q. What seems like an advanced age to you now? A. I think 90. But well see. Its a birthday at a time. Q. Youve had a few interesting things happen to you over the last year. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is taking one of your drums. A. Theyre taking a whole snare drum. Im lending it to them because, its well-documented, in 1964 that old Bill Ludwig, he presented it to me. I bought these Ludwig drums, and in the shop in England, the guy wanted to take the sign out, but I love everything American, the music and the instruments. So I made him leave the sign on. So I was a running commercial  on Sullivan, and all that touring of America, it said Ludwig drums. And so to thank me for that, they gave me this gold drum, and thats the one thats going into the Metropolitan for a year. Q. How does that make you feel, to have one of your possessions on display at the Met? A. Well, yeah, cool. Q. Thats it? A. I mean it. Ive had a couple of pieces of clothing in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Q. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame isnt too shabby, but come on, this is the Met. A. Its cool. Thats all I can say. Its very cool. I did a show there in January with Ben Harper, thats how we got friendly with them, and they have an instrument room with a lot of very crazed African drums, old pianos, and so they thought this would be good. Q. Are they letting you borrow anything from their collection in exchange? A. Yeah, theyre giving me Tutankhamens tomb. No, theyre not giving me anything. Im being kind to them. Q. A few weeks ago the Vatican finally gave its approval to the Beatles. How did you feel about that? A. It didnt affect me in any way, but I do believe that the Vatican have better things to deal with than forgiving the Beatles. I dont remember what it actually said  it had some weird piece in it, too. That theyve forgiven us for being, what, satanic? Whoever wrote it was thinking about the Stones. Q. Are you ever surprised by the unpredictable ways in which the Beatles continue to resonate in the popular culture? Theres a novel out now called Paul Is Undead, which imagines that youre a ninja and your band mates are zombies. A. I only ever see the covers and the titles. I dont read it all. But its always on. Theres nothing we can do about that. Whats more interesting to me is that our records are still coming out. And theyre the same records and the new generation gets to hear them, and as far as thats concerned, thats the most important thing to me. The music we make, its still going on. Q. Do you get much chance to listen to all the Beatles covers that continue be produced? A. You have to talk to Sony about that. They have the publishing and theyll give it to anyone. Q. Youre using the occasion of your birthday to give a message back to your fans. A. Yes, I want to spread the word that at noon, wherever you are  in New York, in L.A., in Paris, in London  I just pray that youll put your fingers up and say, Peace and love. I did it two years ago, it was the first time, and I did it out of Chicago because I was on tour. This year, were playing Radio City, so were doing it in New York. In Japan there were little get-togethers and it went worldwide, so that was great. Q. Do you think weve got a good chance at getting peace and love this year? A. I think the more we promote it, the more chance we have of getting it. - --Ringo Starr, from an interview conducted by David Itzkoff http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/arts/music/06ringo.html?_r=2&ref=music . Ringo turned 70 yesterday. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 18:39:32 EDT From: AWeiss4338@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] At halftime (cue the sweet perfume...) In a message dated 7/8/2010 6:36:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, andrew.hamlin@gmail.com writes: > Liz Phair FunStyle Andrea's bold on this one--all the "professional" critics I've read say it's a horrible mess. Not that I wouldn't mind hearing it, of course. Thank you Andy. Her fans on her list are somewhat divided, some love it, some hate it, some are lukewarm. I would try it. Andrea ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V9 #127 *******************************