From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V4 #81 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Saturday, March 30 2002 Volume 04 : Number 081 Today's Subjects: ----------------- OV: Singles on the way! [SngWrite1@aol.com] Re: OV: Fw: DEL AMITRI - NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE TO PREORDER!! ["B M" ] Re: OV: Another review [SngWrite1@aol.com] Re: OV: Another review ["Jane Armstrong" ] OV: Iain's answering ["Jane Armstrong" ] OV: Charlie's Bar! [Jason Kuykendall ] OV: Re: Another review ["the Gardners" ] OV: OT - News Item [darren@bendcable.com] OV: Admin [darren@bendcable.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:32:07 EST From: SngWrite1@aol.com Subject: OV: Singles on the way! Just got the email from HMV.co.uk that my singles have shipped, which means that they actually WILL be released Monday. Hooray! Dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:48:49 -0500 From: "B M" Subject: Re: OV: Fw: DEL AMITRI - NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE TO PREORDER!! I already have my order in @ Amazon.co.uk for the CD and both singles! I can't wait! Also check out this: Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 64 and the CD's not even out yet, not bad. Items Ordered Price 1 of: Just Before You Leave [CD 1] [SINGLE] [Audio CD] By: Del Amitri #3.40 - Availability: 1 to be released: 1 April, 2002 - Gift options: None 1 of: Just Before You Leave [CD 2] [SINGLE] [Audio CD] By: Del Amitri #3.40 - Availability: 1 to be released: 1 April, 2002 - Gift options: None 1 of: Can You Do Me Good [Audio CD] By: Del Amitri #10.20 - Availability: 1 to be released: 8 April, 2002 - Gift options: None >----- Original Message ----- >From: >To: >Sent: 28 March 2002 13:01 >Subject: DEL AMITRI - NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE TO PREORDER!! > > > > Dear Sonia, > > > > Its Simon at 101 to let you know about the forthcoming album - DEL > > AMITRI - CAN YOU DO ME GOOD? > > > > Four years on from their platinum selling 'Greatest Hits' album, the > > Glaswegian tunesmiths return with their sixth studio album which can >only > > be described as nothing short of an outstanding pop comeback!! With over > > 80% of the album produced and mixed by Lauryn Hill's producer, this is a > > new direction for the band and one they sound very much at home with. >It's > > released on the 8th April, but you can PREORDER your copy on the >following > > link!! > > > > CD album (CAT #4932162) > > > > http://www.101cd.com/Music/info.asp?id=6103114&dept= > > > > Many thanks and Happy Easter!! > > > > Simon > > 101cd.com _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:07:02 -0000 From: "Jane Armstrong" Subject: OV: Another review You'd think Mojo would have reviewed the album wouldn't you? After all, it's aimed at the 30+ audience. But unless I missed it, I couldn't see anything apart from an advert for the tour. However, Classic Rock magazine does have a review. "It's been pretty quiet on the Del Amitri front since their 1998 greatest hits album "Hatful of Rain". Many thought they'd called it quits, when in fact they have been busy touring the US, writing material for other artists and chipping away at this, their sixth studio album. "Can You Do Me Food?" offers the usual fine-crafted material, and singer Justin Currie breathes life into the familiar cast of characters: the regretful, the broken-hearted, the failed. In a bid to break free from their often slavish adherence to the Tradition Songwriting Rule Book, they've recruited US producer Commissioner Gordon to weld hip-hop and garage loops onto their folky templates. Fortunately solid songs like "Cash and Prizes" and "One More Last Hurrah" have sufficiently broad shoulders to carry this "new direction", and normal service is resumed elsewhere. "Out Falls The Past" and "Drunk In A Band" are downbeat yet jolly; "She's Passing This Way" is achingly beautiful while the unerring "Just Before You Leave" nails that 60's Marvin Gaye vibe with an accuracy that Sharleen Spiteri's Texas can only dream of. A soulful, doleful and most welcome return. 3*/5 Grant Moon" Well what about that "touring the US" bit then? Is there something you US fans haven't told us as you didn't want an invasion of Brits taking over your gigs???? :-)) Not a great review - but not a bad one either. BTW - for those of you who didn't manage to hear last night's Radio London performance, they did quite a longish interview and played two songs "She's Passing This Way" (and Justin remembered the words this time!!!!) and "Cash And Prizes". I'm managed to record it and will have a word with Kev to see if he can put it up on the site - but it's about 20 minutes long. Cheers Jane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit my home page: http://www.delamitri.co.uk/~janea Del Amitri pages: http://www.delamitri.co.uk/~janea/Delpage.html Why not join the chat every Thursday at 9pm UK time: http://www.delamitri.co.uk/~janea/chat.html The Devlins discussion list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheDevlins ICQ No: 34643730 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:17:29 EST From: SngWrite1@aol.com Subject: Re: OV: Another review Well, they did play the World's Largest Block Party a few YEARS ago in Chicago... And that part that intrigued me was "writing songs for other people" - who exactly are these other people? Dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:27:10 -0000 From: "Jane Armstrong" Subject: Re: OV: Another review > And that part that intrigued me was "writing songs for other people" - who > exactly are these other people? Justin was talking about that again last night - but can't/won't say who it was for. Interesting...... It's hinted at in the biography section on the first JBYL CD as well. Jane ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:33:27 -0000 From: "Jane Armstrong" Subject: OV: Iain's answering Ooh! Iain's started answering some of the Q&A's! I think he has quite a backlog to get through... Looking forward to some more sensible answers!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:26:44 -0800 From: Jason Kuykendall Subject: OV: Charlie's Bar! Hi all, I have an eBay auction going for "Charlie's Bar", a very very rare del Amitri single. The band recorded the single as a Christmas gift for fans who supported them during their first, self-financed tour of the US. The single is probably the hardest del single to find. It's a flexidisk with a picture of the band on it (including short-timer Micheal Slavin, the only picture I've seen of him). It's in great shape--played once only, and then filed away until today. Charlie's Bar: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=854764995 Sense Sickness: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=853360618 Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:26:37 -0500 From: "the Gardners" Subject: OV: Re: Another review - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Armstrong" Subject: OV: Another review > However, Classic Rock magazine does have a review. > "It's been pretty quiet on the Del Amitri front since their 1998 greatest > hits album "Hatful of Rain". Many thought they'd called it quits, when in > fact they have been busy touring the US,... " > Well what about that "touring the US" bit then? Is there something you US > fans haven't told us as you didn't want an invasion of Brits taking over > your gigs???? :-)) Well see, the band got as far as the southern states & Rosemary Lucas and I captured the lot of them and have them stored safely away. No we won't share, either. TTFN Susan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:30:10 -0800 From: darren@bendcable.com Subject: OV: OT - News Item "To Surrogate, With Love" In Glasgow, Scotland, a shopping center is launching the first surrogate shopping-boyfriend program. The scheme lets women drop off their bored boy-friends and borrow a fresh new shop-ping-friendly man to shop with for a few hours. Said Carol-Ann Stewart, spokes-woman for the company behind the idea: "The Shopping Boyfriend is the ultimate retail therapist: enthu-siastic, attentive, admiring and complimentary. He will browse with the girlfriend for hours on end. He'll even say her bum looks small." - -- Reuters ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:31:02 -0800 From: darren@bendcable.com Subject: OV: Admin Is anyone else receiving duplicate posts? Darren ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V4 #81 *********************************